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3.00 Credits
Selected topics from the following: economic geology, appropriate technologies, tectonics, and regional studies. Lectures or lecture/laboratory. Prerequisites depend on topic. (2-4 credits)
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Seminar course exploring the relationship of science with sustainable development practices, both domestic and in an international context. Course foundations are theological and philosophical with regard to cost/benefit analyses and project planning. Study/discussion topics are partly student chosen and may include water resources, agriculture, energy systems, mineral-resource extraction, coastal development, housing, waste and sanitation, and sustainable land-use practices. Lecture and discussion. No prerequisite. (2 credits)
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3.00 Credits
See ENVR 391.
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3.00 Credits
The comprehensive exercise of geological field techniques and interpretation in the context of western South Dakota and the Rockies. Projects involve the preparation of maps and reports from diverse areas and of varying complexity. Offered only at the Science Station. ($20 lab fee) Prerequisite: GEOL 443 or consent of instructor. Alternate years. Offered 2008. (6) Su
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3.00 Credits
Field geological study in the northern Rocky Mountains of South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming. Observation of rock, strata, and structures in classic localities, including Black Hills, Devil's Tower, Big Horn and Bear Tooth Mountains, and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks. ($100 field trip fee) Corequisite: must be taken with GEOL 412. Alternate years. Offered 2008. (2) Su
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Basic processes and measurement of the hydrologic cycle, including: precipitation, evaporation, surface runoff, stream flow, soil moisture, and groundwater. Emphasis placed on groundwater, including: geology of occurrence, principles of flow, conceptual models of regional flow, chemistry and quality, well hydraulics, aquifer characteristics, resource development, detection of pollutants, and contaminant transport. Three hours lecture, three hours lab. Field trip ($35 field trip fee). Prerequisite: GEOL 201, 211 or 221, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Architecture of the dynamic earth. Earth movement and deformation in the context of plate tectonics. Laboratory simulation of stress and strain, study of deformed rocks, and interpretation of geologic maps; measurements and computations. Three hours lecture, three hours lab. Field trip ($70 field trip fee). Prerequisite/corequisite: GEOL 201, 211 or 221. Alternate years. Offered 2007-08.
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3.00 Credits
Sediment transport and deposition processes and products. Facies model concept and application to terrestrial and marine depositional environments, including siliciclastic, carbonate, and evaporite systems. Three hours lecture. Field trip (Field trip fee varies by destination). Prerequisite: GEOL 321 or 336. (2 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Integration course for seniors, or for juniors who have completed most geology requirements. Reports and discussion of original monographs, and modern development and philosophy of geological science. Prerequisite: consent of instructor. (2 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Independent study or research. Prerequisites: consent of instructor and department chairman. (1-4 credits)
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