| source UC Santa Barbara (X) |
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department Earth Science (X) |
Introduction to geology and environment including: human population and sustainability; physical geologic processes; use, pollution and management of water, mineral, and soil resources; process and mitigation of natural hazards; global climate change; waste management; environmental health; and environmental planning.
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Introduction to the science of the Earth; properties and processes of its surface and interior, including plate tectonics, volacanism, earthquakes, glaciation, mountain building, formation of rocks, minerals, and the structural basis of landforms.
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A supplement to Geology 2 focusing on properties and processes of the Earth's surface and its interior, including plate tectonics, volcanism, earthquakes, glaciation, mountain building, formation of rocks, minerals, and the structural basis of landforms.
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Antiquity and history of the Earth from an Earth system history approach. Focus is on processes and changes over time of the Earth's lithosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere.
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A supplement to Geology 3 focusing on special topics in Earth system history.
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Elementary problems in palentology and stratigraphy.
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An introduction to oceanography covering the major physical, chemical, and geological features of the oceans, their role in earth history, and potential use as a natural resource.
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A supplement to Geology 4 focusing on major physical, chemical, and geological features of the oceans, their role in earth history, and potential use as a natural resource.
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Similar to Geology 4, but designed for students with an interest in science that desire a small, more intensive, class format. Topics include a survey of ocean basins, plate tectonics, seawater, the atmosphere, ocean climate and circulation, oceanic productivity and biota.
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Focussing on ocean basins and their formation, atmosphere and ocean circulation and its effect on climate, global warming, waves and beaches, world fisheries, science and society. Online materials are used extensively.
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Ten-day, off-campus, field-based investigation of faults, volcanoes, glaciers, rivers, and related geologic processes in the Sierra Nevada and nearby mountains. Emphasis on observations; analysis of geologic and environmental field data. Class takes place in September prior to Fall quarter.
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The origin and diversification of dinosaurs, including birds. Survey of evolutionary relationships within the group, and between the major groups of vertebrates. Broad introduction including anatomy, geography, climate, and vertebrate contemporaries.
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A supplement to Geology 7 focusing on the origin and diversification of dinosaurs, including birds. Survey of evolutionary relationships within the group, and between the major groups of vertebrates. Broad introduction including anatomy, geography, climate, and vertebrate contemporaries.
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The interrelations of the physical and biological environments on the continent Antarctica; Antarctica as an earth system. Included are studies of tectonic history, global warming, ozone depletion, mineral resources, and the history of scientific exploration of the continent.
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Four to five day field trip, fall and/or spring quarters. Field studies under guidance of two or three staff members introducing the geology of California.
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Introduction to the geology, surface processes, glacial history, and environmental geology of Yosemite valley. The four-day field trip includes one day in the lower Yosemite valley, and one day in the upper valley.
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Course deals with geologic catastrophes, e.g., earthquakes, vocanic eruptions, tsunamis, and landslides. Students will learn the basic physicalcauses of these naturally occurring events and discuss the consequences.
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Examination of the geological and biological processes affecting the evolution of life on Earth from 3.8 billion years ago to the present. Strong emphasis on the nature of the "scientific method" as a way of understanding natural history.
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A supplement of Geology 30 focusing on the examination of the geological and biological processes affecting the evolution of life on Earth from 3.8 billion years ago to the present. Strong emphasis on the nature of the "scientific method" as a way of understanding natural history.
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Critical reviews and discussions of selected geological subjects.
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Independent research conducted under guidance of Earth Science faculty. Topic and scope varies, to be specified by student and supervisory faculty member prior to registration.
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Survey of major topics in geophysics at an elementary level; the figure of the earth, its gravitational and magnetic fields, seismology and the deep structure of the earth, heat flow, methods of geophysical exploration. The geophysical basis of plate tectonics and sea floor spreading.
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Introduction to the occurrence, associations, tectonics, and petrogenesis of plutonic and volcanic rocks. Introduction to the physical chemistry of magma systems; magmatic crystallization and differentiation; pluton emplacement, volcanic eruption mechanisms.
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An introduction to the classification and identification of igneous rocks, studied with the petrographic microscope and in hand specimen.
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The texture, mineralogy, classification, and primal structure of sedimentary rocks and their significance in relation to regional setting, environment of deposition, and postdepositional history. Field study emphasizes interpretation of sedimentary sequences.
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