The application of physical, chemical, and isotopic data to the study of groundwater systems. Case studies are used to demonstrate the applications. Stable Isotopes in Geochemistry Application of stable isotope techniques to problems in metamorphic and igneous petrology, hydrothermal alteration, paleoceanography, paleoclimatology. This course is a continuation of EES 207, but with an increased emphasis on broad scale concepts and applications of paleontology. Topics covered include principles of biostratigraphy, biogeography, paleoclimatology, and evolutionary paleontology.
Seminars focus on case studies that illustrate particular principles.
Course builds on fundamenetal knowledge of invertebrate paleontology. Topics of discussion include the history of deep water formation and surface circulation, geochronology, stratigraphy, and ocean chemistry, and the results from deep-sea drilling in general. A survey of major paralic and marine sedimentary environments, their processes, and characteristic facies sequences. Case studies of ancient facies are discussed, together with modern analogs. Sequence stratigraphy is a seminary devoted to study of the concepts and applications of sequence stratigraphy in outcrops, wells, and seismic sections.