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3.00 Credits
3 SP GEOS 380 or prior hydrology course work and consent of instructor. A survey of the hydrologic processes governing the movement and storage of water at the watershed scale. Emphasis is on computer-based methods for characterizing the physical framework and quantifying the resultant hydrology in terms of its temporal and spatial variability.
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3.00 Credits
3 SP CHEM 111, GEOS 306, MATH 120; either PHYS 202A or PHYS 204A; either GEOS 270 or GEOS 380. Recommended: GEOS 307. Theory and analysis of groundwater flow, including fluid physics, aquifer properties, soil water, groundwater recharge, hydrogeologic environments, aquifer mechanics, and water quality degradation.
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3.00 Credits
3 F2 GEOS 101 or GEOS 102 and GEOS 306. GEOS 306. An introduction to physical processes associated with terrestrial and extraterrestrial volcanoes and their products. Specific topics include volcano monitoring, rheologic properties of magma and volcanic flows, experimental volcanology, theoretical and analog flow modeling, as well as in-depth examination of local volcanoes and various eruptions (past, present, and future). This course includes an extended (4-5 days) field trip, required for all students. Students participate in the field by collecting data for future course projects, presenting prepared information at various field trip stops, or both. Students also complete research projects throughout the semester.
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3.00 Credits
3 SP GEOS 306, GEOS 307. Evolution of the larger features of the earth; continents, oceans, mountain ranges, and lithospheric plates. Methods of tectonic analysis, including interpretation. Geologic development of the western United States.
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3.00 Credits
3 SP Upper-division standing; GEOS 330 or GEOS 380. Water-resources, management plans of world; emphasis on California and Israeli plans. Water plans in primitive, agrarian, and industrial societies. Data gathering and interpretation, regulation of water resources, and control of water pollution.
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3.00 Credits
2 SP GEOS 360, GEOS 361, GEOS 408 (with grade of C- or higher in all courses). Mapping, recording, and interpreting data in the field; use of Brunton compass and topographic maps emphasized. Reports required. Field work during January Intersession totaling at least 10 days.
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3.00 Credits
1 FA Readings, reports, and discussion of topics in the current literature or of special studies in any area of the physical sciences.
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3.00 Credits
3 FS First semester: A total of 9 upper-division units in the major, with at least a B average, and faculty permission. Second semester: A grade of B or higher in the first semester of the course; An intensive two-semester course in research within a subdiscipline of the physical sciences. Students enroll for 3 units each semester. Open only to students with at least a 3.0 GPA in the major. The course consists of a research project done under the supervision of a faculty member, a formal written paper, and a public presentation. This course may be used to fulfill a maximum of 3 units of the upper-division requirement for the major.
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3.00 Credits
3 S2 GEOS 400. Theory, analysis, and forecasting of intermediate- and large-scale motions in the atmosphere. Topics include the primitive flow equations, planetary boundary layer, synoptic-scale motions, atmospheric oscillations, mesoscale circulations, and the general global circulation.
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3.00 Credits
3 S1 CHEM 112, GEOS 321 or GEOS 400, MATH 121, or faculty permission. Physical meteorological processes relevant to air pollution with a primary focus on the atmospheric boundary layer. Topics include pollutant sources and sinks, visibility, stability, deposition and dispersion, atmospheric turbulence, plume modeling, and the design of air quality monitoring networks.
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