2014-2015 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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EAPS 38100 - Geology For Engineers I
Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles of physical, structural, and historical geology applied to engineering. Rocks and rock-forming minerals; engineering properties of rocks; weathering, soil formation, and soil classification; topographic and geologic maps; aerial photographs, subsurface investigation; field methods and engineering applications. Field investigations are required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 38500 - Principles Of Engineering Geology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of geology to evaluation of design and construction problems relating to dams, highways, tunnels, and reservoirs; review of construction material sources and their utilization. A field investigation is required. Prior course work in mineralogy, petrology or geology for engineers is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 38600 - Cooperative Work Experience IV
Credit Hours: 0.00. Cooperative Work Experience. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EAPS 39000 - Geologic Field Methods
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to geologic mapping principles on quadrangle (7 1/2 min., 15 min., 1:250,000 scales) maps. Application of aerial photography, GPS, and GIS techniques. Emphasis on construction of cross sections, measurement of stratigraphic sections, and preparation of geologic reports. Several weekend field exercises will be required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 39100 - Topics In Earth And Atmospheric Sciences
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 4.00. Intermediate special topics in the earth and atmospheric sciences. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EAPS 40300 - Physical Oceanography
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed for upper-level undergraduates in science and engineering who have an interest in an advanced-level introduction to physical oceanography. Topics include physical and chemical properties of the ocean, geophysical structure of the sea, and oceanic stability. Global heat, salt, and water balance. Advective and convective circulation of the oceans. Ocean current systems and deep circulation. Surface waves and tides. Prior course work in multivariate calculus and second semester physics is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 40900 - Application Of Computers To Meteorology
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed for students in the atmospheric sciences who have limited programming experience. Basic principle of programming will be taught, including the use of loops, conditional statements, and subroutines using various programming languages or analytical software. Examples will be orientated towards meteorological applications, and include the visualization of meteorological data and the use of NetCDF files. Numerical techniques such as linear interpolation, finite differencing, and numerical integration will also be taught. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 41900 - Internship In Environmental Geosciences
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. This course provides students with an opportunity to gain practical work experience in environmental geoscience. The student works with a faculty advisor to set up an internship consisting of the equivalent of at least six weeks of full-time employment with a government agency, business, or consulting company. Internships typically involve field, laboratory, and office work. A portion of the internship may be part-time work during a regular semester, but at least three consecutive weeks must be full-time work. One credit hour per week of unpaid internship. Six week internship. Prior course work in upper level EAPS courses is required. Permission of department required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EAPS 42000 - Global Change Modeling
Credit Hours: 3.00. Understanding, monitoring, and modeling global environmental change. Each session examines the response of the interrelated earth systems to different geological, ecological, atmospheric, oceanic, or societal impacts. Topics include global warming, major biogeochemical cycles, atmospheric ozone, coevolution of life and climate, asteroid impacts, and ecological disruptions. The laboratory uses object-oriented modeling software and current NASA satellite data. No prior knowledge of computer programming is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 42100 - Atmospheric Thermodynamics
Credit Hours: 3.00. (AGRY 43100 ) Structure and composition of the atmosphere. Thermodynamics of dry and moist air, including adiabatic and pseudo-adiabatic processes, hydrostatic stability, and air mass determination. Prior course work in introductory atmospheric science, second semester physics or thermodynamics is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 42200 - Atmospheric Dynamics I
Credit Hours: 3.00. (AGRY 43200 ) A study of the general system of equations governing mass and momentum changes in the atmosphere; special horizontal wind representations, thermal wind relationships; circulation, vorticity, divergence, and vertical motion. Prior course work in atmospheric thermodynamics and differential equations is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 42300 - Atmospheric Dynamics II
