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GEO 515 fieldtrip
Students holed up in a cave in Death Valley, CA, during a GEO 515 fieldtrip.

    
 

Fall 2008 Courses

Fieldtrips:
Many departmental graduate courses such as the following are available to the undergraduate major:

500 Field Geology, 501 Physics and Chemistry of Minerals and Materials, 515 Metamorphic Petrology, 518 Petrology Seminar, 541 Regional Structural Geology, 543 Rock Fracture, 552 Global Seismology.

Here are links to slideshows of images from past expeditions:

318 imageGEO/ENV/CEE 318 - Observing the Marine Environment
This course at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Science is a hands-on introduction to the ocean sciences.Topics include ocean circulation and ocean-atmosphere interactions; the interaction of open ocean organisms with one another and with physical and chemical conditions in the ocean; and the effect of these interactions on the global environment. We will participate in two cruises to a monitoring site in the Sargasso Sea, undertake field exercises in the near-shore waters of Bermuda, and use the lab facilities at BIOS to analyze samples that we collect. These activities will be supported by daily lectures. Enrollment is by application, with priority given to students completing their freshman or sophomore year. Instructors: D. Sigman (Princeton), M. Lomas (BIOS)

GEO 450 - Earth Surface Processes
This course presents a treatment of the physical processes that shape Earth's surface, such as solar radiation, deformation of the solid Earth, and the flow of water (vapor, liquid, and solid) under the influence of gravity. In particular, the generation, transport, and preservation of sediment are studied as diagnostic tools to link processes with the geologic records of Earth history and modern environmental change. Mandatory 11-day field trip to the Bahamas. Enrollment is limited to 12 students who will be admitted by interview. Students from any department are encouraged to apply for this course. Instructor: A. Maloof

image linkGEO 515 - Metamorphic Petrology
Determination of the physical conditions of metamorphism and their relation to tectonic events and deformation based on thermodynamic calculations, experimental phase equilibria, and field relations. Although technically a graduate-level course, GEO 515 is open to undergraduate majors. Instructor: L. Hollister

2007-2008 Spring Course Schedule:
(download as pdf)

Number
Title
Instructor
Hours
Room
202a,b (EG)
Oceanography: An Introduction to the World's Oceans
Roarty

T/Th 11:00-12:20; Lab W/Th 1:30-4:20,W 7:30-10:20 pm

10
177
177
177
210b (SE)
Earthquakes, Volcanoes & Other Hazards
Rubin
Panning

M/W/F 10:00-10:50
Lab: Various

10
178

Introduction to Mineralogy & Petrology
Onstott

M/W 10:30-11:50; Lab Th 1:30-4:20

16
16
Introductory Geophysics
Simons
T/Th 1:30-2:50; Class TBA

154
Climate Change: Scientific Basis, Policy Implications
Oppenheimer
T/Th 11:00-12:20; Precept Tu 10:00-10:50; Th 4:30-5:20 PM
220
220
220
399 (EG)
Environmental Decision-Making
van der Vink
M 1:30-4:20
155
Topics in Earth Sciences: Igneous Petrology
Hollister
T/Th 7:30-9:00 PM
16
Biological Oceanography
Ward
T/Th 11:00-12:20
154
Investigating Natural Disasters
van der Vink
M 7:30-10:20 PM
155
Fundamentals of Geosciences II
Hollister
M 3:00-3:50; F 2:00-4:50
154
Topics in Mineralogy & Mineral Physics
Duffy
W 3:00-5:30
154
Geomicrobiology
Onstott
T/Th 9:30-10:50

M171
Paleoclimatology
Bender
T/W 3:00-4:20
155
Topics in Paleo-ecology, -climatology and -oceanography
Keller
T 10:00-1:00
315
Structural Geology Seminar
McQuarrie
T 1:30-4:20
206
TBA
M 4:00-5:00
220
Staff
F 12:00-2:00
220
Atmospheric & Oceanic Wave Dynamics
Legg/Orlanski
T/Th 10:00-11:30
219
Physical Oceanography
Vallis
M/F 10:30-12:00
Sayre
Weather & Climate Dynamics
Lau
M/W 9:00-10:30
Sayre
Aerosol, Cloud & Climate Change
Ginoux
T/Th 9:00-9:50
220
Summer Courses
Geologic Field Methods - Penn-YBRA
Staff
June/July 2008
Red Lodge, Montana
Sigman
July 2008
Bermuda

EG = Environmental Geosciences
SE = Solid Earth

 
 

Updated 04/01/08