Field-based intensive short course presented on the North Island of New Zealand (8 days) and western Tasmania (5 days). Offered every second year.
Introduction
Covers current approaches to mapping, facies analysis and mineralisation in ancient and modern volcanic sequences. The unit introduces the processes and products of different eruption styles, contrasts in scale and structure of volcanoes, identification of key volcanic facies associations, and interpretation of facies variations.The unit also covers mineralisation and alteration processes related to hydrothermal systems in subaerial and submarine volcanic terrains, and implications for mineral exploration.
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Volcanology and Mineralisation in Volcanic Terrains |
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| Unit code | KEA708 |
| Credit points | 25 |
| Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Natural Sciences |
| Discipline | Earth Sciences |
| Coordinator | Rebecca Carey |
| Teaching staff | |
| Level | Postgraduate |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Fees
Requisites
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | 11 days of lectures and practicals presented in an intensive short course format over a 2-week period. |
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| Assessment | field exercises and 2 major assignments |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
| Required | Volcanic Textures by McPhie, Doyle and Allen (provided to participants) |
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| Recommended |
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