GEOL352-06S2 (U) Semester Two 2006 (University Campus)

Advanced Field Studies B

14 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 10 July 2006
End Date: Sunday, 12 November 2006
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 23 July 2006
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 8 October 2006

Description

Extended field work and related exercises aimed at broadening geological experience in the understanding and interpretation of rocks at outcrop, field map, and regional scales.

The course will give hands-on experience of solving geological problems in the field, through making geological maps, the interpretation of igneous sedimentary and metamorphic rocks in outcrop, and the synthesis of regional patterns from dispersed outcrop data. The course builds on knowledge and experience gained in GEOL230 and GEOL231 and will include geological mapping in areas with more complex structures. In addition, the description and interpretation of plutonic igneous rocks and low- and high-grade metamorphic rocks will be covered. In other field classes the interpretation of sedimentary sections in terms of basin facies architecture and basin history will be explored.

What the course entails:
Teaching takes place in the study breaks and at weekends.

What you need for this course:
Students must have successfully completed GEOL230 and GEOL231 and 44 points from other Geol 200 level courses. You must also take 42 points from other GEOL 300 level courses as corequisites.

What this course gets you into:
This course is essential for all students intending to continue to 400 level or postgraduate studies.

Prerequisites

(1) GEOL230; (2) GEOL231; (3) 44 points from other GEOL 200 level courses.

Co-requisites

14 points from any papers in GEOL331-GEOL338 offered in the same semester.

Timetable Note

Field class dates and venue to be advised as soon as these are finalised.

Laboratories - Classes will be held from weeks 14-17 inclusive, and are provisionally timetabled from 3.30-6.00 pm on Fridays, but may be rescheduled to an earlier time by mutural agreement.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Uwe Ring

Lecturers

David Bell and Dave MacKinnon

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Internal assessments 100%


Assessment is 100% internal. Details of component exercises will be issued in a pre-trip briefing.

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Relationship of GEOL352 to other courses
Students must have successfully completed GEOL230 and GEOL231 and 44 points from other GEOL 200 courses.  You must also take 42 points from other GEOL 300 level courses as co-requisites. GEOL352 is particularly recommended for students enrolled in GEOL331, GEOL334, and required for those planning on 400 level papers.

GEOL352 (with GEOL351) is a prerequisite for all fourth year and postgraduate courses in Geological Sciences (except Diploma in Engineering Geology).

The fieldwork will take place in the August break and there is a field fee of $163 in 2006. Field teaching takes place off campus and a reasonable degree of physical fitness is desirable. The course also includes an in-term laboratory component.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $672.00

International fee $2,415.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Geological Sciences .

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