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GEOL 102 EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * RESTRICTED DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III History of the earth and evolution of continents, ocean basins, life and climate over the past 4.6 billion years. Prereq- Geol 101 is recommended but not required. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM GL*105 Rodriguez, Antonio *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 103 FIELD TRIPS FOR THE EARTH Credits 2.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III Four evening lectures of one hour each prior to one long field trip. Coreq- Geol 101. 001 TBA TBA Heymann, Dieter *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 105 INTRO LAB FOR GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 Exercises on rocks, minerals, stratigraphy, paleontology, mapping and plate tectonics. Normally taken with Geol 101 or 102. This lab is recommended before taking advanced courses in Geology. Required of all geology or geophysics majors. 001 T 01:00PM-04:00PM GL*105 Wright, James *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Droxler, Andre *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Zelt, Colin *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Lenardic, Adrian *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 202 GEOSCIENCES IN HUMAN AFFAIRS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III The historical development of geoscience. Application of geophysical methods to learn about the Earth's interior and to explore for oil and other minerals. (For coherent minors, non-majors, and majors.) Prereq- Geol 101 is recommended but not required. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM GL*206E Talwani, Manik *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 312 PETROLOGY Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 Description and interpretation of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Laboratory work emphasizes study of rock thin sections with petrographic microscope and includes a one weekend field trip. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM GL*307 Wright, James *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 W 01:00PM-04:00PM GL*307 Wright, James *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Luttge, Andreas *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 314 PETROLOGY (WITHOUT LAB) Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Same as Geol 312 without the laboratory. 001 MWF 10:00AM-10:50AM GL*307 Wright, James *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Luttge, Andreas *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 332 SEDIMENTOLOGY Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 Processes in sedimentation and sedimentary rocks including both clastic and carbonate rocks. Laboratory exercises include two one-weekend field trips. 001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM GL*302 Anderson, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 F 01:00PM-04:00PM GL*307 Anderson, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Droxler, Andre *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 334 GEOL & GEOPHYS TECHNIQUES Credits 2.00 Spring 2000 Beginning field techniques taught in seven labs and extended field excursion during mid-term recess. 001 M 12:00PM-01:00PM GL*202 Morgan, Julia *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 353 ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Theories and problems of chemical hazards in the environment due to natural processes, with emphasis on low-temperature aqueous systems. 001 MTH 02:00PM-03:30PM GL*307 Luttge, Andreas *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 406 SEM:CURRENT RES IN EARTH SCI. Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 A series of lectures on current research in various areas of geology and geophysics. 001 W 04:00PM-05:00PM GL*106 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 415 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY-PETROLEUM Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 A study of the geology of petroleum: origin, migration, and accumulation will be studied. Government regulation and industry economics will be examined. 001 TBA TBA Riese, R. *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 423 ANTARCTIC MARINE GEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 The study of marine geologic principles and processes using examples from the Southern Oceans. 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM GL*105 Anderson, John *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 441 GEOPHYSICAL DATA ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Review of linear algebra and probability. Discrete inverse theory, data fitting, model parameter estimation, linear and nonlinear methods, model assessment, global optimation. Prereq- Math 211, Nsci 230 or equivalent programming experience. 001 TTH 09:25AM-10:40AM GL*307 Zelt, Colin *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 444 REFLECTION SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING LAB Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Experience with processing reflection seismic data. The lab covers seismic data organization, velocity analysis, stacking, filtering, deconvolution, migration, and display, using the Geophysical Computing Facilities DISCO seismic processing system. Prereq- Geol 442 001 TTH 01:00PM-01:50PM GL*106 Sawyer, Dale *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Morozov, Igor *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 446 SOLID EARTH GEOPHYSICS Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 A review of the structure of the Earth and key physical processes that have shaped it. The course topics include the geometry of plate tectonics, past plate motions and paleomagnetism, seismology, the gravitational field, geochronology, heat in the Earth, and the features of continental and oceanic lithosphere. Laboratory exercises are computer based. Each involves using data and modern software to constrain aspects of the Earth's structure or history. Some labs are based on classical analyses from the literature, while others are based on observations, acquired using the Internet, of current geophysical events. 