Course overview
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to geological and geochemical surveying for resource exploration and development, from regional to mine site scales. Students learn how to acquire, process, and interpret geological and geochemical datasets to resolve geological relationships at a variety of scales. They will also synthesise these data into three- and four-dimensional models that guide the economic development of geological resources. Students discover that geological and geochemical data are acquired at a range of scales with a range of resolutions, so they can judge which techniques are appropriate for achieving resource exploration or development objectives within a terrain setting.
Course learning outcomes
- Design geological and geochemical survey acquisition plans that target resource exploration and development objectives at regional to mine site scales
- Process and/or transform raw geological and geochemical survey data into regularised, interpretable form
- Interpret processed or regularised geological and geochemical survey datasets to reveal underlying geological rock type architecture or resource development phenomena
- Plan resource development strategies using geological resource models determined from geological and geochemical survey data
- Characterise resource model uncertainty determined from a variety of geological and geochemical survey datasets
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Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 25327
Section LE01
Size 50
Available 50
Class number 27471
Section WS01
Size 50
Available 50
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