| Offered By: |
Research School of Earth Sciences |
| Academic Career: |
Undergraduate |
| Course Subject: |
Earth and Marine Science |
| Offered in: |
Winter Session, 2010 |
| Unit Value: |
6 units |
| Course Description: |
Advanced field mapping in a deformed terrane, teaching the basics as to how to make a map when the geology is complicated. The field component is held over two weeks in June/July and reports and maps are submitted for assessment at the end of the field period. Assessment will be complete by the end of July. |
| Indicative Assessment: |
Based on the quality of the maps and cross- sections produced in the field, plus a participation component. Field notebooks will be also examined as supplementary material. |
| Workload: |
Two weeks field mapping to be held in the break between semesters 1 and 2 |
| Areas of Interest: |
Earth and Marine Sciences |
| Requisite Statement: |
EMSC2012 |
| Incompatibility: |
GEOL3001 |
| Preliminary Reading: |
The Mapping of Geological Structures by K. R. McClay The Techniques of Modern Structural Geology (Hardcover) by John G. Ramsay and Martin Huber |
| Science Group: |
C |
| Academic Contact: |
Professor Stephen Cox |