3 hours lecture. After briefly examining organic evolution as it is understood today, this course evaluates Darwin's methodology and impact on science and culture, based on an assessment of On the Origin of Species and related writings. A study of the structure and constitution of Earth's interior using observations of seismic waves. Topics includepropagation, reflection, and refraction of elastic waves, ray theory, dispersion of surface waves, seismicity, plate tectonics, Earth structure and composition. 270.329 Introduction to Seismology Laboratory.
Laboratory exercises on the interpretation of seismograms.
Geology and geochemistry of metallic mineral deposits with emphasis on hydrothermal ore deposits. Sources, transport, and precipitation of ore-forming constituents. Relationship to hydrothermal alteration processes. Theories of origin of metallic mineral deposits. An introduction to the principles of crystallography, diffraction, and the structures of inorganic crystals.