Course emphasis is on geologic problems. The compromises between the environmental impact of resource development and industrialization are also studied from a scientific perspective. Lectures, three hours per week. Terrigenous sandstones and carbonate rocks will be emphasized with lesser stress on mud rocks and non-carbonate chemical rocks. Emphasis is placed on the mineralogy and physical chemistry of silicate and nonsilicate systems.
Laboratory consists of the study of igneous and metamorphic rocks in thin section.
It should include instruction in the use of geologic field instruments and the preparation of geologic maps and sections. Lecture, one hour per week. This new model of planetary tectonic processes, which has been developed only in the last 20 years, provides an explanation of a wide variety of geologic processes over a wide range scale, with a degree of accuracy unsurpassed by any previous theory. Lectures, three hours per week. Emphasis will be placed on the recurrent paleobiotopes- paleolithotopes through geologic time and the evolution of community structure.