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5.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; laboratory-6 hours. Prerequisite:course 105, Mathematics 16C or 21C, Chemistry 2C. Physical and chemical properties of magmatic environments and processes of igneous rock formation. Laboratory study of representative igneous rocks. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.-Cooper, Lesher
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: upper division course in environmental science or ecology, or an introductory course in paleobiology. Ancient ecosystems and the factors that caused them to change. Species, expansion, evolution of new modes of life, geologically induced variations in resource supply, and extinction provide historical perspective on the biosphere of future.-(II.) Vermeij
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5.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; laboratory-6 hours. Prerequisite:course 106; Hydrologic Science 134 or Chemistry 2C; Mathematics 16C or 21C. Metamorphic processes and the origin of metamorphic rocks. Laboratory study of representative rock suites. Offered in alternate years. GE credit: SciEng, Wrt.-(II.) Day
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 2C or consent of instructor. Principles and applications of nuclear chemistry to geology. Methods of determining geologic ages using K-Ar, Rb-Sr, Nd-Sm, and UPb isotopes. The interpretation of apparent ages determined by isotopic methods. The age and origin of the earth. Offered in alternate years.-(II.) Day, Yin
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; laboratory-3 hours; optionalone-weekend field trip. Prerequisite: Chemistry 2C or Hydrologic Science 134, courses 60, 62, and 105. Tectonic, lithologic and geochemical setting of major metallic ore deposit types emphasizing ore deposit genesis, water/rock interaction and the environmental effects of mining. Offered in alternate years.-(III.) Zierenberg
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: Chemistry 2C or Hydrologic Science 134; courses 50, 50L, 60. Use of oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in defining hydrologic processes; carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur isotopes as indicators of exchange between the lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere and biosphere. Radiogenic, cosmogenic, and noble gas isotope tracers. Offered in alternate years.-II. Zierenberg
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour. Prerequisite:course 116/Environmental Science and Policy 116; Physics 9B; Mathematics 21D; Chemistry 2C; or upper division standing in a natural science and consent of instructor. Physical and chemical properties of seawater, fluid dynamics, air-sea interaction, currents, waves, tides, mixing, major oceanic geochemical cycles. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 150A.)-I. (I.) McClain, Spero
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3.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours. Prerequisite: course 50 or 116. Introduction to the origin and geologic evolution of ocean basins. Composition and structure of oceanic crust; marine volcanism; and deposition of marine sediments. Interpretation of geologic history of the ocean floor in terms of sea-floor spreading theory. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 150B.)-II. (II.) McClain
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-3 hours; discussion-1 hour; fieldwork?ne weekend field trip required. Prerequisite: Biological Sciences 1A and a course in general ecology or consent of instructor. Ecology of major marine habitats, including intertidal, shelf benthic, deep-sea and plankton communities. Existing knowledge and contemporary issues in research. Segment devoted to human use. (Same course as Environmental Science and Policy 150C.)-IV. (IV.) Hill
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4.00 Credits
Lecture-2 hours; laboratory-6 hours. Prerequisite:courses 107 or Biological Sciences 1A or consent of instructor. Morphology, systematics, evolution, and ecology of single-celled organisms that are preserved in the fossil record. Offered in alternate years.-Hill
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