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3.00 Credits
(271) (Formerly offered as GEOL 261.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisites: GEOL 3010 and 3030, which may be taken concurrently. Not open for credit to students who have passed GEOL 261. Understanding the structure and composition of the Earth's lithospheric plates using geological and geophysical techniques and analyses of magnetic anomalies, ocean floor sediments and the geologic history of the continents. Emphasis on the interaction of geologic and plate processes, especially along plate boundaries.
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1.00 Credits
(257) First semester. One credit. Two weekend field trips and two 2-hour class meetings. Prerequisite or corequisite: GEOL 3030. Mapping techniques and map interpretation using concepts developed in GEOL 3030. Emphasis on mapping moderately deformed rocks in which sedimentary and tectonic features can be differentiated.
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4.00 Credits
(214C) Second semester, alternate years. Four credits. Three class periods and one 3-hour laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOL 3040. Recommended preparation: MATH 1122 or 1132. Introduction to rocks and the physical and chemical principles governing their formation. Fluid mechanics of magmas, heat transfer, thermodynamics, phase equilibria, isotope geochemistry, and the relation of magmatism to plate tectonics. Optical microscopy, xray fluorescence, and electron microprobe analysis. Preparing a paper suitable for publication in a scientific journal.
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3.00 Credits
(215C) Second semester, alternate years. Three credits. Two class periods and one 3-hour laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOL 3040. Recommended preparation: MATH 1122 or 1132. Joesten Interpretation of mineralogical, chemical and textural features of metamorphic rocks in terms of the physical conditions and dynamic processes operating in the Earth's crust. Thermodynamic description of phase equilibria in fluid-rock systems. Kinetics, massand energy-transport in metamorphic processes. Petrographic, and X-ray analytical techniques.
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3.00 Credits
(278C) Second semester. Three credits. Two class periods and one 3-hour laboratory period. Prerequisite: PHYS 1230 or 1402 or 1502 or 1602, which may be taken concurrently; MATH 1122 or 1132 or 1152, which may be taken concurrently; not open to students who have passed GEOL 268Q. Liu Principles of imaging the Earth's interior using observations of electric, magnetic, and gravity fields, with applications to environmental problems.
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3.00 Credits
(277C) First semester. Three credits. Two class periods and one 3-hour laboratory period. Prerequisite: PHYS 1230 or 1402 or 1502 or 1602, which may be taken concurrently; MATH 1121 or 1131or 1151, which may be taken concurrently; not open to students who have taken GEOL 267Q. Liu Principles of seismic methods for imaging the interior of the earth, with applications to resource exploration and environmental problems.
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3.00 Credits
(274) (Also offered as PHYS 4100.) Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: PHYS 1230 or 1402 or 1502 or 1602, which may be taken concurrently; MATH 1121 or 1131 or 1151, which may be taken concurrently, not open to students who have taken GEOL 264Q. Cormier The composition, structure, and dynamics of the Earth's core, mantle, and crust inferred from observations of seismology, geomagnetism, and heat flow.
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3.00 Credits
(276) (Also offered as PHYS 4130.) First semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: PHYS 1230 or 1402 or 1502 or 1602, which may be taken concurrently; MATH 1122 or 1132 or 1152, which may be taken concurrently, not open to students who have taken GEOL 266Q. Cormier Evolution of the solar system, celestial mechanics, tidal friction, internal composition of planets, blackbody radiation, planetary atmospheres.
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4.00 Credits
(234C) (Also offered as NRME 4135C.) First semester. Four credits. Three class periods and one 2-hour laboratory for which occasional field trips will be substituted. Prerequisite: MATH 1122 or 1132 and GEOL 1001 or 1050, or instructor consent. Robbins Basic hydrologic principles with emphasis on ground water flow and quality, geologic relationships, quantitative analysis and field methods.
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4.00 Credits
(235) Second semester. Four credits. Three hours lecture and three hours laboratory. Prerequisite: GEOL 4735C and CHEM 1127-1128. Robbins Chemical processes controlling the composition of unpolluted and polluted natural waters. Field and laboratory analytical techniques. Equilibria, reaction and transport models of the chemical interactions between groundwater and the media through which it travels. Applications of geochemical processes and principles to understanding to the mitigation of environmental problems.
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