Field and laboratory studies of Geological context in Archaelogical sites. Data Collection and sampling, sediment analysis, and reporting. Interpretation of depositional and postdepositional features
Principles of subsurface exploration using seismic waves, gravity and magnetic fields, electric currents and electro-magnetic waves. Applications to problems on scales from global to local. Lec. 2.5 hrs., lab 2.5 hrs.
Low and high temperature geochemistry, element distribution, geochemical structure of the Earth, Laboratory exercises include sample materials, preparation techniques, mass spectrometry, data collection, reduction and interpretation. Lec. 3 hrs., lab 3 hrs.
Introduction to the concept of deep time and overview of major events in the evolution of life on earth. Evolutionary patterns and processes through the last 600 million years.
Principles of paleobiology and phylogenetic systematics. Phylogenetic and mathematical analyses of the Earth's fossil record. Laboratory study of invertebrate fossils. Lec. 3 hrs., lab. 3 hrs. Field trips.
Departmental Chair
Prof. James Wright
Undergraduate Director
Prof. Lauren Neitzke Adamo
Wright-Rieman Laboratories
Busch Campus, 610 Taylor Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854-8066
Tel: 848-445-5609
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