Each time the course is offered, only one topic will be presented. An advanced course providing an in-depth treatment of various aspects of economic geology. Specific topics will be considered in different semesters. Only one topic will be presented at a time. Application of mineral data to problems in geochemistry, petrology and ore deposits.
Laboratory involves analysis of minerals by various analytical techniques.
Origin, depositional environments, diagenesis and classification of limestones, dolostones and related rocks. An advanced course stratigraphy treating the hydrodynamics, sediment dispersal patterns, and preservation potential of modern terrigenous clastic depositional environments and criteria for recognizing their ancient counterparts in the geologic record. An advanced course dealing with various topics in sedimentology and stratigraphy. A study of the processes that shape northern landscapes and of the distinctive morphology that they produce. Application to environmental planning, soils engineering, ecology and paleoecology, Quatemary history, and economic geology.