2009 Course Handbook
GEOS260: Marine Depositional Environments
Day students: compulsory field excursion 20 to 24 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
X1 - External study; Offered in the first half-year (On Campus session: 20-24 April (F); 9-10 May) |
| Staff Contact: | Dr Kelsie Dadd, Dr Richard Flood |
| Prerequisites: | GEOS115 or GEOS116 |
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| Unit Designations: |
Technology
Science |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
Timetable Information
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