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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GLY 172 or permission of instructor. History of fossil protistans and invertebrates with emphasis on the principles of paleontology, systematics and evolution, and on the use of fossils in stratigraphic correlation. Required field trips. Three lecture and three laboratory hours each week.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GLY 150. An in-depth examination of the structure and formation of ocean basins, the role of oceans in the hydrological cycle, the physical properties of seawater, atmospheric and ocean circulation, waves, and tides. Emphasis is placed on data analysis and quantitative problem solving.
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: GLY 171, 201. Field study of the structure, stratigraphy, rocks, and paleontology of the Paleozoic System of the Appalachian orogenic belt. Introduction to sample collection, field mapping procedures, and methods of data analysis. Three field days and colloquium. Spring. (Fees)
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: GLY 171, 201. Field analysis of depositional patterns and paleontology of Cretaceous and Cenozoic units of the southeastern Atlantic Coastal Plain. Introduction to methods of litho and biostratigraphic correlation, sampling techniques, and sample retrieval and data analysis. Three field days and colloquium. Fall. (Fees)
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GLY 171 or 220. Field examination of the depositional and erosional processes and materials in the marshes, estuaries and barrier islands of the Carolinas and Georgia. Introduction to basic techniques used by coastal researchers in field measurements, sample retrieval and data analysis. Three field days and colloquium. Spring. (Fees)
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1.00 Credits
Prerequisites: GLY 171, 201. Field examination of the petrology, degree(s) of metamorphism, and structural style(s) of the various belts of rock in the crystalline Appalachians. Observations permit regional tectonic syntheses for the Piedmont. Three days and colloquium. Fall. (Fees)
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GLY 201; Corequisite: MAT 112 or permission of instructor. Advanced techniques for mineral analysis and identification. Introduction to the theory and application of x-ray diffraction and fluorescence, the electron microprobe, spectroscopy, and reflected light microscopy. Three lecture and three laboratory hours each week.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHY 102, CHM 102, MAT 162. Analysis of natural and anthropogenic global climate change. Historical and geological records of climate including sediment, tree ring, and ice core analysis. Physics and chemistry of climate, including Earth's energy balance, global carbon cycle, climate modeling, atmospheric composition and dynamics.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: MAT 162 and either GLY 310 or 312, or consent of instructor. Geology of ground waters and related aspects of surface waters. Methods of ground water resource evaluation, protection, exploitation, and contaminant remediation. Three lecture and three laboratory hours each week.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: GLY 310 or 312 or 337. An introduction to the description, organization and classification of layered rocks. Emphasis is placed on the practical use of stratigraphic principles in elucidating earth history. Field trips. Three lecture and three laboratory hours each week.
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