Credit Hours: 3.00. (AGRY 43300 ) An extension of EAPS 42200 , with emphasis on perturbation theory and hydrodynamics stability, air mass and frontal theory, barotropic and baroclinic models, wave cyclone theory, and numerical weather prediction. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 43100 - Synoptic Laboratory I
Credit Hours: 1.00. (AGRY 44100 ) Analysis of vertical distributions of temperature and moisture with applications to adiabatic and pseudo-adiabatic processes, hydrostatic stability, and air mass determination. Prior course work in atmospheric thermodynamics is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 43200 - Synoptic Laboratory II
Credit Hours: 1.00. Analysis of horizontal distributions of pressure, temperature, wind, vorticity, and vertical motions. Applications to synoptic-scale wave propagation. Prior course work in atmospheric thermodynamics and synoptic lab I is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 43300 - Synoptic Lab III
Credit Hours: 1.00. (AGRY 44300 ) Diagnoses of midtropospheric wave propagation and growth. Analysis of surface pressure fields and fronts and their relationships to upper air features. Extensive use is made of teletype and facsimile weather information. Prior course work in atmospheric dynamics and synoptic lab II is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 43400 - Weather Analysis And Forecasting
Credit Hours: 3.00. (AGRY 44400 ) In-depth study of contemporary weather analysis and forecasting techniques and problems. Extensive use is made of teletype and facsimile data and numerical weather prediction guidance provided by the National Meteorological Center. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 44000 - Geochemistry Of Earth Elements
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides an overview of the processes controlling the distribution of elements within the earth’s lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere. The two lecture hours per week stress how elements’ distributions within our planet are dictated by periodicity and affinity for reactions. These lectures are supplemented by a 3-hour problem-solving session used for discussion of quantitative problems assigned as homework. Prior course work in second semester chemistry and second semester physics is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 44400 - Cosmochemistry
Credit Hours: 3.00. Nucleosynthesis and chemical abundances. Origin, composition, and structure of the earth and extraterrestrial objects. Isotope geology, geo- and cosmo-chronology with particular emphasis upon the moon and meteorites. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 45000 - Physics And Chemistry Of Solid Earth
Credit Hours: 4.00. Physics of the earth’s interior, including seismic velocity and density structure, seismic wave propagation, and gravitational and magnetic fields. Thermal history of the earth. Chemical and mineralogical composition of the earth, radioactivity, isotopes, and geochronology. Magma generation, crustal evolution, and tectonic models. Prior course work in chemistry, physics, calculus, earth materials, and plate tectonics is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 45500 - Geophysical Exploration
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the principles of geophysical exploration methods, including seismic, electrical, gravity, and magnetic techniques. Field studies require reduction and interpretation of data observed by students using professional instrumentation. Prior course work in dynamic earth or physical geology and second semester physics is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 47300 - Invertebrate Paleontology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction of invertebrate paleontology. Survey of basic biologic and geologic principles related to preservation, classification, paleoecology, and biogeography of invertebrates. Emphasis of laboratory is on a survey of the major groups of invertebrate groups encountered in the fossil record. Field project is required. Prior course work in historical geology is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 47400 - Sedimentation And Stratigraphy
Credit Hours: 4.00. Systematic study of continental and marine depositional environments. Interpretation of sedimentary facies, structures, and microfacies. Principles and applications of stratigraphy, including applications of paleontology, field relations, paleomagnetism, well logs, seismic reflections, and chemistry. Field investigations may be required. Prior course work in earth materials, mineralogy and petrology is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 48700 - Cooperative Work Experience V
Credit Hours: 0.00. Cooperative Work Experience. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EAPS 49000 - Field Geology In Rocky Mountains
Credit Hours: 6.00. Field studies in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic terrains. Studies may involve geologic mapping, stratigraphic section measuring, structural analysis and interpretation, geomorphic interpretation, and interpretation of geologic history. Field excursions include visits to several classical geologic localities in the Colorado Plateau, Great Basin, and Rocky Mountains with discussions and interpretations of features observed. Transportation fee plus room and board at field station required. Rigorous field work requires physical conditioning. Six-week session, including field excursion. Prior course work in earth materials, surface processes, and plate tectonics is required. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Summer.
