Field exercises consist of field mapping, stratigraphic section measuring, and collection of structural and sedimentologic data. A fee over and above tuition will be required for the field trips. A synthesis of geology, geophysics, and geochemistry as applied to petroleum exploration, petroleum production, and enhanced oil recovery. 4093G - Geochemistry Study of the chemical principles that govern the distribution of elements among the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and solid earth. The important igneous and metamorphic rocks of the earth's crust and their processes of formation, alteration, and occurrence in space and time.
Laboratory stresses the coordination of megascopic and petrographic studies of rocks.
Two lecture hours and one three-hour laboraotry session each week. Should be completed before taking field camp. A study of the rocks, sediments, geophysics, structure, and stratigraphy of the ocean basins and their margins. 4313G - Carbonate Sedimentology Study of carbonate depositional environments and the description and classification of elimestones. 4513G - Hydrology Introduction to the properties of water and the hydrologic cycle.