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GEOL243  Depositional Environments and Stratigraphy

15 points, 0.1250 EFTS

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This course focuses on modern sedimentary environments, oceanography and marine organisms as a key to interpreting geological history, and the techniques and approaches that allow geologist to deal with geological time. The fundamental underpinning is stratigraphy, and using sedimentary features and fossils as palaeoenvironment indicators, with particular attention paid to New Zealand’s geological development.

Pre-requisites

GEOL111 and GEOL112. With a B+ average, or a standard acceptable to the Head of Department, GEOL113 may be substituted for either GEOL111 or GEOL112.

Restrictions

GEOL234, GEOL235