001 TTH 10:50AM-12:05PM GL*105 Talwani, Manik *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Lenardic, Adrian *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 454 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Introduction to geographic information systems (GIS) technology, mapping sciences, and spatial analysis. The course will include extensive computer use and the completion of a major individual project on a topic selected by the student. 001 MWF 09:00AM-09:50AM GL*105 Sawyer, Dale *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 461 SEISMOLOGY I Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Principles of elastic wave initiation, propagation, and reflection in ideal media and real rocks. Prereq- Math 211, Phys 101, 102. Math 212 recommended, may be taken concurrently. 001 TBA TBA Levander, Alan *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Symes, William *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 467 NEOTECTONICS Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 This is a semester long course in active tectonics and the techniques involved in neotectonic studies, designed for uppler level undergraduate geology majors and beginning graduate students. Also appropriate for students of related sciences involving field studies such as geography, archaeology, or civil engineering. Designed in a format of two lectures per week, 1 to 1-1/2 hour duration. Some lecture periods are devoted to exercises. The course also involves a 1/2 to 1-day field trip around Houston to view surface effects of growth faulting. Prereq- GEOL 331. 001 TBA TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 482 SENIOR RESEARCH IN GEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Geol 481. 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 492 SPECIAL STUDIES Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 See Geol 491. 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 502 SPECIAL STUDIES Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 See Geol 501. 001 TBA TBA TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 506 CARBONATE SEDIMENTOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Characterization of modern and ancient, shallow and deep sedimentary environments and facies. Examination of different depositional models in relation to climate, as well as hydrographic and geographic settings. Three field trips. Prereq- Geol 332. 001 TBA TBA Droxler, Andre *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Dravis, Jeffrey *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 510 INTRO TO MODELING GEOLOGIC PROCESSES Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 This seminar course is open to all advanced undergraduate and graduate students interested in the application of quantitative modeling methods to geological problems. The course will offer students the opportunity to explore the capabilites of servral different numerical and physical modeling techniques for studying discontinuous and continuous behavior of the Earth. **User-friendly** numerical simulation tools will be made available to students, especially those used by the instructors, for example, the Finite Element (Lenardic) and the Discrete Element Methods (Morgan). Previous modeling experience is not required. 001 TBA TBA TBA Lenardic, Adrian *CURRENT ENR: 0 001 Morgan, Julia *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 512 FIELD TRIP TO OPHIOLITES ECIOGITES, BIUE Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA AveLallemant, Hans *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 516 CARBONATE SEMINAR: CARBONATES & SEA LEVE Credits 2.00 Spring 2000 001 TBA TBA Droxler, Andre *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 520 SEM:SEISMOLOGY:THE DEEP STRUCTURE & EVOL Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TTH 02:00PM-03:30PM GL*302 Lenardic, Adrian *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 524 SEMINAR: OUTCROP SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 001 TTH 10:00AM-12:00PM GL*202 Vail, Peter *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 527 SEM: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF PETROLEUM Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 Focus on principles of petroleum geochemistry and their integration into the multi-disciplinary processes of petroleum exploration and exploitation. Discuss how petroleum geochemistry is used to assess risk factors in exploration plays (source, thermal history, hydrocarbon expulsion and migration), and to constrain exploitation planing (fluid heterogeneity and reservoir compartmentalization; trap capacity vs. hydrocarbon charge: hydrocarbon alteration and phase segregation manifestations; etc. Prereq- Basic geology and Geochemistry. 001 M 01:00PM-04:00PM GL*105 Bissada, K. *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 555 ADV TOP-GEOCHEMISTRY Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 Study of selected topics, particularly remote sensing geochronology, radiometry, isotope and trace element analysis. 001 Luttge, Andreas *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 568 STRUC ANALYSIS DEFORMED ROCKS Credits 4.00 Spring 2000 001 MWF 11:00AM-11:50AM GL*307 AveLallemant, Hans *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 580 PREP OF M.A. THESIS PROPOSAL Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Geol 579. 001 WF 02:30PM-07:00PM GL*106 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 590 PREP OF PH.D. THESIS PROPOSAL Credits 3.00 Spring 2000 See Geol 589. 001 M 02:30PM-07:00PM GL*106 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0 GEOL 800 THESIS RESEARCH Credits 1.00 Spring 2000 001 TTH 02:30PM-06:00PM GL*106 TBA *CURRENT ENR: 0
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