This course will not be offered in 2011.

This course is held on the NSW South Coast as a field base for an intensive introduction of 2 weeks duration in studies of modern and ancient processes in Earth and marine sciences. Topics will include: formation and evolution of the former Gondwanan margin now exposed on the southeastern coast of Australia; styles of magmatism, tectonism, sedimentation, and habitats at convergent margins subject to sporadic rifting; analysis of the rock record and its interpretation in terms of paleoenvironments; field mapping and interpretation of well-exposed plutonic constructs in the crust; mapping and analysis of Holocene land-sea interactions; landform developments consequent to formation and extinction of spreading activity in the Tasman Sea. Laboratory studies will include an introduction to petrographic techniques and their use in examination of varied rock suites.