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Sep 17, 2024
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ES 130 - Physical Geology (SR)
Credits: 4
Physical Geology is introduced through lab-and field-intensive instruction in a 3 credit on campus course. Students wishing to deepen their understanding may elect to enroll in an additional 1 credit immersive field trip component. The on-campus component of the course consists of lectures and lab periods prior to the optional field trip. Aspects of physical geology covered in this course include a range of igneous, sedimentary, and some metamorphic rock types, sedimentary features and unconformities, faults, earthquakes, paleogeographic reconstruction, fluvial erosion and transport, volcanism, plate tectonics, mountain building, and of course, the big concept of time.
This is a Sustainability-Focused (SR) course.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, you should be able to do the following:
- Distinguish igneous rock types based on major mineral composition and make correlations between rock type and the origin of the magma in a tectonic context.
- Identify clastic sedimentary rock types and infer the original mode and environment of deposition.
- Knowledgeably discuss the major tectonic features of the US Southwest and relate them to Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectonism.
- Use a geologic field compass to measure both structural and sedimentologic planar and linear features, such as fold axial planes and paleocurrent directions, and be able to represent those data on a map.
- Explain the key features of the theory of plate tectonics and Earth’s structure.
- Present the societally relevant aspects of seismicity (earthquakes), volcanism, and other geological phenomena.
- Recognize major groups of Paleozoic and Mesozoic fossils and their geological significance.
Notes
A Supplemental fee is charged for the expenses of the optional field trip.
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