EA5029 - Integrated Spatial Analysis and Remote Sensing of Mineral Exploration Targets
[Offered in even-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 06 |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Sch of Earth & Environmental Sciences (pre 2015) |
This subject introduces various modern GIS-aided and/or GIS-based techniques for mapping of geochemical anomalies and prospective areas in the target generation phase of mineral exploration. It consists of three parts, all centred on the theme mineral exploration: (I) mapping geochemical anomalies, (II) spectral remote sensing for mineral exploration and (III) mapping of mineral prospectivity.
Learning Outcomes
- analysis and mapping of geochemical anomalies for mineral exploration using spatial techniques;
- recognising indications of mineralisation from remotely-sensed data;
- analysis and integration of geoscience spatial information (e.g., geochemical anomalies) to map mineral prospectivity using GIS.
| Prerequisites: | Minerals Geoscience Masters students only |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EA5004 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Block, Study Period 5 | |
| Census Date 08-May-2014 | |
| Face to face teaching 21-Apr-2014 to 02-May-2014 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor John Carranza |
| Lecturer: | Assoc. Professor Zhaoshan Chang. |
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| Assessment: | end of course exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
| Special Assessment Requirements: | Satisfactory completion of practicals |
| Restrictions: |
An enrolment quota applies to this offering. |
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