The climate patterns of each continent and the factors which produce them are investigated. The purpose of this course is to analyze in detail rocks which serve for the storage and ultimately for the production of petroleum. The characteristics of these rocks will be studied in hand specimen, in thin section, in cores, and on well logs. Laboratory work and problem solving are emphasized. This course involves a detailed study of fossil representatives of the various invertebrate phyla as well as a consideration of the more important of these as index fossils.
Emphasis is on laboratory exercises and problem solving.
It is hoped that this course will prove to be of interest to students in biology as well as those in geology. A study of the physical processes that shape coastal landforms and the pelagic and neritic resources of the oceans. Topics include longshore transport, wave action, swash zone dynamics, estuarine and deltaic geomorphology, ferromanganese and petroleum resources, and beach structure.