Applications to watershed hydrology, groundwater resource evaluation, groundwater contamination, geotechnical problems, and geologic processes. Syllabus in PDF format. Global Geochemical Cycles and Climate Change. The fundamental principles governing the dynamic processes within and around the planets are treated in some detail. Core equations are developed and used to analyze nebula condensation, planetary accretion, convection in mantles and atmospheres, radiative and conductive heat transport, seismic waves, hurricanes, volcanism, and meteorite impacts, among others.
Emphasis is on fundamentals and problem solving.
270.400 Intersession Independent Study. An independent course of study may be pursued under the direction of an advisor on those topics not specifically listed in the form of regular courses. An introduction to the basic principles of atmospheric structure and its response to natural and anthropogenic perturbations. It includes the role of the sun, atmospheric constituents, and Earth's surface in determining Earth's climate and its sensitivity to change. This course explores how important types of natural waters such as seawater, rainwater, river waters, groundwaters, basinal brines, and hydrothermal brines originated and evolved over geologic time.