With lab, field trip. Applications of geochemistry to the study of modern sedimentary environments and sedimentary rocks. Geochemistry of carbonates and evaporites. Use of stable isotopes in paleoenvironmental analysis. Oxidation-reduction processes and their significance for iron formations. Geochemical transformations during burial of sedimentary sequences and the formation of petroleum. Prerequisite: GEO-SCI 445 or equivalent; college chemistry recommended.

Origin and forms of glaciers; erosional and depositional processes and recognition of erosional and constructional landforms and depositional systems. Pleistocene history of New England, sea level, and isostasy. Field trips by arrangement.

As a student in this workshop-style class, you will learn how to turn policy proposals into statutes and regulations. We look at some examples of current legislation and the ways the courts interpret them, and learn which area of the law would need changing for your proposal to become a reality: state, federal, or local; statute, regulation, or ordinance?