Area: |
Department of Applied Geology |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
6.0 |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Lecture: |
3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: |
3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): |
7032 (v.5) Geology 102 or any previous version
AND
10198 (v.3) Geology 241 - Structural Geology and Mineralogy or any previous version
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Syllabus: |
Phase equalibria and simple thermodynamic principles. Two and three component phase diagrams related to petrology. Use of geochemistry in petrogenetic modelling. Element classification and geochemical behaviour. Eh and pH - application to chemical weathering and environmental geochemistry. Geochemistry of ore forming processes and mine drainage. Description, classification and interpretation of igneous rocks. Primary magma formation and emplacement. Processess in magma chambers; magmatic differentiation.Igneous rocks in hand-specimen. Description and interpretation of metamorphic rocks. Chemical equilibrium, mineral reactions, nucleation and porphyroblast growth, deformation and metamorphic fabrics, metamorphic facies. Fluids, migmatites and partial melting. Metamorphic rocks in hand-specimen. |
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| ** 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. ** |
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Field of Education: |
10700 Earth Sciences (Narrow Grouping) |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
2 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Not Online |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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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 |
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