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Processes and results of deformation of rocks, including stress and strain, faults, folds, joints, and rock fabrics. Formerly listed as Geology 331. Prerequisite: Geology 142. Four credit hours. SULLIVAN
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The biological record of Earth history encompasses unicellular to multicellular organisms that have inhabited non-analogue worlds. An examination of the processes responsible for preservation of marine and terrestrial biota, the application of the fossil record to solving problems in evolution and diversity, morphology and systematics, and ecology and climatology. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: Geology 142 or one year of biology. Four credit hours. GASTALDO
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The origin, history, and classification of landforms and the processes that shape the Earth's surface. Emphasis on study of physical processes. Lecture and laboratory; laboratory focus is on aerial-photograph and topographic-map interpretation, ability to recognize geologic significance of particular landforms. At least one all-day field trip required. Prerequisite: Geology 141. Four credit hours. NELSON
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An introduction to the geology of an island environment created solely from calcium carbonate remains of marine organisms; introduction to carbonate-secreting organisms, sedimentation, and reworking of carbonate grains into secondary geologic environments. Lecture and laboratory, with course work at Colby and an extended field excursion in Bermuda. Cost in 2007: $2,050. Formerly listed as Geology 179. Prerequisite: Geology 131 or 141. Three credit hours.
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A continuation of the study of minerals using their optical properties, as studied by petrographic microscope analysis of thin sections and X-ray powder diffraction techniques. Formerly listed as Geology 226. Prerequisite: Geology 225. Four credit hours.
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A field-, lab-, and lecture-based investigation of the classification, compositional variation, occurrence, and origin of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: Geology 225. Four credit hours.
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Ecosystems on Earth that we now take to be self-evident are a product of their very recent evolution in response to climate change, ecological perturbation, and changing geographies. Earth's terrestrial environment was dramatically different in the deep past, with an array of non-analog assemblages distributed across landscapes within different continental configurations and climatic patterns. This project-based course is designed to investigate several of these states through geologic time using primary literature. Readings, presentations, and synthetic papers will provide for a comprehensive understanding of critical intervals of Earth history on the journey to our present world. Prerequisite: Geology 251 for geology majors; Biology 164 for biology majors. Four credit hours.
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A survey of the hydrologic cycle, with specific attention to those components of the cycle related to the sources and occurrence of groundwater resources; the factors that govern the movement of groundwater through aquifers, and the physical and chemical changes that result from passage through the hydrologic cycle. An introduction to techniques used in groundwater quantity and quality investigations. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: Geology 141, 142 and Mathematics 121 or 161. Four credit hours.
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The origin and development of glaciers and their influence on the landscape, both as erosive forces and as transporters of earth materials. Geological and biological evolution of the landscape during the Quaternary, the most recent of the geological periods. Lecture and laboratory with field trips (including two required all-day Saturday trips). Prerequisite: Geology 254, or Geology 142 with a grade of B or better. Four credit hours.
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The processes of sedimentation, methods of analysis of sediments, interpretation of depositional environments, classification and description of sedimentary rocks, and study of the relationships and correlation of sedimentary rocks. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: Geology 225. Four credit hours.
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