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GEOLOGY COURSE DESCRIPTIONS


The Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering offers a comprehensive range of courses at both undergraduate and graduate levels.
   
GEOL 100: EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES & NATURAL DISASTERS
GEOL 101:GENERAL GEOLOGY
GEOL 102:HISTORICAL GEOLOGY
GEOL 103:GENERAL GEOLOGY LABORATORY
GEOL 140:GEOLOGY OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM
GEOL 202:EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND DEPOSITS I
GEOL 203 R:EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES AND DEPOSITS II
GEOL 210: EXPLORING, MEASURING, & MAPPING PLANET EARTH
GEOL 211 R:EARTH MATERIALS AND GEOCHEMISTRY I
GEOL 212 R:EARTH MATERIALS AND GEOCHEMISTRY II
GEOL 260:INTRODUCTORY FIELD GEOLOGY
GEOL 280:HYDROSCIENCE
GEOL 309:MUSEOLOGY
GEOL 325:ROCK FORMING PROCESSES I
GEOL 326:ROCK FORMING PROCESSES II
GEOL 332:STRUCTURE, TECTONICS AND EARTH PHYSICS I
GEOL 333:STRUCTURE, TECTONICS AND EARTH PHYSICS II
GEOL 371:GEOLOGY OF NATURAL RESOURCES
GEOL 402/602:THE OCEANS
GEOL 405:GEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL PARKS
GEOL 414/614:HYDROLOGIC FLUID DYNAMICS
GEOL 416/616:ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOL 417/617:INSTRUMENTAL METHODS SEMINAR
GEOL 440/640:NEOTECHTONIC FIELD TRIPS
GEOL 441/641:ADVANCED GEOMORPHOLOGY
GEOL 446/646:PHOTOGEOLOGY-IMAGE INTERPRETATION
GEOL 450/650:FIELD METHODS
GEOL 451:SUMMER FIELD GEOLOGY
GEOL 455/655:GEOPHYSICS AND GEODYNAMICS
GEOL 461/661:PALEOBIOLOGY
GEOL 462/662:MICROPALEONTOLOGY
GEOL 464/
664-465 /665:		 STATEGRAPHIC PALEONTOLOGY
GEOL 466/666:ZOOARCHAEOLOGY
GEOL 469/669:ADVANCED STRATIGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
GEOL 471/671:ORE DEPOSITS
GEOL 476 R/676 R:NONMETALLIC MINERAL DEPOSITS
GEOL 489/689:EXPLORATION AND MINING GEOLOGY
GEOL 492 R/692 R:ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS
GEOL 493/693:MINING EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS
GEOL 495/695:SPECIAL PROBLEMS
GEOL 497 R:SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECT
GEOL 498:SENIOR THESIS
GEOL 697-698:GRADUATE SEMINAR
GEOL 701-702:ADVANCED GEOLOGY
GEOL 705:INVERSE PROBLEMS FOR EARTH SCIENCES
GEOL 706:GEOPHYSICAL SERIES AND FILTERING
GEOL 708:ADVANCED SEMINAR IN QUARTERNARY STUDIES
GEOL 712:ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOL 713:HYDROTHERMAL GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOL 714:ORE PETROLOGY
GEOL 715:GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOL 716:LOW TEMPERATURE AQUEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY
GEOL 717:EXPLORATION AND MINE GEOCHEMSITRY
GEOL 718: CHEMISTRY OR ENVIRONMENTAL WATERS AND ISOTOPES
GEOL 719:GEOCHEMICAL MODELING METHODS
GEOL 722:PRINCIPLES OF PLANT MACROFOSSIL ANALYSIS
GEOL 723:VOLCANIC GEOLOGY
GEOL 724:PHASE PETROLOGY
GEOL 726:VOLCANIC PETROLOGY
GEOL 727:PETROLOGY OF PLUTONIC ROCKS
GEOL 728:METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY
GEOL 729:SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY
GEOL 730 R:ADVANCED GEOLOGY OF NEVADA AND THE BASIN AND RANGE
GEOL 731:STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY SEMINAR
GEOL 732:CORDILLERAN TECTONIC EVOLUTION
GEOL 735:NEOTECTONICS AND SEISMIC HAZARDS
GEOL 736 R:SEISMOTECTONICS
GEOL 737:NEOTECTONICS AND QUATERNARY MAPPING
GEOL 738:QUATERNARY FIELD EXERCISES
GEOL 740 R:DESERT GEOMORPHOLOGY
GEOL 745:QUATERNARY GEOLOGY
GEOL 750:PRIMARY SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURES
GEOL 755:BASIN ANALYSIS
GEOL 756: EARTHQUAKE SOURCE PHYSICS
GEOL 757:SEISMIC IMAGING
GEOL 758:SEISMIC INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA ANALYSIS
GEOL 761:MAGNETISM AND THE EARTH
GEOL 767:ADVANCED OPTICAL AND INFRARED REMOTE SENSING
GEOL 768:RADAR IMAGING--GEOSCIENCE APPLICATIONS
GEOL 770:ECONOMIC GEOLOGY SEMINAR
GEOL 771:HYDROTHERMAL MINERAL DEPOSITS
GEOL 772:HYRDOTHERMAL ALTERATION AND VEIN PETROLOGY
GEOL 773:MINERAL EXPLORATION SEMINAR
GEOL 774:ADVANCED SEISMOLOGY I
GEOL 775:ADVANCED SEISMOLOGY II
GEOL 776:FLUID INCLUSIONS IN HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS
GEOL 780 R:ISOTOPE HYDROLOGY
GEOL 781:ADVANCED SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY
GEOL 782:HYDROLOGY/HYDROGEOLOGY SEMINAR
GEOL 783: GROUNDWATER HYDRAULICS
GEOL 784:VADOSE ZONE HYDROLOGY
GEOL 785:INTRODUCTION TO GROUNDWATER MODELING
GEOL 786:CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT IN GROUNDWATER FLOW SYSTEMS
GEOL 787:SEDIMENT TRANSPORT
GEOL 788:ALLUVIAL FAN HYDROLOGY
GEOL 795 R:COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION
GEOL 797:THESIS
GEOL 799:DISSERTATION
GEOL 899:GRADUATE ADVISEMENT
   
   
   
 
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