GEOL480-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010

Geological Evolution of NZ and Antarctica

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 22 February 2010
End Date: Sunday, 27 June 2010
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 7 March 2010
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 23 May 2010

Description

The course is built around the geological development of New Zealand and Antarctica and will focus on the evolution of the Pacific sector of the Gondwana margin and its break-up to form the Southern Ocean and the austral continents. The connecting theme will be regional tectonics and an integration of data from magmatic, metamorphic and sedimentary basin histories into a consistent tectonic story. The validity of a range of tectonic and terrane models will be assessed.

The first half of the course will focus on the Palaeozoic evolution of the Pacific margin of Gondwana particularly on how the oldest rocks of New Zealand relate to those of Antarctica and Australia. The second half of the course will focus on the Mesozoic evolution and ultimate break-up of Gondwana to form our southern continents.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Head of Department.

Course Coordinator

Bryan Storey

Guest Lecturer

Assoc Prof John Bradshaw

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage  Description
Presentation (15 minutes) 25% Oral presentation - Term 1 (15 minutes)
Assignment 1 01 Apr 2010 25% 1-page abstract, table of contents and reference list submitted at end of term 1, summarizing the oral presentation
Essay 04 Jun 2010 50% Essay

Notes

Students should revise their knowledge of plate tectonics, igneous petrology and New Zealand geology.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $760.00

* 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 .

All GEOL480 Occurrences

  • GEOL480-10S1 (C) Semester One 2010
  • GEOL480-10S2 (C) Semester Two 2010 - Not Offered – replaced with another occurrence
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