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4.00 Credits
This course covers crystallography, genesis of minerals, identification and classification of minerals, and optical mineralogy. Prerequisites: GEL 133/113 and CHM 138/118, 139/119, MTH 163. Includes lab work. Writing Enhanced. Odd year Fall. Credit 4.
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4.00 Credits
The classification, origin, occurrence and associations of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Includes optical petrology using thin sections. Writing Enhanced. Prerequisite: GEL 344. Even year Spring. Credit 4.
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3.00 Credits
This course offers an introduction to geological processes and materials, and how they affect people and the environment. Specific topics include earthquakes, volcanism, mass wasting, floods, coastal hazards, and climatic change. Optional topics may include such items as energy and water resources, subsidence, and waste disposal. Writing Enhanced. Prerequisites: GEL 133/113. Even year Fall. Credit 3.
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3.00 Credits
A study of the geologic history of the continent of North America. Topics include paleogeography, major depositional areas and stratigraphic units, and paleotectonics. Writing Enhanced. Prerequisites: GEL 133/113, 134/114. Even year Spring. Credit 3.
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3.00 Credits
This course is concerned with the origin and occurrence of economically important minerals. A portion of the course is devoted to petroleum. Writing Enhanced. Prerequisites: GEL 133/113. Odd year Spring. Credit 3.
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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the movement of lithospheric plates. Topics to be covered include earthquakes, volcanism, seismic tomography, the evolution of continents and ocean basins, and the influence of the earth’s interior on these processes. Lecture only. Writing Enhanced. Prerequisites: GEL 133/113, with GEL 134/114 highly recommended. Odd year Fall. Credit 3.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the principles and methods used in describing, classifying and correlating strata. Includes studies of modern and ancient depositional environments. Lab/field work included. Writing Enhanced. Prerequisites: GEL 133/113 and GEL 134/114. Odd year Spring. Credit 4.
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4.00 Credits
This course covers the principles of deformation of the Earth’s lithosphere, with emphasis on mechanical principles, identification and interpretation of structures from the microscopic scale to the scale of mountain belts. Other topics include regional tectonics and application in petroleum exploration. Lab work will focus on graphical and quantitative techniques of analyzing geologic structures. Writing Enhanced. Prerequisites: GEL 133/113, PHY 138/119, MTH 163. Odd year Spring. Credit 4.
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3.00 Credits
Applied Geophysics involves measurements made on the surface of the Earth that are interpreted to yield the distribution of subsurface properties, particularly those having economic and engineering importance. This course provides an introduction to the latest methods used to map the distribution of physical properties beneath the surface of the Earth, and is widely recommended for students who plan to pursue careers that directly or indirectly involve subsurface imaging and analysis. Prerequisites: GEL132/112 or 133/113, MTH 142, PHY 138/118, PHY 139/119, or by permission of instructor. Odd years Fall. Credit 3.
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4.00 Credits
This course will examine the various modern causes of relative and absolute sea level change. The course also will involve the analysis of ancient geological sedimentary and stratigraphic records from the perspective of what they reveal about rates and scales of sea level change in the past, as well as implications for the future. Sequence stratigraphic concepts (commonly used in the petroleum industry) will be critically examined via field-based, and paper and core-based studies. Prerequisites: GEL 132/112 or GEL 133/113 and GEL 134, or permission of instructor. Even year Spring. Credit 4.
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