Catalog Description: Study
of Earth and planetary surfaces. Physical and chemical processes that
create and modify surface features. Prerequisite: GEOL 1403 or
permission of instructor.
Catalog Description: Study
of the relationships of humans to Earth’s physical environment.
Geologic aspects of waste disposal, resources, conservation, land
reclamation, geologic hazards, and land-use planning. Prerequisite:
GEOL 1403, and science major or minor, or permission of instructor.
Catalog Description:
Introduction to fluid flow in geologic systems with an emphasis on
groundwater and on the physical and chemical principles that control
groundwater flow in the subsurface. Topics include the hydrologic
cycle; physics of fluid flow in porous media, mathematical descriptions
of groundwater flow, and geology of groundwater occurrences.
Prerequisites: GEOL 1403, PHYS 1401 or 2425, and MATH 2413, or
permission of instructor. (May be taken for graduate credit.)
Catalog Description:
Composition and origin of sediments and sedimentary rocks. Description
and classification of rocks in hand specimen. Principles of
stratigraphy, including stratigraphic units and correlation. Facies
models for major depositional systems. Field trips. Prerequisites: GEOL
1403, GEOL 1404, GEOL 3411 (may be taken concurrently) and GEOL 3442,
or permission of instructor. (May be taken for graduate credit.)
Catalog Description: Principles
of the geochemistry of ground water including chemical thermodynamics.
Characterization of the chemistry of natural and contaminated ground
water. Chemical measurements, analyses, and calculations. Includes
readings in current literature and research on a selected topic.
Prerequisite: GEOL 4444 or equivalent. Recommended: GEOL 5418.