Description of large-scale features of the Earth's crust and upper mantle and the processes which formed them. Emphasis on plate tectonics and its implications for the evolution of North America. Introduction of geologic mapping and use of geologic field instruments. Geol 123, and 125. Six-week course in geologic field mapping and interpretation of deformed rocks.
Camp sites vary from year to year.
Introduction to the geology of continental margins and ocean basins. Discussions focus on crustal structures and the effect of plate tectonics and oceanographic processes on modern marine sedimentation. Geol 101, 101L or instructor consent. Application of geochemical and thermodynamic principles to solution of geologic problems. Geol 121 and Chem 1B or equivalent.