101-103 GENERAL GEOLOGY (3+0) 3 credits each
Fundamental principles of geology including nomenclature, earth
history, plate tectonics, evolution of the crust, oceans,
atmosphere, rivers, earthquakes, volcanic activity, evolution of
life, nonrenewable earth resources, water and energy sources,
climatic change. Prerequisite: Core mathematics requirement, or
Corequisite: MATH 128 or higher.
102-104 GENERAL GEOLOGY LABORATORY (0+3) 1 credit each
Experimental and analytical work designed to illustrate
fundamental principles of geosciences, including the collection
and interpretation of data using the scientific method.
Prerequisite: Core mathematics requirement, or Corequisite:
MATH 128 or higher.
140 GEOLOGY OF THE TERRESTRIAL PLANETS (3+0) 3 credits
332 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY (3+3) 4 credits
402, 602 THE OCEANS (3+0) 3 credits
440, 640 NEOTECTONIC FIELD TRIPS (0+1 to 3) 1 to 3 credits
446, 646 PHOTOGEOLOGY-IMAGE INTERPRETATION (1+6) 3 credits
450 FIELD METHODS (0+3) 1 credit
451 SUMMER FIELD GEOLOGY 3 or 6 credits
453, 653 GEOPHYSICAL APPLICATIONS (2+3) 3 credits
455, 655, GEOPHYSICS AND GEODYNAMICS (4+0) 4 credits
456, 656 PLATE TECTONIC THEORY (3+0) 3 credits
469, 669 PRINCIPLES OF STRATIGRAPHY (3+0) 3 credits
490, 690 ELEMENTARY SEISMOLOGY (3+3) 4 credits
492, 692 ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS (3+3) 4 credits
493, 693 MINING EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS (3+3) 4 credits
701-702 ADVANCED GEOLOGY 1 to 5 credits each
705 INVERSE PROBLEMS FOR EARTH SCIENCES (3+0) 3 credits
706 GEOPHYSICAL SERIES AND FILTERING (3+0) 3 credits
731 STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY SEMINAR (2+3) 3 credits
732 CORDILLERAN TECTONIC EVOLUTION (3+0) 3 credits
735 NEOTECTONICS AND SEISMIC HAZARD (3+0) 3 credits
736 SEISMOTECTONICS (3+0) 3 credits
737 NEOTECTONIC AND QUATERNARY MAPPING (1+6) 3 credits
755 BASIN ANALYSIS (3+0) 3 credits
756 EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PHYSICS (3+0) 3 credits
757 SEISMIC IMAGING (3+0) 3 credits
758 SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA ANALYSIS (3+0) 3 credits
761 MAGNETISM AND EARTH (3+0) 3 credits
773 MINERAL EXPLORATION SEMINAR (1+0) 1 credit
Application of geologic principles to the other bodies in the Solar System, focusing on the Moon. Introductions to volcanism, impact cratering, meteorites, and remote sensing. Occasional Saturday field trips. Abbr: PLANETARY GEOLOGY
Structural features of the earths crust. Laboratory work involves
the study and preparation of geologic maps and cross sections.
Prerequisite: GEOL 101 and trigonometry.
Overview of geological, chemical, physical, and biographical
oceanography covering how the oceans work and how they influence
our lives.
Visits to historical earthquake ruptures and active faults in the
western United States.
Application of photogeologic and image interpretation techniques
for study and evaluation of terrestrial landscapes. Corequisite:
GEOL 332, 341.
Introduction to methods and instruments used by field geologists,
including elementary photogrammetry.
Study and preparation of maps to accompany reports on areas of
sedimentary and igneous rocks in the Basin and Range region.
Three- or six-week course in geologic field methods beginning in
early June. Prerequisite: GEOL 212, 332,
341, 450. Fee to cover
cost of board and transportation.