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EAPS 49400 - Earth And Atmospheric Sciences Undergraduate Seminar
Credit Hours: 1.00. An informal course, which features discussion of research in major areas of the earth and atmospheric sciences. Students are required to give an oral presentation. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 49700 - Earth And Atmospheric Sciences Undergraduate Readings And Research
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 6.00. Supervised reading and/or research in various fields. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EAPS 50000 - Seminar On Graduate Study And Scientific Research
Credit Hours: 2.00. Group discussion of graduate study, particularly the nature of scientific research, in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, based on detailed study of texts written for students of experimental medicine and forestry. Designed for students for whom graduate study is impending here or elsewhere. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 50500 - Advanced Field Studies
Credit Hours: 3.00. Focuses on a study of a well-defined problem by using field methods. Review of literature on the problem, which is chosen in a given year, is carried out during the first half of the semester. After the field session, the field observations and their interpretation are discussed. A field report is required. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 50800 - Electron Microprobe Analysis
Credit Hours: 2.00. Electron optics, generation of X-rays, X-ray spectrometry including counting systems. Wavelength dispersive and energy dispersive analysis; collection of X-ray intensity data and data statistics; selection of standards; limitations of microprobe analysis; fluorescence, absorption, and atomic number corrections; reduction of raw analytical data. Preparation of samples and use of microprobe as scanning electron microscope. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EAPS 50900 - Data Analysis Techniques In Earth And Atmospheric Sciences
Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of statistical and numerical analysis techniques to geoscience data including error analysis, confidence intervals, least squares methods, correlation, filtering, spectral analysis, trend surface analysis, cluster analysis, interpolation, and surface fitting. These methods are discussed in terms of problems of sampling and map analysis inherent to geoscience investigations. Application of the computer to solve geoscience problems is emphasized. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 51100 - Introduction To X-Ray Crystallography
Credit Hours: 3.00. (BIOL 51100 ) Analysis of two- and three-dimensionally ordered structures by optical, electron, and X-ray diffraction methods. Geometry of diffraction. Detection of diffraction. Intensity of diffracted waves. Symmetry of crystals. The phase problem. The heavy atom method. Isomorphous replacement. Direct methods. Molecular replacement. Helical diffraction. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 51200 - Methods In X-Ray Crystallography
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced treatment of the use and limitations of single crystal and polycrystalline techniques in X-ray crystallography. Includes use of Laue, rotation, oscillation, Weissenberg, and precision X-ray goniometers and cameras as well as powder cameras and diffractometers. The emphasis will be on the use of this equipment for geoscience purposes. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 51300 - Aerogeology And Remote Sensing
Credit Hours: 3.00. Genesis and development of landforms. Elements of classical and modern landform models in explanation of planar surfaces and form families in temperate, tropical, and arid regions. Fluvial processes and related morphologic and morphometric problems. Landform development processes in eolian, volcanic, karst, glacial, and permafrost terrains. Introduction to field and laboratory techniques of geomorphic research. Applications of geomorphology in soil science, economic geology, engineering construction, urban and environmental problems. Laboratory includes a three-day field investigation. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 51400 - Glacial And Quaternary Geology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Formation, dynamics, and regimen of glaciers. Erosional and depositional processes and landforms developed by alpine and continental glaciation. Glaciation of North America during the Ice Age, with emphasis on stratigraphy, soils, climates, biology, and physical changes resulting from glacial processes and environments. Application of glacial studies to agronomy, life sciences, climatology, oceanographic studies, and engineering problems. A one-day field investigation is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 51900 - Applications Of Environmental Geosciences
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course provides practical project experience in the real-world applications side of environmental geology. Working as teams, students undertake environmental management and design projects that contribute to the solution of local-scale environmental problems. Projects will include engineering geology, hydrogeology, geophysics, and applied geomorphology. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 52000 - Theory Of Climate
Credit Hours: 3.00. A general introduction to the theory of climate at an intermediate level. A brief survey of physical climatology and paleoclimates. Theoretical development of climate models. Theories of climatic stability and climatic change. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 52100 - Atmospheric Chemistry
Credit Hours: 3.00. An introduction to the chemistry of the earth’s atmosphere. Covers evolution of the earth’s atmosphere, its physical and chemical structure, its natural chemical composition and oxidative properties, and human impacts, including increasing tropospheric ozone, decreasing stratospheric ozone, climate change, and acidic deposition. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 52200 - Chemistry Of Earth’s Upper Atmosphere
Credit Hours: 3.00. (CHM 582) Emphasis on chemical concepts that apply to the Earth’s upper atmospheric regions and what may be learned from available measurements. An examination of the chemical composition and chemical processes of importance are covered. Topics include: stratospheric chemistry, chemistry in the mesosphere, chemistry in the thermosphere, the importance of positive and negative ion chemistry in the upper atmosphere, and the dynamics of transport of chemical species between the upper regions of the atmosphere. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 52300 - Radar Meteorology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Origin and evolution of radar. Modern weather radar systems and their component parts. Propagation of microwave energy in the atmosphere. Rayleigh and Mie scattering theory, with application to scattering by precipitation. Utilization of radar systems in forecasting quantitative analyses and cloud physics research. Recent refinement and future potential. Prior coursework in synoptic meteorology labs and atmospheric physics is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 52500 - Boundary Layer Meteorology
Credit Hours: 3.00. (AGRY 53500 ) A study of the physical nature of the lowest layers of the atmosphere. The energy balance concept and the turbulent transfer of heat, momentum, and water vapor are discussed in detail. Some specific microclimates are studied in this context. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 52600 - Introductory Geofluid Dynamics
Credit Hours: 3.00. Provides a fluid dynamics background for graduate students interested in atmospheric sciences, oceanography, mantle convection, hydrology, turbulence, or pollution. Topics covered include: basic assumptions and deviations of Navier Stokes equations, conservation laws, vorticity, divergence, waves, and applications in atmosphere, ocean, and geophysics. Typically offered Spring Summer.
