Courses Currently Teaching

• GEOL 105 - General Geology
  Principles and concepts of physical and historical geology and their importance and application in interpreting earth processes and events. Laboratory includes identification of earth materials and use and application of topographic and geologic maps.
• GEOL 414/614 - Quaternary Geology and Geochronology
  Survey of the stratigraphy and chronology of marine and terrestrial records and theories of climatic change. Studies of the stratigraphy of significant Quaternary successions throughout the world and their correlation and absolute dating. PREREQ: GEOL 107
• GEOL 446/646 - General Geochemistry
  Chemical principles applied to geologic processes and environments. Thermochemistry of mineral equilbria; mineral stabilities at high temperature and pressure. Radioisotopes and methods of geochronology. The geochemical history of the earth. PREREQ: GEOL 107 and CHEM 103
• GEOL 814 - Geochemical Stratigraphy
  Studies in correlation and age assignment using chemical, elemental and isotopic analysis of sediments, rocks and fossils.

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