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5.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Not open for credit to students with credit for or currently enrolled in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 25. General introduction to geological, physical, chemical, and biological processes and history of Earth's global ocean system. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Designed for juniors/seniors and graduate students. Remote sensing related to development of natural resources. Characteristics of electromagnetic spectrum and review of remote sensing devices. Applicability to land-use classification, soil survey, urban studies, vegetation classification; emphasis on geologic interpretation of imagery.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B, Physics 1A or 1AH. Crust to core tour of Earth and physics used to explore it. Isostasy, plate tectonics, mantle convection and geodynamo as discovered with tools of elasticity, fluid mechanics, and thermodynamics. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, Physics 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH). Physics and chemistry of Earth's oceans and atmosphere; origin and evolution of planetary atmospheres; biogeochemical cycles, atmospheric radiation and climate, energetics and dynamics of oceanic and atmospheric circulation systems. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisite or corequisite: Physics 110B. Particle and electromagnetic emissions from the sun under quiet and under disturbed conditions. Solar wind. Magnetospheres and ionospheres of Earth and other planets. Geomagnetic phenomena and the aurora.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Requisites: Mathematics 31A, 31B, 32A, Physics 1A, 1B, and 1C (or 1AH, 1BH, and 1CH). Formation of solar nebula; origin of planets and their satellites; comets, asteroids, and meteorites; celestial mechanics and dynamics; physics of planetary interiors, surfaces, and atmospheres. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours. Designed for nonmajors. History of life on Earth as revealed through the fossil record. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, two hours; one optional field trip. Designed for nonmajors. Exploration of biology, evolution, and extinction of dinosaurs and close relatives, in context of history of biosphere. Information from paleontology, biology, and geology. P/NP or letter grading.
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2.00 Credits
Lecture, two hours; four to five field trips. Requisite: course 121. Required of new graduate students in geology program. Advanced techniques in field geologic mapping, exposing students to igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary terranes with varying amounts of tectonism. May be repeated for credit. P/NP or letter grading.
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1.00 Credits
Seminar, one hour. Limited to undergraduate students. Study of current topics in Earth and space sciences, including participation in weekly department colloquium. May be repeated for credit. P/NP grading.
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