400 Level (Advanced Core & Elective Courses for Majors & Minors)
400 Level (Advanced Core & Elective Courses for Majors & Minors)
01:460:441 Structure and Formation of the Terrestrial Planets
- Course Code: 01:460:441
- Credits: 3
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Spring
- Instructor(s): Prof. Bermingham, Levin
- Prerequisites: 01:460:302, 01:460:304, 01:460:306 or permission of instructor.
- Note: Credit not given for both this course and 16:460:506.
Examination of the formation processes and hypotheses of planetary evolution in the Solar System drawn from cosmochemical, seismological, and petrological observations of the terrestrial planets and their satellites. Prerequisites: 01:460:302, 01:460:304, 01:460:306 or permission of instructor. Credit not given for both this course and 16:460:506.
01:460:429 Tectonics and Regional Structural Geology
- Course Code: 01:460:429
- Credits: 3
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
- Instructor(s): Prof. Schlische
- Prerequisites: 01:460:407 or permission of instructor
Seismic expression of structural styles and their plate-tectonic setting; basement-involved structural styles (extension, shortening, strike-slip, inversion); detached structurl styles (extension, shortening, and salt)
01:460:428 Hydrogeology
- Course Code: 01:460:428
- Credits: 3
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall
- Instructor(s): Prof. Reinfelder
- Prerequisites: 01:640:CALC1, 01:750:203 (General Physics 1), and 01:460:101 or (01:460:100 & 01:460:103), or permission of the instructor.
Introduction to physical and chemical principles of fluid flow and mass transport through geologic media, with emphasis on quantitative characterization of groundwater systems.
01:460:417 Environmental Geochemistry
- Course Code: 01:460:417
- Credits: 3
- Semester(s) Offered: Fall
- Instructor(s): Prof. Reinfelder, Yee
- Prerequisites: 01:460:101, 01:160:162 (General Chemistry 2)
- Note: Credit not given for this course and 11:375:444 Water Chemistry.
Distribution of elements in the sedimentary environment; behavior of trace metals in sediments and waters.
01:460:414 Hydrologic Processes
- Course Code: 01:460:414
- Credits: 3
- Semester(s) Offered: Spring, Summer
- Instructor(s): Prof. Reinfelder
- Prerequisites: 01:640:CALC1 and 01:750:203 (General Physics 1), or permission of the instructor
Introduction to physical principles of water cycling through the Earth's atmosphere, lithosphere, and biosphere, with emphasis on water storage, flux, and flow pathways among the various reservoirs near the land surface. Lec. 3 hrs.
