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Handbook of Postgraduate Studies – 2004time. Special attention will be paid to biodiversity of areef, symbiosis, recruitment, the effects of bioturbationand bioerosion, the interaction of the biota of the reef,and management of reefs. This unit does not count forcredit with GEOS424. Students who have completedGEOS428 will be undertaking individual projects.GEOS857 Advanced Meteorology5 pg cpTopics in this unit include theoretical aspects ofmesoscale meteorology; thermodynamics, equations ofmotion; continuity equations; circulation and vorticity;perturbation theory fronts and frontogenesis; cyclonesand cyclogenesis; numerical prediction; the general circulationof the atmosphere.GEOS858 Environmental Geophysics4 pg cpPrerequisite: GEOS816 (or equivalent)Excludes: GEOS305, GEOS315This unit is concerned with seismology, seismic refraction,potential field and electrical methods and geophysicalwell-logging with an emphasis on applications toengineering site and groundwater investigation and pollutionmonitoring. Off-campus fieldwork will be undertaken.GEOS859 Applied Climate Study4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with air pollution in the atmosphericboundary layer including emissions and monitoring;atmospheric radiation and climate data analysis;application in urban areas, especially Sydney, and implicationsfor urban planning.GEOS860 Special Problems inMeteorology5 pg cpTheoretical and practical aspects of climate modellingare reviewed including the implementation of globalmodels on computers and the integration of satellite datainto initialisation and validation data sets.GEOS861 Boundary Layer Processes4 pg cpThis unit is concerned with interactions between the landsurface and the atmosphere and their effects on theboundary layer. It is of interest to climatologists, ecologists,agricultural and forest meteorologists, physicalgeographers and applied physicists.GEOS862 Research in PhysicalGeography4 pg cpTopics in this unit include magnitude/frequency relationsin rivers; geomorphic impacts of floods; human impactson runoff, and implications for sediment balances in riverchannels and on flood plains.262GEOS 863 Applied Geomorphology4 pg cpA detailed consideration of applied hillslope and appliedfluvial geomorphology is covered in this unit. Topicsmay include the identification of erosion sources and sedimentsinks, sediment budgets, slope stability analysis,and the use of river styles in catchment management.GEOS874 Geophysical Prospecting4 pg cpPrerequisite: GEOS816 (or equivalent)Excludes: GEOS306, GEOS316This unit is concerned with the application of geophysicaltechniques to exploration for minerals and petroleum.Topics include potential field, induced polarisation, electromagnetic,seismic reflection and radiometric methods.Generally, emphasis is placed on the applications and relativemerits of the various methods for particular aspectsof exploration. Off-campus fieldwork will be undertaken.GEOS875 Structural Petrology4 pg cpPrerequisite: GEOS314 and GEOS308 (or equivalent)Topics in this unit include interpretation of microstructuresin terms of deformation mechanisms and mechanismsof solution, deposition and fluid-rock interactionduring deformation; basic concepts on incremental strainand progressive deformation, with applications tosheared and multiply deformed rocks.GEOS876 Advanced GeochemicalApplications and Techniques4 pg cpPrerequisite: GEOS260 or CHEM324Excludes: GEOS437This course provides “hands-on” training and operationof state-of-the-art instrumentation used in inorganic geochemicalanalysis to determine major element, trace elementand isotopic composition of rocks and minerals.The unit comprises lectures, group instrument instructionand individual projects. The project includes planning theanalytical strategy, data collection, data presentation andinterpretation.GEOS878 Advanced Soils4 pg cpThis unit includes detailed examination of topics such asbiotic and abiotic processes on soil formation as appliedto the present time and during the past. The application ofvarious soil classifications to regolith mapping, includingthe concept of pedological provinces.GEOS891 MSc Dissertation Geology16 pg cpDissertation for MSc coursework candidates that must bea substantial research project on a chosen topic. The stu-