Surveys current problems in planetary physics, geodynamics,
resources exploration and development, environmental assessment,
natural hazards, and national security. Includes a one-week
geophysical field camp. Prerequisite: GEOL 450. Corequisite:
GEOL 455, 492 or 493.
Structure, composition and evolution of the planet earth;
integrates seismic and potential fields data to study plate
tectonics and dynamic processes of the earth's interior.
Prerequisite: general calculus; physics; physical geology.
Geological and geophysical evidence for plate tectonics. Covers
sea floor spreading, triple junctions, continental and oceanic
lithosphere, paleomagnetism, polar wandering. Prerequisite:
general calculus; physics; geology.
History and methods of stratigraphic analysis and applications
to geological and geophysical problems. Prerequisite: GEOL 102,
212, 332, 468.
Elastic wave equation and characteristics of its solution in
terms of rays and modes. Earth structure, earthquake source,
seismic instrumentation, interpretation of seismograms,
seismicity, prediction. Prerequisite: MATH 285;
PHYS 202.
Application of geophysics to groundwater resources,
hazardous-waste management, and site characterization. Includes
gravity, magnetic, resistivity, electromagnetic, borehole, and
seismic methods; with field hydrogeophysics. Prerequisite:
approval of instructor.
Principles and application of gravity, magnetics and
electromagnetic techniques to determination of subsurface
structure and exploration for mineral deposits. Prerequisite:
physical geology; general calculus; physics.
(a) General geology, (b) regional geology, (c) mineralogy, (d)
petrology, (e) petrography, (f) geochemistry, (g) structural
geology, (h) geophysics, (j) geomorphology, (k) paleontology, (m)
sedimentation, (n) stratigraphy, (p) mineral deposits, (r)
economic geology, (s) ground water, (t) engineering geology, (u)
photogrammetry, (v) seismology, (w) instrumental analysis, (x)
teaching of earth sciences, (y) mineral exploration, (z) earth
science. Consists of either lectures, periodic conferences,
supervised reading, laboratory or field work. May be repeated
more than once to pursue different studies.
Strategies for inferring internal properties of earth with exact
and uncertain data. Applications include current topics in
seismology, gravity, magnetics, other fields of geophysics.
Prerequisite: MATH 330.
Application of discrete series theory to geophysical problems.
Includes transforms, filters deconvolution, estimation, and
resolution as applied in seismic processing and other geosciences
specialties.
Structural features of the earths crust, their distribution and
the mechanics of their formation. Prerequisite: GEOL 332.
Tectonic elements of the North American Cordillera, including
stratigraphic, structural and tectonic evolution; critical
evaluation of major tectonic models and current thought on
tectonics. Prerequisite: GEOL 332 or equivalent.
Geomorphology of active faults. Determination of fault slip
rates, age and size of paleoearthquakes, and incorporation of
geologic data into seismic hazard analyses.
Frictional, thermal and tectonic constraints on the observed
spatial, depth, size and mechanism distribution of earthquakes
and faults in the United States and around the globe.
Mapping and interpretation of Quaternary landforms produced by the recurrence of earthquake movements along active faults. Prerequisites: GEOL 446, 646 or
GEOL 451 or equivalent.
Theory and practice of the major techniques of sedimentary basin
reconstruction and intepretation. Emphasis on outcrop and subsurface techniques, and implication for economic geology. Prerequisite:
GEOL 468 or 668 and GEOL 469 or 669, or the equivalents.
Earthquake source physics based on application of theory,
observations, and experiments.
Theory and application of high-resolution exploration for earth
structure and composition, including stack, multi-offset, and 3-D
migration; coherency, velocity spaces, and diffraction
tomography.
Seismic instrumentation and data analysis based on application of
theory, observations and experiments.
Fundamentals of geomagnetism, paleomagnetism and rock magnetism
and their applications to plate tectonics, structural geology,
and basin history.
Seminar on a current topic in geology, geophysics, or
geochemistry in exploration for hard minerals in the Cordillera.