11918 (v.2) Geology 316 - Crustal Evolution

Area:

Department of Applied Geology

Credits:

12.5

Contact Hours:

3.0

** 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:

1 x 1 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

2 x 1 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

8015 (v.7) Geology 202 - Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology or any previous version
AND
9778 (v.5) Geology 301 - Petrogenesis or any previous version
AND
302451 (v.2) Geology 307 - Geodynamics or any previous version

Syllabus:

Pressure and temperature in the Earth's crust - Steady-state and perturbed geotherms. Pressure-temperature-time paths - Including predicted paths from thermal models and real paths from metamorphic rocks. Isotope geochronology. Tectonic settings of high, medium and low pressure metamorphism. Cratons, mobile belts and tectonic processes in Precambrian and Phanerozoic orogens. Continental growth through time and the supercontinent cycle.

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Field of Education:

10700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping)

HECS Band (if applicable):

Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information:

Not Online

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2004	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area