7032 (v.5) Geology 102

Area:	Department of Applied Geology
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	6.0
The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline.
Lecture:	2 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory:	2 x 1.5 Hours Weekly
Fieldwork:	1 x 1 Days Yearly
Prerequisite(s):	7031 (v.5) Geology 101 or any previous version
Syllabus:	Introduction to structural geology and metamorphism. Laboratory study of metamorphic rocks and minerals. Interpretation of three-dimensional geological structures. Measurement of rock structures using the compass/clinometer. Earth resources. The principal ore minerals and their identification. The nature, mineralogy and morphology of the major types of mineral and energy deposit. Metals, fuels and industrial minerals. Mineral and energy exploration including geochemical and geophysical exploration. Introduction to mining geology.
To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement.
Field of Education:	010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
SOLT (Online) Definitions*:	Informational *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type:	Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2010	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2010	Miri Sarawak Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External