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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
The earth as a planet: origin, composition, and evolution of the solar system and the earth; internal structure of the earth; plate tectonics. Prerequisites: MATH 224, PHYSICS 135-1, and CHEM 103 or equivalents.
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3.00 Credits
Evolution of the earth system and its record through geological time. Interactions among the atmosphere, hydrosphere, sediments, and life on earth. Prerequisite: 201 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Finite strain theory, solid solution thermodynamics, phase transitions, subduction zone processes, seismic velocity structures, mineral equations of state. Prerequisites: CHEM 103, MATH 230, and PHYSICS 135-1.
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3.00 Credits
The geochemistry of rivers, groundwater, lakes, and seawater. Topics include the hydrologic cycle and water resources, acids and bases, pH and alkalinity, carbonate equilibria, redox chemistry, sorption processes and surface reactions, mineral solubility and weathering, and reaction kinetics. Prerequisites: CHEM 103 or equivalent.
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3.00 Credits
Formation and diagenesis of carbonates; geochemistry of organic matter; petroleum formation; evaporite precipitation; paleoenvironmental reconstruction; isotope, organic, and trace and major element geochemistry. Prerequisites: 201, 330, and CHEM 103 or equivalents.
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3.00 Credits
Fractionation and distribution of stable isotopes (C,H,N,O,S) in the biosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere. Isotopic biogeochemistry, environmental problems, and global climate change. Prerequisites: 201, 311, and 315.
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3.00 Credits
The application of radiogenic isotopes to problems in geochemistry, groundwater hydrology, oceanography, ecology, and environmental science. Includes radioactive decay, nucleosynthesis, cosmochemistry, geochronology, and isotope mixing models. Prerequisites: 202 and CHEM 103 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The sources and fates of organic matter in the natural environment; global cycling of organic carbon; applications to the study of modern and ancient environments. Prerequisites: 1 quarter of earth or environmental science and 1 quarter of chemistry.
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3.00 Credits
Surficial processes and their geological and biological driving forces (atmosphere-land-water interactions, weathering, geochemical transport, sedimentation). Biogeochemical cycles and their role in the global environment. Prerequisite: 201.
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3.00 Credits
Fundamental controls on earth' s climate system; global warming and cooling; atmospheric chemistry and role of biogeochemical cycles of land, ocean, and biosphere; major paleoclimatic events, such as Pleistocene glaciations. Prerequisite: 201 or equivalent.
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