GEOL 811 Advanced Mineralogy
Laboratory aspects of R.I. determination, model analysis, reflectivity, micro-hardness, cathodo-luminescence, chemical and X-ray analysis and their application in natural mineral systems and assemblages.
GEOL 843 Recent Advances in Petrology
Modern work in pure and applied petrology, including recent developments in research methodology and instrumentation concerning the investigation of crustal inorganic and/or organic matter.
GEOL 850 Topics in Structural Geology
Relationships between internal and external stress and the resultant strain features in rocks, including mathematical analysis and analog computer studies.
Geol 840 Topics in Sedimentology
Selected topics in sedimentary basin studies: depositional environments, tectonic control on basin evolution ad basin-filling architecture, diagenesis & reservoir properties, petrology of clastic, chemical and biochemical sedimentary systems, lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy and sequence stratigraphy.
GEOL 874 - Geology of Fluids
Occurrence and movement of fluids in the subsurface; pore geometry and fluid flow applied to ground water, petroleum geology, engineering geology, geothermal energy, and genesis of hydrothermal ore deposits.