GEOL351-08S1 (C) Semester One 2008

Advanced Field Studies

14 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 25 February 2008
End Date: Sunday, 29 June 2008
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 9 March 2008
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 25 May 2008

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.

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.

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Kari Bassett

Lecturers

Catherine Reid , John Bradshaw and Anekant Wandres

Textbooks / Resources

Recommended Reading

Boggs, Sam; Principles of sedimentology and stratigraphy ; 4th ed; Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006.

Powell, Derek; Interpretation of geological structures through maps : an introductory practical manual ; Longman Scientific & Technical ;, 1992.

Prothero, Donald R. , Schwab, F. L; Sedimentary geology : an introduction to sedimentary rocks and stratigraphy ; W.H. Freeman, 1996.

Notes

Field class dates and locations are preliminary and may be modified due to changing staff or conditions but are tentatively as follows:
Westport – 6–11 April
Oamaru – 21–25 April

The course fee payable at enrolment includes $32 to cover travel, accommodation and equipment. Meals (breakfast, packed lunch, dinner) will be provided at the field venues and will be charged separately at the rate of $15 per day.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $584.00

International fee $2,518.00

* 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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