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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.

9782 (v.7) Ore Deposits 301

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Area: Department of Applied Geology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
Lecture: 3 x 1 Hours Weekly
Laboratory: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Anti Requisite(s): 307326 (v.1) Geology 322 - Ore Deposits or any previous version
Prerequisite(s): 8015 (v.8) Metamorphic Petrology 202 or any previous version
AND
    312244 (v.1) Mineralogy and Geochemistry 201 or any previous version
    OR
    11913 (v.2) Geology 214 - Geochemistry or any previous version
Syllabus: Principal types of ore deposits and ore forming processes. Ore mineralogy, stable isotopes, fluid inclusions and phase equilibria. Ore deposits associated with magmatic processes. Hydrothermal ore forming systems and wall rock alteration. Ore deposits in sedimentary environments. Ores of metamorphic affiliation. Metallogenesis. Development of genetic and exploration models. Techniques in mineral exploration and mining geology. Industrial rocks and minerals. Reflected light ore microscopy - oxide and sulphide mineralogy and textures, ore associations and selected ore deposits.
Field of Education: 010700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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

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