Laporte L F Ancient Environments, Prentice-Hall 1968
Keller W D Chemistry in Introductory Geology, 3rd ed Lucas 1966 recommended for students without a background in chemistry.
The library of the School of Geology is open to students, and advice as to reading on any special section of the work will be given by members of the staff. Other introductory textbooks are available for preliminary reading and general reference in the reserve section of the departmental library.
EXAMINATION Examination in both theory and practical work totalling 6 hours. Short tests may also be held during the practical sessions.
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200 GEOLOGY
A course of four lectures and six hours practical work per week, with field excursions and a field mapping exercise, throughout the year.
Students wishing to major in Geology are required to take Geology 200 and to enrol individually in each of its constituent units.
SYLLABUS Geology 200 consists of the following units — 201 Mineralogy
202 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology 203 Structural Geology
204 Sedimentology 205 Palaeontology
206 Principles of Stratigraphy
FIELD WORK The prescribed field excursions for units 201-206 inclusive held at weekends or during term vacations, and a 3-day field mapping exercise held during a term vacation. Brief written reports on field work are required.
BOOKS
In addition to the books cited under units 201-206.
Recommended for reference:
Verhoogen J et a1 The Earth—an introduction to Physical Geology, Holt Rinehart & Winston 1970
Students should make full use of the departmental library for reference purposes, and advice will be given by members of the staff in the selec- tion of suitable literature.
EXAMINATION Examination in both theory and practical work as for units 201-206 inclusive. Laboratory and field work are assessed and are taken into account in determining the success of each candidate.
201 MINERALOGY
A course of 16 lectures and 24 hours practical work with a field excursion.
SYLLABUS Theory and applications of crystal optics; basic geochemistry;
relationships between mineral structures and physical properties; struc- ture, chemistry and paragenesis of the common rock-forming minerals.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
•Deer W A Howie R A & Zussman J An Introduction to the Rock-form- ing Minerals, Longmana
Kerr P F Optical Mineralogy, McGraw-Hill Phillips W R Mineral Optics, Freeman 1971
Heinrich E W Microscope Identification of Minerals, McGraw-Hi"
Recommended for reference:
Mason B Principles of Geochemistry, Wiley
EXAMINATION Examination In both theory and practical work, totalling 3 hours.
202 IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY
A course of 16 lectures and 24 hours practical work, with field excursions.
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SYLLABUS Igneous rock classifications; petrography and elementary pet- rology of Igneous and metamorphic rocks.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbook:
Bowen N L The Evolution of the Igneous Rocks, Dover 1958 Williams H Turner F J& Gilbert C M Petrography, Freeman Recommended for reference:
Gayly B Introduction to Petrology, Prentice-Hall Harker A Petrology for Students, CUP
Heinrich E W Microscopic Petrography, McGraw-Hill
EXAMINATION Examination in both theory and practical work, totalling three hours.
203 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
A course of 18 lectures and 24 hours practical work, with field excursions.
SYLLABUS A descriptive treatment of strain in rocks, including the development of folds, cleavages and schistosity, lineation faults and joint systems, leading to simple stress analysis; structures of igneous bodies and diapiric structures.
BOOKS
Preliminary reading:
Hills E S Outlines of Structural Geology, Methuen Laboratory textbook:
•Phillips F C The Use of Stereographlc Projection In Structural Geology, Arnold
Recommended for reference:
Hills E S Elements of Structural Geology, Methuen
Spencer E W Introduction to the Structure of the Earth, McGraw-Hill EXAMINATION Examination in both theory and practical work, totalling 3 hours.
204 SEDIMENTOLOGY
A course of 18 lectures and 24 hours practical work with a fleId excursion.
SYLLABUS The emphasis will be placed on the origin, composition and structures of land-derived sediments, but shallow marine carbonate sedi- mentation will be introduced. Examples of modern marine sedimentation will be used to introduce the study of sedimentary rocks and stratigraphic environmental analysis.
Topics will include: Transport and deposition processes. Grain size and shape; texture. Mineral composition and classification of sedimentary rocks. Hydrodynamic rheotropic and biogenic sedimentary structures.
Students may be required to undertake a short reading course of selected references and to prepare a report based upon this.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
Blatt H Middleton G & Murray R Origin of Sedimentary Rocks, Prentice- Hall 1972.
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Hatch F H & RastaII R H Revised by J. T. Greensmith Petrology of the Sedimentary Rocks, 4th ed Murby 1965
Recommended for reference:
Pettijohn F J Sedimentary Rocks, 2nd ed Harper 1957 Folk R L Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks, Hemphill 1968
Conybeare C E B& Crook K A W Manual of Sedimentary Structures, Bulletin No 102 Bureau of Mineral Resources Department of National Development Canberra 1968
Allen J R L Physical Processes of Sedimentation, George Allen & Un- win 1970
Selley R C Ancient Sedimentary Environments, Chapman & Hall 1970 Other references will be given during the course.
EXAMINATION Examination in both theory and practical work, totalling 3 hours.
205 PALAEONTOLOGY
A course of 16 lectures and 24 hours practical work with field excursions.
SYLLABUS Principles of discrimination, naming and classification of animal and plant species; relationships between organisms and environ- ment; uses of fossils in geology; a brief survey of the morphology, evolu- tion and geological distribution of selected groups from the major inver- tebrate phyla and plant series.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbook:
Bearbower J R Search for the past, 2nd ed Prentice-Hall Recommended for reference:
Moore R C Lalicker C G & Fischer A G Invertebrate Fossils, McGГaw- Hill
Shrock R R & Twenhofel W H Principles of Invertebrate Paleontology, McGraw-Hill
Woods H Palaeontology: Invertebrate, 8th ed CUP
EXAMINATION Examination in both theory and practical work, totalling 3 hours.
206 PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHY
A course of 16 lectures and 24 hours practical work with a field excursion.
SYLLABUS Principles of structural, lithological, palaeontological and radiometric subdivision of sequences; nomenclature of units; principles of stratigraphical correlation. The fades concept. Relationships between tectonics and sedimentation.
Environments of depositIon—their physical, chemical and biological parameters, leading to elementary environmental analysis of stratigraphi- ca1 sequences.
BOOKS
Prescribed textbooks:
•Dunbar C O & Rodgers J Principles of Stretigrephy, Wiley
Krumbeln W C & Sloes L L StratIgrgphy and Sedimentation, 2nd ed Freeman 1963
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Recommended for reference:
Weller J M Stratigraphic Principles and Practice. Harper 1960
EXAMINATION Examination in theory and practical work, totalling 3 hours.