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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Geol 352. Kinematics and dynamics of plate motions, with applications to geotectonics.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Geol 352 or equivalent. Theory and laboratory measurement of magnetic anisotropy in rocks, sediments, and minerals. Emphasis on the use of magnetic anistrophy techniques to understand various geological processes including deformation, sediment transport, and magma flow and emplacement. Laboratory project and writing project included.
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: Phys 121 or equivalent. The relation of climate and weather to geologic hazards: air masses, fronts, trends in temperature, precipitation, winds and tides. Topics include effects of severe weather on mass wasting, floods and erosion, global climate and sea-level variations for the past two million years.
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: Geol 318, 352, 406, 409, and 410. Study of geological and geophysical aspects of continental tectonics and mountain-building processes. Topics may include thermochronology, heat flow, metamorphic petrology, structural geology, tectonic geomorphology, plate tectonics, and geodesy. The tutorial format requires reading and discussion of tectonics literature, and active participation and discussion by all students. Field trip and research project required. Taught alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Geol 352. Application of rock magnetism and paleomagnetism to field-oriented research problems. Seminar style meetings, field trip(s), and laboratory measurements will focus on solution of an original research problem. Results will be used for a required research paper. Project topics will vary; examples include paleomagnetism of displaced terranes, magnetostratigraphy, magnetic fabrics, environmental magnetism.
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2.00 Credits
Prereq: Geol 306, CHEM 123. Introduction to analysis of rocks, soil and water. Methods include atomic absorption spectrophotometry, ion chromatography, gas chromatography and quadrapole mass spectrometry as well as gravimetric, volumetric and colorimetric analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: Geol 211; CHEM 121, 122. A discussion of the geological and geochemical processes that control the chemical composition of surface and groundwater.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: GEOL 352. Investigates the physics of earthquakes, the effects of earthquakes on our world and the insights into the planet provided by seismology. This class is a quantitative introduction to the study of local and global seismology. Topics include stress and strain, wave propagation, power spectra, earthquake magnitude, seismic hazard, earthquake prediction and associated hazards such as tsunamis and volcano seismology. Whenever possible, students will use real seismic data in their analysis.
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3.00 Credits
Prereq: GEOL 310 and GEOL 318 or 314. Reviews current research on landslides and slope stability, including landslide types and processes, landslide triggering mechanisms, soil and rock slope stability, soil and rock slope failure modes, landslide hazard analysis. Offered alternate years.
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4.00 Credits
Prereq: Geol 211, Math 125. Components of the hydrologic cycle, including precipitation, infiltration, evapotranspiration, and runoff, and their effect on a water balance in a watershed.
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