SLE202 - Landscape Evolution

Unit details

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Enrolment modes:

(B)

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:

0.125

Unit chair:

N Porch

Prerequisite:

SQA102 or SLE102

Incompatible with:

SQB341, SQE347

Contact hours:

1 x 2 hour lectures per week, 6 x 3 hour practicals per trimester (which includes a full day field trip to the Mornington Peninsula)

Note:

Online teaching methods require internet access. Please refer to the most current computer specifications.

Content

The unit will include an introduction to soil classification and identification, studies on earth surface processes that influence landform development, and on general geomorphic systems.  It will also involve a detailed study of rock types and a basic study of geological structures.  Further it will examine techniques used in the assessment of the landscape palaeo-environmental history, and the contribution that this information / data has to climate change science.  This unit will also involve detailed studies of geo-scientific maps (i.e. geological, regolith and soil maps), and of geophysical remote sensed imagery applicable to geo-environmental problems.

Assessment

Three practical reports (20% each) 60%, examination 40%

Unit Fee Information

Student Contribution Rate*Student Contribution Rate**Student Contribution Rate***Fee rate - Domestic Students Fee rate - International students
$565$565$1006$3450$3260

* Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2010
** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2009
*** Student contribution rate for Commonwealth Supported students who commenced studies from 2008
Please note: Unit fees listed do not apply to Deakin Prime students.