Geology of Southeast Australia (GEOL20001)

Topics to be covered include:

• reconstruction of the geological architecture and the geological history of southeast Victoria;
• field identification of geological relationships between rock units, including the nature of volcanic eruptions;
• examination of the Ordovician shale, Permian tillite, Cretaceous and sandstone and Tertiary limestone-deposits; characterisation of the age and environment of these units;
• introduction to the techniques that are used to evaluate the geomorphic evolution and neotectonics of southeast Australia.