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GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS DEPARTMENT

Undergraduate and Graduate Courses

Academic Year 2006-07

 

 

 

 

G&G095b Our Changing Climate. Steve Sherwood

T TH 1-2:15

 

G&G110a Introductory Geoscience. Jeffrey Park and Danny Rye

T TH 1-2:15, 1 HBTA

 

G&G125b History of Life. Derek Briggs, Jacques Gauthier. Leo Hickey

T TH 11:30-12:45

 

G&G140a Atmosphere, Ocean and Environmental Change. Ronald Smith

M W F 9:30-10:20 ESC

 

G&G141aLab for Atmosphere, Ocean and Environmental Change. Ronald Smith

3 HTBA ESC

 

G&G201a Mantle Dynamics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Jun Korenaga,

Mark Brandon

T TH 11:30-12:45 1 HBTA KGL226

 

G&G205a Natural Resources and their Sustainability. Robert Gordon and Brian Skinner

T TH 1-2:15 KGL226

 

G&G212b Global Tectonics. Mark Brandon and David Evans

T TH 1-2:15

 

G&G220b Petrology and Mineralogy. Jay Ague

T TH 9-10:15; lab 2 HTBA

 

G&G230a Stratigraphy. Leo Hickey

T TH 9-10:15; lab TH 1:30-3:30 KGL226

 

G&G250a/550a Paleontology and Evolutionary Theory. Elisabeth Vrba

T TH 11:30-12:45 KGL123

 

G&G255b Environmental Geomicrobiology. Ruth Blake

T TH 1-2:15; lab 2 HTBA

 

G&G300b/500b Mineral Deposits. Brian Skinner

3 HTBA

 

G&G301a/502a Introduction to Geochemistry. Mark Pagani

M W 11:30-12:45 KGL123

 

G&G304a/504a Minerals and Human Health. Catherine Skinner

T TH 11:30-12:45 KGL117

 

G&G319a/519a Introduction to the Physics and Chemistry of Earth Materials.

Shun-ichiro Karato

T TH 11:30-12:45 KGL208A

 

G&G322a/522a Physics of Weather and Climate. Steven Sherwood

T TH 9-10:15 KGL119

 

G&G326b/526b Introduction to Earth and Planetary Physics.

Jun Korenaga

MWF 10:30-11:20

 

G&G333a/533a Paleogeography. David Evans

T TH 2:30-3:45 1 HTBA KGL208A

 

G&G335a/535a Physical Oceanography. Alexey Fedorov

T TH 11:30-12:45 KGL119

 

G&G342a Introduction to Earth and Environmental Physics. John Wettlaufer

T TH 2:30-3:45 SPL48

 

G&G355a/655a Extraordinary Glimpses of Past Life. Derek Briggs, Adolf Seilacher

M W 11:30-12:45 ESC

 

G&G362b/562b Observing the Earth from Space. Ronald Smith and staff.

T TH 9-10:15; lab TH or F 1:30-3:20 or 3:30-5:20

 

G&G370b Regional Perspectives on Global Geoscience. David Evans

T TH 2:30-3:45

 

G&G402b/602b Paleoclimates. Alexey Fedorov, Mark Pagani

T TH 11:30-12:45

 

G&G421b/521b Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. George Veronis

T TH 1-2:15

 

G&G440a/540a Geomicrobiology: Microbial Processes in the Geologic Environment.

Ruth Blake

T TH 1-2:15 ESC

 

 

G&G457a/657a Marine, Atmosphere and Surficial Geochemistry.

Karl Turekian

M W F 9:30-10:20 KGL226

 

G&G465a/565a Archeometallurgy. Robert Gordon

T TH 9-10:15 KGL208A

 

G&G487a or b Individual Study in Geology and Geophysics.

 

G&G488a and 489b Research in Geology and Geophysics.

 

G&G490 Research and Senior Thesis.

 

G&G492a or b The Senior Essay.

 

G&G511a Stratigraphic Principles and Applications. Leo Hickey

 

G&G525a Introduction to Continuum Mechanics. David Bercovici

T TH 9-10:15

 

G&G536b Atmospheric Waves, Convection, and Vortices. Ronald Smith

 

G&G538a Computational Methods in Astrophysics and Geophysics.

Gordon Drukier

 

G&G557b Advanced Seismology. Jeffrey Park

T TH 10:30-11:20

 

G&G610b Advanced Topics in Macroevolution. Elisabeth Vrba

 

G&G611a Advanced Stratigraphy. Leo Hickey

 

G&G617b Leaf Architecture of the Flowering Plants. Leo Hickey

 

G&G618a Petrology of Light Stable Isotopes. Danny Rye

 

G&G621b Geochemistry of Heavy and Radioactive Isotopes in Rock Systems.

Danny Rye

 

G&G631a Vertebrate Paleontology: Phylogeny of Vertebrates. Jacques Gauthier

 

G&G660a Diagenesis, Weathering, and Geochemical Cycles. Robert Berner

T TH 10:30-11:20 KGL226

 

 

G&G666b Statistical Thermodynamics for Astrophysics and Geophysics.

John Wettlaufer

T TH 2:30-3:45

 

G&G690a and b, Directed Research in Geology and Geophysics.

THIS IS A FULL YEAR COURSE

 

G&G691a or b Independent Research.

 

G&G703a Seminar in Systematics. Jacques Gauthier

 

G&G735a Introduction to Organic Geochemistry. Mark Pagani

 

G&G740a Sediment Seminar. Robert Berner

F 1:30-3:00 KGL226

 

G&G742a or b Seminar in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Ronald Smith

 

G&G744a or b Seminar in Mantle and Core Processes. David Bercovici and Shun-ichiro Karato (F), Jun Korenaga (Sp)

 

G&G746a or b Seminar in Global Change. Karl Turekian

M 2-3:30 KGL102

 

G&G757b Studies in Global Geoscience. David Evans

 

G&G767b Seminar in Ice Physics. John Wettlaufer

 

G&G758a Seminar in Microprobe Analysis. Jim Eckert

 

G&G800a or b, Tutorial in Paleobiology.

 

G&G805a or b Fossil Floras. Leo Hickey

 

G&G810a or b. Tutorial in Structural Geology and Tectonics or Solid Earth Geophysics.

 

G&G820a or b Tutorial in Meteorology, Oceanography, or Fluid Dynamics.

 

G&G830a or b, Tutorial in Geochemistry, Petrology, or Mineralogy.

 

G&G840a or b Tutorial in Sedimentology.

 

G&G860a or b, Tutorial in Remote Sensing.