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EAPS 53200 - Atmospheric Physics I
Credit Hours: 3.00. Cloud and precipitation physics and basic atmospheric radiative transfer. Introduction to computer aided problem solving. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 53300 - Atmospheric Physics II
Credit Hours: 3.00. A continuation of EAPS 53200 , covering the following selected advanced topics in atmospheric physics: gaseous absorption, Mie scattering, the equation of transfer, and radiative transfer in cloudy and hazy atmospheres. The application of radiative transfer in active and passive remote sensing. Advanced topics in atmospheric thermodynamics, such as heterogeneous systems, kinetic theory of gases, and planetary atmospheres. Basic ozone photochemistry applied to stratospheric and tropospheric pollution. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 53400 - Tropical Meteorology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Tropical climatology; stability, convection, clouds, and precipitation processes; horizontal and vertical motions; life cycle and energetics of tropical cyclones; large-scale tropical circulations; interactions between small-scale and large-scale circulations; general circulations of the tropics; results of tropical experiments; outlook for future experiments. Prior course work in synoptic meteorology labs and atmospheric physics is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 53500 - Atmospheric Observations And Measurements
Credit Hours: 3.00. A course that introduces students to direct and remotely sensed observations of the atmosphere. Directly measured quantities discussed include temperature, pressure, moisture, wind, solar radiation, chemical properties of the atmosphere, etc. Remote sensing of cloud, precipitation, and air motion by weather radars, satellites, profilers, lidars, and other emerging technologies is reviewed. Students will gain experience in observation techniques and data interpretation, and will learn uncertainty and error assessment. Prior course work in atmospheric science and statistics is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 53600 - Introduction To General Circulation
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction of the fundamental principles that govern the large-scale physical processes and circulation patterns of the global atmosphere. Topics include: the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), Rossby waves, heat and moisture balances for the earth-atmosphere system, maintenance of the temperature and wind distributions, jet streams, El Nino, and intraseasonal oscillations. Prior course work in synoptic meteorology labs is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 53800 - Cumulus Dynamics
Credit Hours: 3.00. Thunderstorm and tornado climatology. Stability concepts and convective theories; thunderstorm modeling. Application of potential flow theory to severe storm phenomena; cumulonimbus-environmental interactions. Rotational properties of severe thunderstorms. Tornado funnel observations and vortex theory. Prior course work in synoptic meteorology labs is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 54200 - Economic Geology: Petroleum
Credit Hours: 3.00. Fundamental principles of the origin, migration, accumulation, exploration, and development of petroleum. Study of reservoir fluids, reservoir mechanics, and primary and secondary production techniques. Methods of prospect and leasehold evaluation and economic appraisal. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 54300 - Advanced Petrology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of the methods of chemical thermodynamics to the analysis of the paragenesis of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Topics include the thermodynamics of minerals of common geological interest, characterization of the conditions of formation from the analysis of element partition and reactions between minerals and silicate melts, and mechanisms and rates of crustal and mantle processes inferred from the analysis of chemical gradients, reaction structures, and other records of chemical disequilibrium. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 54400 - Structure And Composition Of The Earth’s Crust
Credit Hours: 3.00. Deals with current knowledge of the geophysical structure of the earth’s crust and the interpretation of the geophysical measurements in terms of petrology. Topics covered include: reflection and refraction crustal structure, crustal and upper mantle seismic anisotropy, petrology of oceanic dredge rocks, ophiolites, fault zone reflectivity, exposed continental crustal cross sections, crustal xenoliths, and evolution of the crust. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 54600 - Sedimentary Petrology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Microfacies and chemistry of clastic, carbonate, and chemical sediments. Interpretation of depositional environments and diagenetic histories of sedimentary rocks from microscope, isotope, chemical, and other methods. Offered in alternate years. Prior course work in sedimentology and stratigraphy is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 54900 - Isotope Geology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Stable and radioactive isotopes and the applications of the variations of isotopic abundances to the study of geologic problems, including geochronology, geothermometry, petrogenesis, and crustal evolution. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 55000 - Advanced Geophysical Field Studies.
