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2.00 Credits
3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory; 41 2 credits Principles and concepts of geologic time; sedimentary geology; origin and evolution of the universe and its components; origin of the atmosphere and ocean; organic evolution; origin and history of life; regional geology of North America; geology of New York. Laboratory work includes the study of sedimentary rocks stratigraphy; radiometric age dating; correlation; fossils; interpretation of geologic maps and cross sections; regional geology of North America and New York. Laboratory work includes one or more field trips.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Methods of control and conservation of renewable resources: soils, groundwaters, and surface waters; and nonrenewable resources; ore deposits, petroleum, coal, and related natural resources. Natural resource planning and management: policy, inventory and development, environmental impact statements. Land-use planning: purpose, carrying capacity, and methodology. Prerequisite: Geology 1 or 4 or 5.1.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits Geologic aspects of environmental problems and opportunities of urban areas: water supply, waste disposal, construction materials, foundations, ground stability, stream floods, and coastal processes. Geology and urban and regional planning. Geology and the origin, evolution, and future of cities. Laboratory work includes the construction and use of observational and judgmental maps.Writing-intensive course. Prerequisite: Geology 1, 2.2, and a minimum of 9 credits in geology courses numbered 10 or above; or permission of the chairperson.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory and fieldwork; 3 credits The global hydrologic cycle and its interrelations with climates, soils, and vegetation. Physical properties of surface and groundwater flow. Hydrologic analysis of surface water and groundwater resource management, groundwater geology. Major waste resource quantity and quality issues in the United States. Numerical calculations and problems will be emphasized. Discussion of case studies that describe different types of hydrologic systems and the development and management of groundwater resources. Supervised fieldwork in determining the extent of groundwater contamination. (Not open to students who have completed Geology 70.1 in spring 1988.) Prerequisite: Geology 1.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits Descriptive and analytical study of landforms and landscape evolution. Use of topographic maps and stereo aerial photographs. (Not open to students who have completed Geology 25.) Prerequisite: Geology 1; or permission of the chairperson.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits Geographic Information System (GIS) as used in environmental management, sociological analysis, business marketing, and land use planning. Basic GIS concepts. Hands-on collection, management, and analyses of data to produce information for better decision making and interpretation.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture; 3 credits Introduction to descriptive statistics in geological and geophysical contexts such as population and samples, random sampling, probability, normal distribution, types of errors, the science of statistics description. Making inferences from numbers measured on samples, such as linear regression, analysis of variance, multiple regression, polynomial regression, cluster analysis. Data analysis in earth sciences presented on four different scales (nominal, ordinal, interval, and ratio). Graphical and numerical techniques for representation and analysis. Most examples will be worked using popular software, such as EXCEL(r), MINITAB(r), STATISTICA(r), ORIGIN(r) or MATLAB(r). Prerequisite: Geology 1 or 2.2.
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture, 2 hours laboratory; 3 credits Paleobiology, paleoecology, classification, and biostratigraphy of fossil invertebrates. Laboratory work in collection, identification, and preparation techniques. Includes one or more field trips. (Not open to students who have completed Geology 31 or 39.3.) Prerequisite: Geology 2.2; or Biology 3 and Core Studies 8.2; or permission of the chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Survey of geochemistry including; chemical and isotopic abundances; geochemistry of rocks and natural waters; introduction to thermodynamics, crystal chemistry, and organic geochemistry. ( Not open to students who are enrolled in or have completed Chemistry 77 or Geology 77.) Prerequisite or corequisite: Geology 1 or Core Studies 7.1; or permission of the chairperson.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours; 3 credits Study of changing ideas about the earth; emphasis on religious and sociological influences. Problems considered include: how earth study became scientific; the role of "fantastic" theoriesof the earth; the discovery of time; the nature of change; the meaning of fossils; the construction of modern geologic beliefs. Evaluation of different histories of geology. Prerequisite: Geology 2.2 or permission of the chairperson.
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