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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 4 hours laboratory; 4 credits Occurrence, classification, evolution, and origin of igneous and metamorphic rocks; plate tectonic associations; phase diagrams and their use in petrogenesis; origin, evolution, and emplacement of magmas; metamorphic belts; laboratory work includes petrographic study of rock in thin section, hand specimen, and in the field. Laboratory work includes one or more field trips. (Not open to students who have completed Geology 13.5.) Prerequisite: Geology 17.01 or equivalent. Geology 197
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1.00 Credits
1 hour lecture, 4 hours laboratory/fieldwork; 3 credits Principles of unraveling the geologic record; geologic history of the area; rock formations, structures, glaciation, and other related features; laboratory study of rocks and structures; environmental considerations. This course includes field trips, which will be scheduled on weekends. (Not open to students who have completed Geology 3.) Prerequisite: Geology 1, 2.2; Geology 17.01 and 13.5, or Geology 14.5, or permission of the chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits The history of life on earth demonstrated by fossils; origin and evolution of early life forms; the oxygen revolution; the rise of animals and diversification of life; origins of vertebrates; life on land; dinosaurs and the reptile zenith; origin and diversification of mammals; primates and human ancestry; mass extinction and the future.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Geologic history, processes, and features of National Parks and wilderness areas in the United States; the role of park lands in modern society; parks as preserves and natural geologic laboratories.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits An introduction to the interrelationships between surface geology, physiography, climate, soils and vegetation, and how the sum of these variables controls land use and other aspects of human geography. Prerequisite: Geology 1.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits An examination of the common materials that compose the Earth's crust and mantle. Laboratory sessions will focus on sample identification and interpretation. Prerequisite: Geology 1 and 2.2.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 4 hours laboratory; 4 credits Crystallographic, chemical, and physical properties of minerals with emphasis on crystal structure. Introduction to recognition of minerals using transmitted light and X-ray diffraction analysis. Laboratory work includes one or more field trips. (Not open to students who have completed Geology 17.) Prerequisite: Geology 1 or equivalent. Prerequisite or corequisite: Chemistry 1.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture; 3 credits Earth's mineral and energy resources; their occurrence, associations, genesis, recovery, and use. (Not open to students who have completed Geology 17.2 or 21.) Prerequisite: Geology 1.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Geological considerations in health hazards caused by materials of natural origin, including pollutants and radioactive substances in the solid, liquid, and gaseous realms. (Not open to students who completed Geology 70.1 during the spring, 1983 term.) Prerequisite: Geology 1; or permission of the chairperson.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits Brief history of waste disposal, ecological aspects of waste disposal, hydraulics and groundwater regimes, biogeochemical cycles, regulatory background to waste management (NEPA, RCRA, CERCLA, CAA, CWA), solid and municipal wastes, landfill technologies, management of leachate and gases, chemical and hazardous waste management, radioactive waste management, geological criteria for waste-disposal site selection, sampling and evaluation of geological data, case history studies, remediation of contaminated sites. Prerequisite: Chemistry 1 and any course in geology or permission of the chairperson.
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