Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
Contact Hours: | 3.0 |
Credits: | 12.5 |
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
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| 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. |
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 |
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