Emphasis will be placed on geologic materials and the dynamics of water movement, well hydraulics, regional groundwater systems, the basics of groundwater chemistry, and groundwater contamination. Study of the deformation of the Earth's crust including the development and geometry of structual features such as folds and faults, regional tectonics and deformation history. Lab involves structural problems, geologic mapping, field study of the Appalachian fold and thrust belt, and interpretation of geologic maps. Study of the processes of sedimentation and the resultant sedimentary rock record. Environments of deposition, facies, stratigraphic nomenclature, strata in the subsurface, and principles of correlation are among topics treated.
Field work is a major facet of the laboratory.
An introduction to fossil invertebrates with emphasis on theory of classification, form and function significance, paleoecological interpretation, evolutionary mechanisms, application of fossils to biostratigraphy, and the history of paleontology. Major invertebrate phyla of paleontological significance are surveyed. Individual reading and laboratory work in a student's field of interest within Geology. Work in Petroleum Geology is included. A general category used only in the evaluation of transfer credit.