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Courses Handbook 2012

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2012.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2011.

12456 (v.5) Resistivity and Induced Polarisation Exploration Methods 305

Note

Tuition Patterns

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.

Unit references, texts and outcomes

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Area: Department of Exploration Geophysics
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 3 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 7032 (v.5) Geology 102 or any previous version
AND
    8127 (v.6) Advanced Calculus 201 or any previous version
    OR
    8648 (v.3) Mathematical Methods 201 or any previous version
AND
    8128 (v.6) Linear Algebra 202 or any previous version
    OR
    7905 (v.5) Mathematical Methods 202 or any previous version
AND
307728 (v.2) Electromagnetic Fields in the Earth 202 or any previous version
Syllabus: Electrical methods: principles and applications of DC resistivity, IP and complex resistivity, spontaneous potentials and electric well logging. Field trips and laboratory exercises are designed to develop compentence in acquisition, processing and interpretation of electric data.
Field of Education: 010705 Geophysics
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2012 Bentley Campus Semester 1 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