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4.00 Credits
This course deals with the description, classification and interpretation of sedimentary rocks. Emphasis is placed on the processes affecting their composition, textures, structures, and distribution, and methods useful in inferring sedimentary processes and environments from the rock record are studied. Laboratories and field trips support a solid grounding in the description, classification, and interpretation of sedimentary rocks in their regional and global tectonic contexts. Prerequisite: GEOS 241 Historical Geology
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3.00 Credits
This course investigates the relationship between humanity and the geological environment. Emphasis is placed on humans as geologic agents and the consequences of human value systems with respect to earth resources. Prerequisites: GEOS 112 Introduction to Geology, or GEOS 220 Physical Geology
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1.00 Credits
This is an advanced-level research seminar for Geoscience majors. Prerequisite: GEOS 320 Seminar in Geoscience I
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4.00 Credits
This course examines the composition, texture, classification and interpretation of igneous and metamorphic rocks. It covers the major processes responsible for the evolution of major volcanic, plutonic and metamorphic rock association and their relationships to regional and global tectonic patterns. Laboratories and field trips emphasize techniques used to represent and more fully understand the processes that generate rock association through time. Prerequisite GEOS 331 Mineralogy
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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on linear, planar and three-dimensional deformation features in rocks, including folds and faults. It details their recognition, geometrical properties, classification, and genesis. The course covers the kinematic and dynamic processes that produce such features and their relationships to local, regional and global tectonic patterns through time. Laboratories and field projects allow students to refine techniques for representing structures and for inferring the stresses and strains that generated them. Prerequisites: GEOS 112 Introduction to Geology and GEOS 241 Historical Geology, or permission of instructor Recommended: PHYS 130 College Physics I, Lecture and PHYS 1130 College Physics I, Recitation/Laboratory
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4.00 Credits
This course presents a research (laboratory) approach to the study of seawater composition, ion exchange and equilibria, and sea-ocean bottom interface. Prerequisites: GEOS 115 Introduction to Oceanography; CHEM 105 General Chemistry I, Lecture; and CHEM 1105 General Chemistry I, Recitation/Laboratory Recommended: CHEM 106 General Chemistry II, Lecture; CHEM 1106 General Chemistry II, Recitation/Laboratory.
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4.00 Credits
This course presents a study of structure and change in coastlines as controlled by the interaction between geologic structure and the processes of erosion, transportation, and deposition. Prerequisites: GEOS 112 Introduction to Geology, GEOS 115 Introduction to Oceanography, or permission of the instructor
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3.00 Credits
This interdisciplinary course provides natural and social scientists with tools to manage intersecting and sometimes divergent interests of their respective fields in addressing complex contemporary environmental issues and challenges. The multiproblem coastal zone is the principal focus. Guest lecturers, government publications, attendance at and participation in public meetings, and field visits complement the classroom work. Prerequisite: Junior or senior status, or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
This course studies the origin, detection, and development of economically valuable mineral deposits. Prerequisite: GEOS 331 Mineralogy or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
This course deals with the distribution of fossil communities and their relationship to ancient environments. It covers comparisons with modern populations and deduction of environmental processes from functional morphology, skeletal composition, and organic traces. Prerequisites: GEOS 241 Historical Geology or BIOL 130 Principles of Biology I Recommended: GEOS 432 Structural Geology or GEOS 348 Environmental Geology
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