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Geo/Ast 207  A Guided Tour of the Solar System
Next offered: Fall 2010
This course examines the major bodies of our solar system, emphasizing their surface features, internal structures, and atmospheres. Topics include the origin of the solar system, occurrence of liquid water, habitability of planets, and role of impacts in planetary evolution. Terrestrial and giant planets will be studied as well as satellites, comets, and asteroids. Recent discoveries from planetary missions are emphasized. The course is aimed primarily at non-science majors and it satisfies the QR distribution requirement.
Syllabus:  geo207_fall_08.pdf

Geo/Phy 419  Earth as a Physical System
Next offered: Spring 2010
The Earth is a physical system whose past and present state can be studied within the framework of physics and chemistry. Topics include current concepts of geophysics and the physics and chemistry of Earth materials; origin and evolution of the Earth; and nature of dynamic processes in its interior. One emphasis is to relate geologic processes on a macroscopic scale to the fundamental materials properties of minerals and rocks.

Geo 442  Advanced Mineralogy
Next offered: Spring 2011
This course provides an advanced survey of the structure and crystal chemistry of major rock-forming minerals. Topics include: crystallography, physical properties of minerals, mineral thermodynamics, lattice dynamics, phase transformations, defects and kinetics. Applications to problems in Earth and environmental science are emphasized.

Geo 501 Mineral Physics
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Geo 507 Topics in Mineral Physics
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Duffy Group
High-Pressure Mineral Physics and Materials Science Laboratory
Department of Geosciences
Princeton University