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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Designed for junior/senior and graduate physical and biological sciences students. Theoretical aspects of isotope behavior: stable and radiogenic isotopes. Principles of geochronology. Use of isotopes as tracers in crust and mantle processes. Stable isotopes as indicators of environment and paleoclimate. Concurrently scheduled with course C209. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours. Requisites: Chemistry 14A and 14B (or 20A and 20B), Mathematics 3A, 3B, and 3C (or 31A and 31B). Recommended: at least one lower division Earth and space sciences course. Intended for junior/senior life and physical sciences students. Study of chemistry of Earth's surface environment and interplay between biology, human activity, and geology. Introduction to origin and composition of Earth, including atmosphere, crust, and hydrosphere. Examination of how these reservoirs are affected by biological cycles and feedbacks to biological evolution and diversity. Local and global-scale movements of biologically important elements like carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus. Concurrently scheduled with course C213. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours; field trips. Requisite: course 103A. Understanding the genesis of igneous rocks based on geochemical, tectonophysical, and other geological evidence and principles. Concurrently scheduled with course C226. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, one hour. Requisite: Mathematics 32A. Quantitative basis for studying fluid flows in geologic processes. Groundwater problems and pore-fluid pressure evolution. Concurrently scheduled with course C232. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; laboratory, three hours. Requisites: courses 103B, 111. Mechanisms of sedimentary basin development, flexural and thermal subsidence, isostasy, subsidence analysis, quantitative basin modeling, sediment provenance, tectonic settings. Concurrently scheduled with course C241. P/ NP or letter grading.
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3.00 Credits
Seminar, three hours; discussion, one hour; fieldwork, five to 20 days. Requisite: course 61. Field-based teaching and discussion forum which varies in focus from general geology through structure and tectonics, sedimentology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, volcanology, or other subdisciplines as prescribed. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with course C260. P/ NP or letter grading.
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3.00 Credits
Fieldwork, four hours; laboratory, one hour. Requisite: course 150. Application of remote-sensing techniques to field situations. Digital analysis and interpretation of near-infrared, thermal-infrared, and microwave data from satellites and aircraft. Field observation of study site in California desert for testing hypotheses during week between Winter and Spring Quarters. Concurrently scheduled with course C262. P/NP or letter grading.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Research group meeting, one to three hours. Designed for undergraduate Earth and space sciences students participating in research group. Advanced study and analysis of current topics in Earth and space sciences. Discussion of current research and literature in research specialty of faculty member teaching course. May be repeated for credit. Concurrently scheduled with courses C296A-C296Z. P/NP grading: C194A. Rock Deformation, Structural Geology, Tectonics. C194B. Volcanology and Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks. C194C. Seismology and Solid Earth Physics. C194D. Thermal Evolution of Lithosphere. C194E. Sedimentation and Tectonics. C194F. Seismology. C194G. Planetary and Orbital Dynamics. C194I. Earthquakes. C194J. Metamorphic Petrology. C194K. Space Physics. C194L. Magnetic Phenomena. C194M. Planetary Physics. C194N. Martian Surface and Atmosphere. C194O. Tectonics and Stratigraphy. C194P. Chemical Geodynamics. C194Q. Paleobiology. C194R. Planetary and Space Physics. C194S. Precambrian Paleobiology. C194T. Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. C194U. Geomorphology and Geological Physics. C194V. Cosmochemistry. C194X. Earthquakes and Earth Structure. C194Y. Space Plasma Physics. C194Z. Structural Geology, Tectonics.
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4.00 Credits
(Same as Ecology and Evolutionary Biology M145.) Lecture, three hours. Requisite: course 116 or Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 110 or 117. Consideration of major factors that have influenced history of life, including analytical approaches to analyzing patterns in fossil record, nature of rock record, and contribution of data from stable isotopes, functional morphology, phylogenetics, and developmental biology. P/NP or letter grading.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Corequisite: Physics 131. Fluid statics and thermodynamics. Kinematics. Conservation laws and equations of fluid motion. Circulation theorems and vorticity dynamics. Rotating frame. Irrotational flow. Letter grading.
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