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3.00 Credits
An interdisciplinary synthesis of perspectives on the Earth's resources. A broad range of resources will be discussed in the context of population growth, the global commons, resource management, sustainable development, and environmental policy. The course will focus on the measurement, analysis, and evaluation of resources such as minerals, vegetation, animals, soils and landforms, atmosphere and climate, and water.
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4.00 Credits
Theoretical aspects of stress and strain as applied to natural rock systems; description and origin of rock structures in Earth's crust. Laboratory work stresses structural interpretation of geologic maps. Field work supplements lectures and laboratory. Students are required to complete a paper on some aspect of structural geology; part of the revision processes will include peer review.
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0.00 - 99.00 Credits
No course description available.
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4.00 Credits
Principles of stratigraphy with examples of stratigraphic successions from various sedimentary basins around the world. Course emphasizes techniques of basin analysis and mechanisms of basin formation. The writing and peer review of abstracts are stressed in the course. In addition, students are required to submit a written report describing their results of a field stratigraphic study of the Devonian section of western New York.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Independent study and research in areas beyond formal courses. Permission of department.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to descriptive crystallography and to chemical, physical, deteminative and descriptive mineralogy. Areas covered include: crystal symmetry, classification, morphology, crystal chemistry, physical properties, geologic occurrence, significance, and characteristic properties of minerals. Lectures and laboratory supplemented with one field trip.
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4.00 Credits
Lecture emphasis on problems and hypotheses involved with the origin of rocks. Laboratory stresses use of the petrographic microscope for identification, description, and analysis of rock materials. A well-written research paper, which may include computer, lab, and library research, is required. Course includes a weekend trip to study classic rock terrains in the Adirondack Mountains.
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4.00 Credits
Scope, literature, and history of geochemistry. Principles and applications of geochemistry, including the elements; isotope geology; thermodynamics; water chemistry; crystal chemistry; organic geochemistry; geochemistry of sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic rocks. Lab work emphasizes instrumental methods of analysis.
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1.00 - 15.00 Credits
Approved work-training experience with state or federal agency, museum, or industrial firm. Permission of department.
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4.00 Credits
Hydrologic problems are analyzed by organizing information into a water budget and then quantifying the variables in the water budget equation. Common hydrologic variables include precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, stream flow, infiltration and groundwater. Groundwater is emphasized. Lectures supplemented by field work, lab measurements, and computer modeling.
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