Mineral and Energy Resources - GEOS3141
Faculty: Faculty of Science
School: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences
Course Outline: http://www.bees.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Undergraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: GEOL1111/GEOS1111 or GEOL1211/GEOS1211 or GEOS1701 or GEOL5321 or GEOL5200.
Excluded: MINE2810
CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
Description
The course provides an introduction to the nature and formation of mineral and energy resources. It is designed for those students wishing to work in the future as professional geologists, resource engineers and in other fields of geoscience. It covers: the geological setting, characteristics and genesis of major categories of metallic resources, the nature and origin of coal-bearing sequences and the generation, migration, entrapment and degradation of petroleum. Laboratory study of hand specimens, thin and polished sections is undertaken. Exploration and development methods are described.
Note/s: Up to four days of fieldwork is a compulsory part of this course for which students will incur personal costs.
Note/s: Up to four days of fieldwork is a compulsory part of this course for which students will incur personal costs.