EA5044 - Geological Mapping

Credit points:	03
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Science and Engineering

Detailed mapping of a selected area in the Mount Isa Inlier, interpretation and synthesis of field data (sedimentary, structural, metamorphic, igneous, economic), plotting maps and cross sections, geological report writing.

Learning Outcomes

• develop skills in integrating a wide body of geological data in determining a geological history and writing a field report;
• develop skills in mapping a complex terrain comprised of a variety of lithologies and geological problems;
• develop skills in preparing geological maps and cross sections from data collected in the field.

Prerequisites:	EA5049 AND EA5330 AND EA5048 - ALLOW CONCURRENT ENROLMENT
Corequisites:	EA5045
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	EA3510

Availabilities
Townsville, Block, Study Period 7
Census Date 30-Jun-2016
Face to face teaching 02-Jul-2016 to 19-Jul-2016
Coordinator:	Dr Ioan Sanislav, Dr Jan Huizenga
Lecturers:	Dr Ioan Sanislav, Assoc. Professor Zhaoshan Chang.
Contact hours:	15 hours workshops/Seminars 64 hours fieldwork
Assessment:	quizzes or tests (10%); assignments (90%).

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