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3.00 Credits
Description: Basic elasticity theory, gravity and geoid analysis. Terrestrial heat flow, Seismology. Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites, MATH 154, or permission of instructor. Credits: (4) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: Three hours lecture per week plus four hours of scientific computing lab. No prior Unix experience required. Formerly GEOL 485; students may not receive credit for both.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Elasticity theory, the wave equation, ray theory, diffraction, waveform modeling, travel time inversion. Data analysis. Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites, MATH 173 or permission of instructor. Credits: (5) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: Three hours lecture per week plus four hours of scientific computing lab. Offered alternate years. GEOL 453 and GEOL 553 are equivalent courses. Students may not receive credit for both.
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5.00 Credits
Description: Introduction to statistical analysis and numerical simulation of problems relevant to Earth science. Three hours of lecture and three hours of lab. No prior Unix experience necessary. Credits: (5) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: GEOL 454 and GEOL 554 are equivalent courses. Students may not receive credit for both.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Classroom study and analysis of tectonics of a selected region. Emphasis will be on developing background skills and knowledge to undertake a tectonic field investigation in GEOL 463LAB. Prerequisites & Notes: GEOL 350 and permission of the instructor. Credits: (2) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: GEOL 463 and GEOL 563 are equivalent courses. Students may not receive credit for both.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Tectonic investigation and analysis of select field sites employing a variety of field and laboratory measurements such as mapping, tectonic geomorphology, GPS and Total Station surveying. Course consists of either weekly local field trips during the quarter, or single one-week trip over spring break to another region. Prerequisites & Notes: Corequisite, GEOL 463. Credits: (3) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: GEOL 463LAB and GEOL 563LAB are equivalent courses. Students may not receive credit for both.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Study of geological processes affecting Earth's most recent history. Course emphasizes Quarternary environmental change, glacial epochs, paleoclimatic methods, and dating techniques. Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisite, GEOL 386 or permission. Credits: (4) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: GEOL 474 and GEOL 574 are equivalent courses. Students may not receive credit for both.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Petrogenetic, hand specimen, and thin section study of igneous, metamorphic, or sedimentary rocks. Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites, GEOL 346. Credits: (5) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: Three hours lecture and four hours laboratory or field work per week plus required field trips. GEOL 475 and GEOL 575 are equivalent courses. Students may not receive credit for both. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Study of volcanoes and associated deposits, styles of eruption, physical and chemical controls on eruption mechanisms, and volcanic hazards and hazard mitigation. Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites, GEOL 346 or consent of instructor. Credits: (5) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: Three hours lecture and four hours laboratory per week plus required field trips. GEOL 478 and GEOL 578 are equivalent courses. Students may not receive credit for both. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 Credits
Description: An introduction to the branches of geochemistry, including the origin of elements, age dating, isotope geochemistry, and petrochemistry. Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites, GEOL 320, CHEM 182, CHEM 182LAB, and MATH 154, or permission of instructor. Credits: (4) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: Four hours lecture per week plus required field trips.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Focused study of rock-forming silicate minerals; occurrences, measurement and graphical representation of compositions, and interpretation in terms of igneous and metamomorphic petrogenesis. Prerequisites & Notes: Prerequisites, GEOL 346 and CHEM 182, or permission of instructor. Credits: (4) Repeatable for Credit No Grading Basis GRD Notes: GEOL 481 and GEOL 581 are equivalent courses. Students may not receive credit for both.
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