Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
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Credits: | 25.0 |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
** 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: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
Anti Requisite(s): |
10198 (v.3)
Geology 241 - Structural Geology and Mineralogy
or any previous version
AND 307324 (v.1) Geology 237 - Structural Geology or any previous version |
Prerequisite(s): |
7032 (v.5)
Geology 102
or any previous version
OR 11310 (v.5) Geology 111 or any previous version |
Syllabus: | Description, classification and relationships between folds, foliations and lineations. Stress and relationship to fracturing and faulting. Nomenclature of faults, displacements and fault separations. Pure and simple shear, progressive deformation and particle paths both two- and three-dimensional. Quantitative strain analysis. Shear zones and kinematic indicators. Superimposed folding. Folding mechanisms and fold development. Mechanical properties of rocks. Deformation mechanisms and microstructures. Use of stereographic projection in interpretation of structures. |
** 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*: | Supplemental *Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information |
Result Type: | Grade/Mark |
Year | Location | Period | Internal | Partially Online Internal | Area External | Central External | Fully Online |
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2009 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | Y | ||||
2009 | Miri Sarawak 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