EA3200 - Advanced Structural and Metamorphic Geology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
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This subject is a follow-up of EA2300: Introductory Metamorphic and Structural Geology. In the metamorphic section, emphasis will be placed on the techniques used to reconstruct the tetono-metamorphic and fluid evolution of a metamorphic terrain. The structural geology section is aimed to enhance the learner's capabilities to provide high-standard descriptions and interpretations of geometric, kinematic and structural data of deformed rocks and regions.
Learning Outcomes
- understand the thermodynamics of metamorphic reactions;
- understand the fundamental concepts of rock deformation such as rheology, stress and strain;
- be able to describe, characterise and analyse a large variety of structural and metamorphic geological data;
- to write a geological report;
- have an understanding of how to study a metamorphic terrain using (a) mineral relationships in thin sections, (b) mineral chemistry, and (c) whole-rock chemical data.
| Prerequisites: | AT LEAST 12 CREDIT POINTS AT LEVEL 2 INCLUDING EA2220 AND EA2300 |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | EA5042 |
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| Townsville, , Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 28-Mar-2019 | |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); (60%). |
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