Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Unit Convenor
Mark Lackie
Contact via mark.lackie@mq.edu.au
E7A 127
Lecturer
Craig O'Neill
Lecturer
Yingjie Yang
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Credit points |
Credit points
3
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
6cp from GEOS or MATH or PHYS units at 200 level including GEOS205
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit explores the application of geophysical techniques from the exploration for minerals to help solve environmental, engineering and ground water problems. Topics include: potential field techniques, induced polarisation, electromagnetic, electrical, seismic and radiometric methods. Generally, emphasis is placed on the applications and relative merits of the various methods for particular aspects of exploration and environmental problems, rather than on rigorous theoretical treatment. Practical work includes: laboratory exercises in the reduction, plotting and interpretation of geophysical data.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
If you apply for Disruption to Study for your final examination, you must make yourself available for the week of July 24 – 28, 2017. If you are not available at that time, there is no guarantee an additional examination time will be offered. Specific examination dates and times will be determined at a later date.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Oral presentation | 10% | No | see schedule |
Quiz | 15% | No | see schedule |
Assignments | 35% | No | see schedule |
Exam | 40% | No | exam period |
Due: see schedule
Weighting: 10%
Each student has to select a topic relevant to the unit on which a 10-15 minute long oral presentation must be given during the class hours. A selection of topics is given at the beginning of the unit.
Due: see schedule
Weighting: 15%
(1) There will be three quizzes during the semester. They will consist of short answer or multiple choice questions relating to the practical work and lecture material.
Due: see schedule
Weighting: 35%
(1) Two assignments will be given to you during the semester. They will consist of questions relating to the topics covered during the semester and will include questions on both the theoretical and practical aspects of the unit material.
Due: exam period
Weighting: 40%
(1) There will be a final two-hour examination held during the examination period in November/December. It will consist of a choice of questions to be answered in essay style.
TEXTBOOK AND TECHNOLOGY USED
There is no compulsory textbook for this unit, but I recommend that you get a copy of “Geophysics for the Mineral Exploration Geoscientist” by Dentith and Mudge or “An Introduction to Applied and Environmental Geophysics” by Reynolds or “An Introduction to Geophysical Exploration” by Kearey et al or “Environmental and Engineering Geophysics” by Sharma as they look at the material at an appropriate level.
The unit also has a WEB site which can be found through the iLearn WEBSITE at https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/ . This site contains information such as copies of colour images, copies of PowerPoint’s shown in class, and copies of the practicals that we do in class. The WEB site will also allow access to the digital version of the lectures recorded through the iLecture system. It is recommended that you acquire a geophysical text to supplement what is up on the iLearn site. At the start of the year you should be issued with a username and password (Macquarie oneID) to access all the WEB sites available for the units you have taken. This will get you into the front page of the GEOS305 WEB site.
Information for students about access to online units is available at
https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/login/MQ/
I recommend that you use Mozilla Firefox as your browser, as it seems to have far less problems than Internet Explorer with iLearn.
DATE |
LECTURER |
TOPIC |
PRACTICAL |
Week 1
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Mark Lackie Mark Lackie |
Introduction to the unit Physical Properties |
Physical Properties |
Week 2
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Craig O'Neill
Craig O'Neill |
Data Sampling and Spectral Analysis
Filtering and Fourier Analysis |
Filtering |
Week 3
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Mark Lackie
Mark Lackie |
Magnetics: Acquisition and Processing
Gravity and Magnetics |
Potential Field Interpretation |
Week 4
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Mark Lackie
Mark Lackie |
Refraction: GRM, Ray Tracing, VIRT, etc
Radiometrics: Acquisition |
Refraction Interpretation
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Week 5
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Andy Green
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Geophysics at 1011 kHz – Reflectance of Minerals Geophysics at 1011 kHz – Models for Reflectance of Rocks |
Remote Sensing Prac Quiz 1
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Week 6
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Andy Green
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Geophysics at 1011 kHz – Inverting the Models to Mineralogy Geophysics at 1011 kHz – HyLogging Australia
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Remote Sensing Prac
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Week 7 |
Bruce Dickson |
Radiometrics: Processing and Interpretation |
Radiometrics |
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Mid Semester Recess | |
Week 8
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Craig O'Neill |
GPR Geothermal Exploration
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GPR Acquisition GPR Processing
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Week 9
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Mark Lackie
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EM Theory
EM Acquisition |
EM Stuff Quiz 2 |
Week 10
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Mark Lackie |
EM Interpretation IP Acquisition and Interpretation |
EM Interpretation |
Week 11
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Yingjie Yang |
Seismic reflection method Seismic reflection data processing |
Exploration Seismics
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Week 12
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Yingjie Yang Mark Lackie
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Seismic reflection data processing MASW |
Exploration Seismics
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Week 13
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Mark Lackie
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Minerals Exploration
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Revision Quiz 3 |
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