2009 Course Handbook
GEOS314: Magmas, Fluids and Ore Deposits
Day Students: 4 day field excursion October, dates TBA
An understanding of the behaviour and evolution of silicate magmas and aqueous fluids in both the crust and mantle is developed. Examples of mafic/ultramafic and intermediate-silicic magmatic rock associations and their linked fluids and ore deposits are treated in terms of their geochemical behaviour and petrology. This treatment ranges from a deposit scale to a mantle-domain scale. Physical attributes of magma-fluid systems and isotopes are considered as petrogenetic and exploration tools. Important ore deposits related to fluid flow in sedimentary basins are also outlined. Practical work involves evaluating geochemical databases and microscopic examination of important suites. Field work will be conducted in an area containing an igneous complex and associated ore deposits.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | 6 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Professor Simon Turner |
| Prerequisites: | GEOS230 |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCWs: | GEOS304, GEOS395 |
| Unit Designations: |
Technology
Science |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
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