EA3400 - Ore Genesis
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Sch of Earth & Environmental Sciences (pre 2015) |
Processes or ore formation, including the geochemistry of ore-forming fluids, wall-rock interactions and fluid migration; the styles, attributes and geological context of mineralised rock-systems.
Learning Outcomes
- to give an understanding of the nature and origin of metalliferous ore deposits;
- to provide an introduction to methods in metallogenic studies including ore microscopy, fluid inclusion studies and stable isotope geochemistry.
| Prerequisites: | AT LEAST 12 CREDIT POINTS OF LEVEL 2 SUBJECTS INCLUDING EA2510 AND EA2220 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EA5043 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 28-Aug-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Zhaoshan Chang |
| Lecturers: | Professor Tom Blenkinsop, Assoc. Professor Carl Spandler, Assoc. Professor Zhaoshan Chang. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); practical tests (15%); assignments (25%). |
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