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Comprises a series of lectures and practicals covering sedimentary environments, fossil fuels and the regolith. Examines clastic sedimentary transport and depositional processes and the formation of carbonate and evaporite chemical sediments. These processes are discussed in the context of the earth`s modern and ancient environments, highlighting the external and internal controls over such depositional systems and their dynamic nature. The formation and location of fossil fuels will be introduced. Weathering processes and products as well as the regolith will be discussed. The course also involves 2 days of field excursions in the Hobart area.
This unit is designed to bring students' knowledge of these topics up to graduate level, adequate for school teaching and for continuation into 4th year (Honours), which is now recognised as the minimum professional level of training. This course is required for undertaking Honours in geology, environmemtal geology and desirable for Honours in geophysics or economic geology.
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