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GEOS260: Marine Depositional Environments |
Day students: compulsory field excursion 15 to 29 April, South Coast. External Students: 25 to 29 April; 14-15 May
Geological processes and products of modern and ancient marine environments. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction using lithological, geometrical and palaeontological data. Volcanism and its products in marine environments. Evidence of present day hydrothermal alteration and metamorphism of the oceanic lithosphere and the formation of ore deposits in marine rocks.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 5 |
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D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year
(On Campus session: 25-29 April (F); 14-15 May) |
| Staff Contact: |
Dr Dadd, Dr Flood |
| Prerequisites: |
GEOS115(P) or GEOS116(P)
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| Unit Designations: |
Technology
Science
| | Assessed As: |
Graded
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| Offered By: |
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
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