This course will cover:
- The weathering of rocks, and the development of Regolith.
- Development of soils.
- Sediments, cations and anions will be tracked into various depositional environments, from rivers, to deserts, to marginal marine environments to the deep sea.
- Fundamental concepts for deciphering depositional environments such as sedimentary textures and structures.
- Treatment of modern Stratigraphic disciplines: Lithostratigraphy, Magnetostratigraphy, Seismic Stratigraphy, Chronostratigraphy and Geologic Time.
Laboratory: Practical work will be designed to help students recognise sedimentary structures in hand specimen and microscopic thin section. Students will be taught to recognise depositional environments in the field during a field trip to the NSW South Coast.
Note: Graduate students attend joint classes with undergraduates (EMSC2014) but will be assessed separately. including a requirment to co do a research paper.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
1. Observe and compare sedimentary depositional environments from outcrops, drill cores and diagrams.
2. Apply stratigraphic methods to analyse the evolution of past environments .
3. Explain the basic principles, chemical and physical processess at the surface of the Earth.
4. Describe the debates and history of the early thinkers in Geology and explain how that has influenced modern Earth Science.
5. Recognise and examine fundamental weathering processes.
Other Information
There will be a weekend fieldtrip to the NSW South Coast. The cost of this trip in 2015 was $175.Indicative Assessment
Assessment will be based on:
- Theory Exam (50%, LO 1-5)
- Laboratory and field work reports (30%, LO 1 - 3 & 5)
- Research paper (20%, LO 1 - 3 & 5)
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Workload
3 hours of lectures, 2 hours of laboratory per week, total 65 contact hours.
Requisite and Incompatibility
Assumed Knowledge
Bachelor degree including Earth Science/Geology or Chemistry to a first year level
Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
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- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 6 units
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| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $3840 |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $5460 |
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First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4579 | 24 Feb 2020 | 02 Mar 2020 | 08 May 2020 | 05 Jun 2020 | In Person | View |