EA5041 - Igneous Petrology and Processes
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Science, Technology & Engineering |
A holistic approach to how Earth works, involving integration of igneous and metamorphic petrology, and basin analysis with tectonic setting. Geochemical and petrological features of igneous rocks, and their interrelationship with tectonics. Modern-day tectonic processes, and causes and consequences of supercontinent assembly and break-up. Comparison with modern and ancient Earth.
Learning Outcomes
- The course focuses on the response of magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentological phenomena to plate tectonic processes. The first part of the course ensures a sound petrological knowledge before application to the geodynamics of modern Earth. An appreciation of how global tectonics applies to the supercontinent cycle. Intergrated P-T-t metamorphic-structural approaches to orogenesis. Application to ancient orogens, back to the early Earth, to assess the role of plate tectonics through time.
| Prerequisites: | EA5048 - ALLOW CONCURRENT ENROLMENT |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 26-Mar-2015 | |
| Coordinator: | Assoc. Professor Carl Spandler |
| Lecturers: | Dr Michael Rubenach, Professor Tim Bell, Professor Tom Blenkinsop, Assoc. Professor Carl Spandler. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); assignments (40%). |
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