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3.00 Credits
Individual special studies, laboratory and/or field problems in geology. Prerequisite: "Independent Study" form must becompleted and submitted to the Registrar. Variable credit; 1 to 6 credit hours. Repeatable for credit.
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New topics in geophysics. Each member of the academic faculty is invited to submit a prospectus of the course to the department head for evaluation as a special topics course. If selected, the course can be taught only once under the 198 title before becoming part of the regular curriculum under a new course number and title. Prerequisite: Consent of department. Credit - variable, 1 to 6 hours. Repeatable for credit under different titles.
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3.00 Credits
Individual project; instrument design, data interpretation, problem analysis, or field survey. Prerequisites: Consent of department and "Independent Study" form must be completed and submittedto the Registrar. Credit dependent upon nature and extent of project. Variable 1 to 6 hours. Repeatable for credit.
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Introduction to the physical and chemical properties and processes in naturally occurring materials. Combination of elements to become gases, liquids and solids (minerals), and aggregation of fluids and minerals to become rocks and soils. Basic material properties that describe the occurrence of matter such as crystal structure, density, and porosity. Properties relating to simple processes of storage and transport through the diffusion equation (such as Fick, Ohm's, Hooke's, Fourier's, anDarcy's Laws) as exhibited in electric, magnetic, elastic, mechanical, thermal, and fluid flow properties. Coupled processes (osmosis, electromagnetic, nuclear magnetic relaxation). The necessity to statistically describe properties of rocks and soils. Multiphase mixing theories, methods of modeling and predicting properties. Inferring past processes acting on rocks from records left in material properties. Environmental influences from temperature, pressure, time and chemistry. Consequences of nonlinearity, anisotropy, heterogeneity and scale. Prerequisites: PHGN200 and MATH112, or consent of instructor. 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab; 4 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
New topics in geophysics. Each member of the academic faculty is invited to submit a prospectus of the course to the department head for evaluation as a special topics course. If selected, the course can be taught only once under the 298 title before becoming a part of the regular curriculum under a new course number and title. Prerequisite: Consent of department. Credit - Variable, 1 to 6 hours. Repeatable for credit under different titles.
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3.00 Credits
Individual project; instrument design, data interpretation, problem analysis, or field survey. Prerequisites: Consent of department and "Independent Study" form must be completedand submitted to the Registrar. Credit dependent upon nature and extent of project. Variable 1 to 6 hours. Repeatable for credit.
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3.00 Credits
This is an introductory study of seismic methods for imaging the Earth's subsurface, with emphasis on reflection seismic exploration. Starting with the history and development of seismic exploration, the course proceeds through an overview of methods for acquisition of seismic data in land, marine, and transitional environments. Underlying theoretical concepts, including working initially with traveltime equations for simple subsurface geometries, are used to introduce general issues in seismic data processing, as well as the nature of seismic data interpretation. The course introduces basic concepts, mathematics, and physics of seismic wave propagation (including derivation of the one-dimensional acoustic wave equation and its solution in multi-layered media), emphasizing similarities with the equations and physics that underlie all geophysical methods. Using analysis of seismometry as a first example of linear time-invariant systems, the course brings Fourier theory and filter theory to life through demonstrations of their immense power in large-scale processing of seismic data to improve signal-to-noise ratio and ultimately the accuracy of seismic images of the Earth's subsurface. Prerequisites: Colorado School of Mines Undergraduate Bulletin 2008-2009 91 PHGN200, MATH213, MATH225, and GPGN210, MATH348 or PHGN311, or consent of instructor. 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab; 4 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to land, airborne, oceanographic, and borehole gravity and magnetic exploration. Reduction of observed gravity and magnetic values. Theory of potential-field anomalies introduced by geologic distributions. Methods and limitations of interpretations. Prerequisites: PHGN200, MATH213, MATH225, and GPGN210, and concurrent enrollment in MATH348 or PHGN311, or consent of instructor. 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab; 4 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
This is an introductory course on electrical and electromagnetic methods for subsurface exploration. The course begins with a review of the factors influencing the electrical properties of rocks. Methods to be discussed are electrical methods with various electrode arrays for profiling and soundings, and ground and airborne electromagnetic methods using both natural (e.g. the magnetotelluric method) and man-made (e.g. the time domain method) sources for electromagnetic fields. Other techniques reviewed are self-potential, induced polarization and ground penetrating radar. The discussion of each method includes a treatise of the principles, instrumentation, procedures of data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation. These various methods are employed in geotechnical and environmental engineering and resources exploration (base and precious metals, industrial minerals, geothermal and hydrocarbons). The laboratory will focus on demonstrating various methods in the field, and working through case histories. Prerequisites: PHGN200, MATH213, MATH225, GPGN210, MATH348 or PHGN311, and GPGN321, or consent of instructor. 3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab; 4 semester hours.
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3.00 Credits
Prior to conducting a geophysical investigation, geophysicists often need input from related specialists such as geologists, surveyors, and land-men. Students are introduced to the issues that each of these specialists must address so that they may understand how each affects the design and outcome of geophysical investigations. Students learn to use and understand the range of applicability of a variety of surveying methods, learn the tools and techniques used in geological field mapping and interpretation, and explore the logistical and permitting issues directly related to geophysical field investigations. Prerequisite: GEOL308 or GEOL309, or consent of instructor. 6 hours lab, 2 semester hours.
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