Study of faults, dikes, joints, veins, solution surfaces, and other fractures using field, analytical, and numerical techniques. Principles of rock fracture mechanics used to analyze these features. Applications of fracture analysis include: contribution of fractures to the flow of fluids in the upper crust, evaluation of rock excavation stability, and assessment of seismic hazards associated with active faults. Prerequisite: Geo-Sci 431 or equivalent.

This course will help you understand mathematics and physics, those courses you took but now don't remember, so that you can fulfill your dreams of being a scientist. We will learn the art and style of quantitative analysis using geologic processes as examples. We will re-learn calculus, probability and statistics, and linear algebra. We will learn the Python computing language to write computer code to apply, use, and learn these concepts. After this course, you should feel more comfortable understanding math and physics and their applications to Geosciences.

Physics of the earth and the gravitational, magnetic, electrical, and seismic methods of geophysical exploration. Laboratory problems and computations. Prerequisites: Geo-Sci 321 and 331.

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Discussion of recent literature concerning the geology of the terrestrial planets and moons. Prerequisite: consent of instructor.

With lab. Chemical processes affecting the distribution and circulation of chemical compounds in natural waters. Geochemistry of precipitation, rivers, lakes, groundwater, and oceans; applications of thermodynamic equilibria to predicting composition of aqueous systems. Behavior of trace metals and radionuclides in near surface environments. Prerequisite: Chem 111, 112.