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GEOS260: Marine Depositional Environments

Day students: compulsory field excursion 24 to 28 April (F), South Coast.

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
When Offered:	D1 - Day; Offered in the first half-year
Staff Contact:	Dr Dadd, Dr Flood
Prerequisites:	GEOS115(P) or GEOS116(P)
Corequisites:
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Unit Designations:	Technology Science
Assessed As:	Graded
Offered By:	Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

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