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From Microstructures to Plate Tectonics - GEOS707
This course aims to give the student an in-depth knowledge of how to document, analyse and interpret microstructures in thin section with special emphasis on deformation and metamorphic microstructures. In addition, it gives an overview over the rheological behaviour of different minerals at variable conditions and provides the link between microstructure and rheology. Furthermore, the student will learn to recognize equilibrium and non-equilibrium metamorphic microstructures and calculate PT conditions from mineral chemistry data. The course comprises lectures, practicals and directed reading, which form the basis for three assessable oral presentations and one individual project.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| When Offered: | S1 Day - Session 1, North Ryde, Day |
| Staff Contact(s): | Dr Sandra Piazolo, Associate Professor Nathan Daczko |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to MRes |
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| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences Faculty of Science and Engineering |
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