EA1100:03
Dynamics of Planet Earth
Townsville
Prerequisites: Senior Chemistry recommended
Inadmissable Subject Combination: EA1001
35 lectures, 24 hours practicals, 6 hours field work. First semester.
An introduction to the processes and products of solid earth dynamics, including an introduction to plate tectonics and earth structure, rock and mineral systematics, igneous and metamorphic rock assemblages and their origins, structural consequences of stress in the lithosphere, landscape degradation through weathering and erosion, the styles of accumulation shown by sediment and sedimentary rocks and environmental Earth Science.
Assessment by a three-hour examination (60%); practical work (40%).
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