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3.00 Credits
The properties, identification, origin, evaluation, and preparation of gem stones and gem materials. Three lecture hours per week. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite: GLS100 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
This course presents geochemical cycles of the major geochemical components of rocks, water, air and life as they occur naturally and as they are perturbed by humans. The course represents an integrated approach to global geochemistry and environmental problems. Topics covered include: the water cycle, the greenhouse effect, rain water, atmospheric chemistry, chemical weathering and water chemistry of rivers, lakes and marginal marine environments, estuaries, and the oceans. Three lecture hours per week. Prerequisites: GLS100 and CHE120 or CHE124 or CHE130 or permission of the Department Chairperson.
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4.00 Credits
This course is intended for both geology and non-geology majors. It provides a useful and practical approach to the forensic value of earth materials. Students will learn both from lecture and from experiential activities about the ideas, methods, applications and handling of earth materials for forensic purposes. Guest lecturers will add another dimension to class work. Two two-hour sessions of integrated lecture and related activities per week. Prerequisite: GLS100 or GLS135 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
Medical Geology addresses geological materials and processes that affect human health and the health of other animals. Topics covered include: Toxicology, exposure and risk assessment; arsenic, selenium and heavy metals; radon; fluoride; hydrocarbons; dusts and soils: saline environments; volcanic emissions; and waste disposal. Current examples and studies will be used to facilitate classroom discussion. Three lecture hours per week.
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4.00 Credits
Basic concepts and principles related to the genesis and evolution of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks, their relation to plate tectonics and magmatic processes are studied through a combination of lectures and interspersed experiential activities. Activities include rock classification and identification using hand specimens, thin and polished sections, as well as interpretations of phase, discrimination and other types of descriptive diagrams in a project-oriented, experiential format. Three lecture hours and three hours of laboratory per week. Local required field trips during the school week or weekend. Prerequisite: GLS221 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the fossil record. Emphasis is on the description and classification of fossils and use of paleontological data to understand the principles of paleoecology, evolution, and biostratigraphy. Three lecture hours and three hours of laboratory per week. Offered alternate years. Prerequisites: BIO101 or BIO103, GLS201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the properties of sediments, sedimentary rocks, sedimentary rock sequences, and the principles of stratigraphic correlation. Emphasis is on examining the dynamics of recent sedimentary environments to establish what sediments would look like in the stratigraphic record. In laboratory, students are introduced to techniques of sediment analysis and the classification and identification of sedimentary rocks. Three lecture hours and three hours of laboratory per week. Offered alternate years. Prerequisites: GLS201 and GLS210, or permission of Department Chairperson.
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4.00 Credits
This course is an in-depth investigation into the genesis, classification and interpretation of sedimentary rocks. Students learn to analyze and collect data from unconsolidated sediments, hand samples and thin sections, and to interpret that data for classification, provenance and tectonic setting. Three lecture hours and three hours of experiential learning per week. Prerequisites: GLS135 and GLS201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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4.00 Credits
The study of the processes by which deformation of the earth occurs, and the interpretation of the structures produced by these processes-from submicroscopic to global scales. Three lecture hours and three hours of laboratory per week; occasional local and/or regional field trips (may be during the school week or weekends) may be required. Prerequisites: GLS100, MAT202N or equivalent, or permission of Department Chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
A systematic treatment of the geology and geophysics of plate tectonics, based on present knowledge of the structure and physical properties of the Earth's interior. Included are present kinematics of plate movements, hypotheses of dynamics (such as mantle convection), global pattern of plates, detailed consideration of processes at plate convergences, paleoplate tectonics and continental drift of the last 200 million years as derived from ocean floor stratigraphy and structure, and inferences on the time of inception of plate tectonics and its role in earlier Earth history. Three lecture hours per week. Offered alternate years. Prerequisite: GLS201 or permission of Department Chairperson.
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