EA5027:06
Advanced Field Training *
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
6 hours lectures, 6 hours tutorials, 16 hours practicals, 5 hours seminars, 70 hours flexible delivery. June intensive block mode.
Available to students qualifying for entry into MSc(App) in Mining and Exploration Geology.
Staff: Professor N Oliver.
This is an 8-day course in state-of-the-art field-based training. The course will emphasise the integration of structural, paragenetic, textural, geochemical and geophysical techniques in unravelling patterns of fluid flow, alteration and mineralisation. The course will be based in the Mt Isa Block.
Learning Objectives:
- to develop advanced field geological skills not available through undergraduate program or offered commercially elsewhere.
Assessment by field tests (65%); written report/assignment (25%); seminar (10%).
* Offered in odd-numbered years