EA3800 - Earth and Environmental Geochemistry
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | College of Science and Engineering |
EA3800 introduces students from a variety of science and environmental studies backgrounds to chemistry principles, and uses these principles to gain a better understanding of surface and deep Earth processes. Specific topics include elemental distribution in the cosmos, on the Earth, in rocks, minerals and the surface environment; aqueous geochemistry and mineral stability; chemical weathering; biogeochemical principles and applications in the earth sciences; isotopic and elemental ratios as tracers of natural and anthropogenic processes; radiometric dating; exploration geochemistry; pollution processes and issues. Each topic is reinforced by case studies from the science literature.
Learning Outcomes
- to provide students with a firm foundation in chemistry and its application to the natural world;
- to engender in students a deeper understanding of the Earth and our surface environment from a chemical perspective;
- to provide students with the means to assess rigorously and critically scientific debates and environmental issues;
- to provide students with a wide range of practical skills used in exploration and environmental geochemistry.
| Prerequisites: | 12 credit points at level 2 and 3 credit points of level 1 CH and 3 credit points level 1 EA subjects |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EA5046 |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 23-Aug-2018 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Christa Placzek. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (15%); mid-term test (20%); practicals and tutorials (25%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 23-Aug-2018 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Christa Placzek. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); presentations (15%); mid-term test (20%); practicals and tutorials (25%). |
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