Area: | Department of Applied Geology |
Contact Hours: | 5.0 |
Credits: | 25.0 |
Lecture: | 2 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Laboratory: | 3 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Prerequisite(s): | 7032 (v.5) Geology 102 or any previous version
AND
9771 (v.7) Geology 201 - Mineralogy or any previous version
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| Igneous petrology - description, classification and interpretation of igneous rocks. Primary magma formation and emplacement of magmas as intrusions and lavas. Processes in magma chambers and mechanisms of magmatic differentiation. Igneous rocks in hand-specimen and thin-section. Metamorphic petrology - description and interpretation of metamorphic rocks. Chemical equilibrium, mineral reactions, nucleation and porphyroblast growth. Deformation and metamorphic fabrics. The metamorphic facies. Fluids, migmatites and partial melting. Metamorphic rocks in hand-specimen and thin-section. |
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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