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4.00 Credits
Studies minerals, including: crystallography and crystal chemistry, phase diagrams, and systematic classification. Mineral identification based on hand sample, optical, and other analytical techniques. Three class hours and one three-hour laboratory or field trip per week. Prerequisite: or consent of the instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Systematically studies igneous and metamorphic rocks, including: classification by petrography and geochemical methods; application of one-, two-, and three-component phase diagrams; and models of petrogenesis. Three class hours and one three-hour laboratory or field trip per week.
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2.00 - 3.00 Credits
Geological and/or paleontological studies at selected localities in the Rocky Mountains. One unit credit per week of field activity. Additional credit may be given for optional projects completed after the field activity. Prerequisite: or consent of the instructor.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Studies the geology of southern California, with emphasis on local areas of geologic interest, including the Loma Linda area, Mojave Desert, Anza Borrego Desert, and the coastal area. Introductory geological principles, earthquakes and faults, and geology and paleontology of regional areas. Student registers for lectures only (3 units) or for lectures and field trips (4 units). Prerequisite: or consent of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Fossil plants; their morphology, paleoecology, taphonomy, classification, and stratigraphic distribution. Analyzes floral trends in the fossil record. Three class hours and one three-hour laboratory or field trip per week.
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4.00 Credits
Structure, classification, ecology, and distribution of selected fossil invertebrate groups. Principles and methods involved in the study and analysis of invertebrate fossils. Three class hours and one three-hour laboratory per week.
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4.00 Credits
Fossil vertebrates, with emphasis on the origins of major groups. Systematics, biology, and biogeography of ancient vertebrates. Three class hours and one three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite: General biology or consent of the instructor.
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6.00 Credits
Interprets tthe sedimentary rock record through a study of rock types, depositional processes, and models. Studies stratigraphic nomenclature and approaches to correlation on local, regional, and/or global scales. Laboratory analysis of primary and diagenetic mineralogy, textures, and sedimentary structures in clastic and carbonate rocks. Field descriptions of sedimentary rocks, structures, and sequences; and field experience in interpreting depositional processes and stratigraphic relationships.
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4.00 Credits
Theory of stress and strain, and examination of rock deformation in a framework of plate tectonics. Includes problems and applications. Three class hours--with required full-day and half-day field trips--and one three-hour laboratory or field trip per week.
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4.00 Credits
Chemical concepts and their geochemical applications in areas of interest in elementary geology. Prerequisite: College chemistry; or consent of the instructor.
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