Course Description
Course Name
Stratigraphy and Economic Geology
Session: VCPF3124
Hours & Credits
36 Host University Units
Prerequisites & Language Level
Course entry requirements: GEO2004S, DP in GEO3005F
Taught In English
- There is no language prerequisite for courses at this language level.
Overview
Course outline:
This course covers the development of the oceanic and continental rock record and associated ore deposits as follows: the principles of stratigraphy with examples drawn from the South African rock record; the methods and procedures involved in dating rocks; the genesis of economic mineral deposits, their microscopic textures, and their valuation and exploitation; geophysical techniques.
This course covers the development of the oceanic and continental rock record and associated ore deposits as follows: the principles of stratigraphy with examples drawn from the South African rock record; the methods and procedures involved in dating rocks; the genesis of economic mineral deposits, their microscopic textures, and their valuation and exploitation; geophysical techniques.
*Course content subject to change