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8.00 Credits
Lecture, one hour (Spring Quarter); fieldwork, five weeks (Summer Quarter). Requisites: courses 61, 103A, 103B, 111, 112. Problems in field geology; preparation of geologic maps and cross-sections; preparation of written geologic reports in the field and written summary geologic report on the selected area. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours; field trip(s). Requisite: course 1 or if or 1H. Recommended: course 103A, Physics 1A or 1AH. Types of volcanism. Physics of magma chambers, volcanic plumbing, explosive and effusive eruptions as illustrated by historical examples. Practical methods of volcano monitoring, with field trip. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours; field trips. Requisite: course 111. Principles of historical geology. Physical evolution of Earth, especially North America. One area of Earth to be investigated in detail, with emphasis on its geologic evolution through time. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Preparation: knowledge of Fortran 90 or C++. Original programming and application of software to generate and test hypotheses with nonideal or incomplete data sets. Interpolation/extrapolation with graphics to generate hypotheses; forward modeling from fundamental equations to explore implications; probabilistic testing of models against data. Examples and exercises from Earth and space sciences. Introduction to software used in research and industry. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. Preparation: knowledge of Fortran 90 or C++. Requisites: Mathematics 3A, 3B, and 3C, or 31A, 31B, and 32A, Physics 1A, 1B, and 1C, or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH, or 6A, 6B, and 6C, and 4AL, 4BL. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 136A. Principles and techniques of gravimetric, seismic, magnetic, and other geophysical methods of exploration for ores, petroleum, and other economic minerals. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours; field trips. Preparation: knowledge of Fortran 90 or C++. Requisites: Mathematics 33A, Physics 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH), 4AL, 4BL. Not open for credit to students with credit for course 135. Seismic reflection and refraction, Fourier analysis and deconvolution, vibroseis, synthetic seismograms, marine seismics, seismic interpretation, gravity and magnetic fields, inversion uniqueness and depth rules. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory/field trips, six hours. Preparation: knowledge of Fortran 90 or C++. Requisite: course 136A. Principles and techniques of exploration for mineral deposits using natural and artificial electric and magnetic fields. Methods include self potential, resistivity, induced polarization, electromagnetics, magnetotellurics, magnetics. P/NP or letter grading.
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6.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; laboratory, two hours; fieldwork, 10 hours. Requisite: course 135 or 136A. Application of seismic, gravimetric, magnetic, electrical, and other geophysical methods to geologic and engineering problems. Practical aspects of geophysical exploration, including planning, data collection, data reduction, and interpretation. Fieldwork on unsolved problems (week-long field trip). P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Requisites: courses 61, 111. Geology applied to exploration for and production of natural gas and petroleum; techniques of surface and subsurface geology; problems of petroleum geology.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite: course 1 or 100. Recommended: course 111. Principles and practice of soil mechanics and foundation engineering in light of geologic conditions, recognition, prediction, and control or abatement of subsidence, landslides, earthquakes, and other geologic aspects of urban planning and subsurface disposal of liquids and solid wastes. P/NP or letter grading.
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