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 This first-semester unit provides a broad understanding of the composition and structure of the Earth and its location in the Solar system.
Students intending to major in Geology, Geochemistry or Geophysics should enrol in both KEA101 and the second-semester course KEA102. Other interested students may enrol in both or either one of these courses.
The course involves two or three hours of lectures and three hours of practicals per week, as well as a compulsory one-day field excursion close to Hobart.
Lectures will cover the following topics
- Introduction
- Universe & Solar System
- Earth Structure
- Plate Tectonics
- Minerals
- Igneous rocks
- Volcanism and Volcanoes
- Sedimentary rocks
- Metamorphic rocks
- Structure and Mountain Building
Required text:
- Monroe, J. S., and Wicander, R., 2005, The changing Earth: Exploring Geology and Evolution, 4th Ed., West/Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Recommended texts for the course are:
- Lapidus, D. F., 1990, Collins Dictionary of Geology, HarperCollins.
KEA101 is taught by Dr. Peter McGoldrick (Unit Coordinator), Prof. Jocelyn McPhie, and Dr Garry Davidson.
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