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GEOL303 Environmental and Exploration Geochemistry

Updated: 15 May 2009
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Semester 2 Off Campus
Online level Level A- Internet access required
Intensive School(s)
Start Finish Attendance Notes
12 September 2009 19 September 2009 Mandatory includes two-day field excursion
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites GEOL120 or GEOS1050 and CHEM120 or CHEM120A and 6 cp at 200-level in CHEM or GEOL or GEOS
Co-requisites None
Restrictions None
Notes

offered off-campus in odd numbered years

Combined Units None
Coordinator(s) Kierran Maher (kmaher6@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Theory and practice of chemical analysis. Exploration geochemistry; environmental geochemistry; trace element geochemistry; applications of stable and radiogenic isotopes. Practical work includes field projects in exploration and environmental geochemistry; chemical analysis of rocks; seminars; assignments; computer-assisted learning.

Prescribed Material
Mandatory
Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material

The Environmental Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits
ISBN: 9781887483506
Plumlee, G.S. and Logsdon, M.J. (Part A); Filipek, L.F. and Plumlee, G.S. (Part B), Society of Economic Geologists Inc. 1999
Text refers to: Semester 2 , Off Campus
Disclaimer Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
   

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