434 Problems in Geology 1-3 hrs. Intensive reading and research on a topic in geology under the direction of a member of the geology faculty. GEOL 435 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy 4 hrs. Processes, characteristics, and relationships among fluvial, deltaic, strand plain, lagoon, shelf, and slope terrigenous depositional systems. Laboratory includes textural analysis, sedimentary structures, paleocurrent analysis, electric logs, subsurface maps, and application of statistical and computer methods to the solution of sedimentologic problems and basin analysis.
Course includes a three-day field trip.
Field observations and introduction to geologic mapping. Aspects of landscape evolution, rock-forming processes, and rock deformation will be studied. Emphasis will be on how observations are combined to make geologic interpretations and how the geologic history and evolution of a region can be interpreted from field data. Geologic Mapping 3 hrs. Field observations and geologic mapping.