Additional information about Rice courses is available on the Rice Academic Information page. Course web pages are available for some GEOL courses. Some topics will be studied in a workshop format. Includes geological, physical, chemical, and biological aspects of change. Introduction to optical mineralogy, principles and techniques, indentification of minerals.
Laboratory emphasizes practical use of structural analysis and includes a one weekend field trip.
Each faculty member in department participates by describing his research and some of the techniques involved. A series of lectures on current research in various areas of geology and geophysics. Geol 101 and 102. 99 Principles and procedures involved in geophysical methods, including the acquisition and analysis of data from seismic, ground penetrating radar, gravity, magnetic, and electrical methods. 3.00 Fall 99 Statistics, geographical data display, contouring and kriging, time series analysis, and image processing for geologists.