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Exploration Field Skills (GEOL90045)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 6.25Off Campus
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Summer Term
Overview
Availability | Summer Term - Off Campus |
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Geological mapping, core logging and the recognition of ore-related hydrothermal alteration mineral assemblages are essential skills for all mining industry geologists. This field-based course will examine core and surface exposures of a mixed volcano-sedimentary succession in the highly mineralised Cambrian Mount Read Volcanics and Dundas Group of western Tasmania.
Intended learning outcomes
On completion of this subject, students should be able to:
- Characterise ore-related hydrothermal mineral alterations and map them in the field
- Describe the succession of minerals and rock textures in cores
- Interpret geophysical core logs in terms of changes in rock types and properties
- Critically evaluate the formation of ore-forming rocks based on field data
Generic skills
Exercise critical judgement; undertake rigorous and independent thinking; adopt a problem-solving approach to new and unfamiliar tasks; develop high-level written report and/or oral presentation skills; interrogate, synthesise and interpret the published literature; work as part of a team.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Knowledge of third-year geology strongly recommended
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Field maps | End of the teaching period | 46% |
Core logs | End of the teaching period | 15% |
Cross-sections | End of the teaching period | 10% |
Stratigraphic column | End of the teaching period | 5% |
Stereonets | End of the teaching period | 8% |
Exploration potential memorandum | End of the teaching period | 6% |
Performance/aptitude in the field | End of the teaching period | 10% |
Additional details
All assessment items are collectively equivalent to 2,500 words and are due by the last day of the teaching period.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Summer Term - Off Campus
Principal coordinator Ralf Haese Mode of delivery Off Campus Contact hours An eight day field trip Total time commitment 85 hours Pre teaching start date 10 January 2022 Pre teaching requirements Reading is expected to be completed in the pre-teaching period. Teaching period 13 February 2022 to 20 February 2022 Last self-enrol date 17 January 2022 Census date 18 February 2022 Last date to withdraw without fail 19 February 2022 Assessment period ends 20 February 2022 Summer Term contact information
Time commitment details
85 hours
Additional delivery details
This subject is taught through the Victorian Institute of Earth and Planetary Sciences: https://vieps.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/.
NOTE - This intensive subject is hosted by the University of Tasmania and includes a field trip to Tasmania. Students are responsible for flights to and accommodation in Hobart for one night. Students may also need to cover costs associated with the fieldwork (footwear, geological hammer, food for the week etc).
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Geoscience Course Master of Science (Earth Sciences) Informal specialisation Earth Sciences - Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
- Available to Study Abroad and/or Study Exchange Students
This subject is available to students studying at the University from eligible overseas institutions on exchange and study abroad. Students are required to satisfy any listed requirements, such as pre- and co-requisites, for enrolment in the subject.
Last updated: 31 January 2024