EA5043 - 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;
• to place these in the context of modern mining and exploration techniques.

Prerequisites:	EA5320 AND EA5048
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	EA3400

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 28-Aug-2014
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Carl Spandler
Lecturers:	Assoc. Professor Carl Spandler, Assoc. Professor Zhaoshan Chang.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 6 hours tutorials 36 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (40%); presentations (10%); practical tests (10%); assignments (40%).

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