| Credit |
6 points |
| Availability |
Semester 2 (see Timetable) |
| Old unit code |
520.345 |
| Outcomes |
Students acquire (1) a basic understanding of how geophysical and geochemical technologies are used in modern mineral exploration; (2) experience in the integrated analysis of exploration data sets, recognising their respective strengths and weaknesses; and (3) the ability to identify the most appropriate methods for exploring for different commodities in different geological environments. |
| Content |
This unit introduces the concepts and applications of geophysical and geochemical techniques in mineral exploration. It deals with the nature of exploration data sets and covers the design and interpretation of geophysical and geochemical surveys for gold, nickel and other metals in areas of outcrop and under cover.
Laboratory sessions include a visit to a commercial analytical laboratory. They also cover database structures and introduce GIS, data modelling and visualisation software packages as applied in mineral exploration. |
| Assessment |
This comprises geophysics assignments (5 per cent and 20 per cent), a geochemistry seminar (10 per cent), geochemistry laboratory exercises (10 per cent) and a final examination (55 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
| Unit Co-ordinator(s) |
Winthrop Professor Mike Dentith |
| Location |
UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode |
on-campus |
| Unit Rules |
| Prerequisites: EART2231 Earth Materials and EART2232 Field Geology and EART2233 Earth History Methods and EART2234 Structural and Metamorphic Geology |
| Advisable prior study: EART2235 Introduction to Geochemistry |
Contact hours—lectures: 3 hrs per week; labs: 3 hrs per week; field work: half a day
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