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. Individual geophysical field investigations including organizing, conducting and reducing, and interpreting data under the guidance of a staff member. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 55100 - Gravity Exploration
Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and practice of the gravity method as applied to geological problems and subsurface exploration. Particular emphasis on isolation and enhancement of anomalies and gravity interpretation. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 55200 - Magnetic Exploration
Credit Hours: 3.00. Principles of magnetic instrumentation and surveying, reduction of magnetic data, interpretation of magnetic anomalies, and application of the magnetic method of geologic problems and subsurface exploration. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 55300 - Seismic Exploration
Credit Hours: 3.00. Seismic reflection and refraction techniques applied to investigation of shallow earth structure. Propagation of body waves in layered media. Seismic field techniques, principles and application of seismic data processing techniques including correlation, convolution, filtering, deconvolution, and spectral analysis. Geologic interpretation of seismic record sections. Laboratory will include field investigations. Application of computer techniques will be emphasized. Prior course work in physical geology, seismology, and differential equations is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 55400 - Topics In Geotectonics
Credit Hours: 2.00. Discussion of current research or advanced topics concerning the description, origin, and evolution of continents, ocean basins, and orogenic belts based on geochemical, geophysical, and geologic evidence. Specific topics to be selected on basis of student and staff interests and backgrounds. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 55500 - Global Tectonics
Credit Hours: 3.00. Large-scale motions and deformations of the earth’s crust and mantle: present theories and historical development. Continental drift, marine geology, sea-floor spreading, plate kinematics, the driving mechanism of plate tectonics, mantle convection, subduction zones and hotspots, structure and composition of the earth, the evolution of plate tectonics and thermal history of the earth, and the earth in comparison to other planets and satellites. Prior course work in surface processes and plate tectonics is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 55600 - Planetary Geology
Credit Hours: 3.00. The application of petrology and structural geology to other planets. Topics include: theories of star and solar system formation, orbital dynamics and Kepler’s laws, petrology and geochemistry of meteorites, age dating techniques, structure and composition of the terrestrial, giant, and icy planets, planetary surfaces, planetary atmospheres, and theories of the formation of the moon. Offered in alternate years. Prior course work in earth materials is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 55700 - Introduction To Seismology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory of propagation to seismic waves in elastic media. Solution of wave equations for compressional, shear, and surface waves. Analysis of travel-times, amplitudes, and attenuation of seismic waves in terms of ray and wave theory. Principles of the seismograph. Structure of the earth as determined by seismological studies. Investigation of the causes, effects, distribution, and characteristics of earthquakes. Earthquake prediction. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 55900 - Topics In Seismology
Credit Hours: 1.00 to 3.00. This course covers current topics in seismology. Recent topics have included seismic structure of the crust and mantle, seismic anisotropy, and earthquake sources. Professor Nowack. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 56000 - Seismotectonics And Lithospheric Deformation
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course explores plate tectonic processed from the scale of plate motions to the individual stresses that deform rocks. Emphasis is placed on sources of stress and how this stress is manifested in the lithosphere through faulting, folding, earthquake generation, and plate motions. Seismic waves and the information they provide about the interior of the Earth is discussed. Additionally, extensional, compressional, and transform plate boundaries are covered. Students are required to read, present, and discuss recent and important research papers relating to the lecture topics. Typically offered Fall semesters in alternating years.
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EAPS 57000 - Paleoclimate Reconstruction
Credit Hours: 3.00. Paleoclimatology, the study of past climate states and climate change, is fundamental to understanding and predicting recent and future changes in Earth’s climate. This course will explore how paleoclimatologists reconstruct and understand past climate through the investigation of biological, hydrological, and sedimentalogical archives. The course combines lectures with reading and discussion of the recent literature, and will emphasize informed critical evaluation of paleoclimate data and illustration of multi-disciplinary approaches to significant problems in contemporary paleoclimatology. Although no formal prerequisites are required, introductory-level familiarity with inorganic and organic chemistry, biology and calculus will benefit students in the class. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 57200 - Paleoecology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Application of the principles of paleoecology to the interpretation of past environments, including an interdisciplinary treatment of pertinent concepts and techniques in paleontology, sedimentation, ecology, oceanography, geochemistry, and allied fields. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 57300 - Basin Analysis
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced study of tectonic evolution and stratigraphic history of sedimentary basins. Topics include formative mechanisms of different sedimentary basins; tectonic, eustatic, and climatic controls on basin stratigraphy; relationship of depositional systems to basin types; subsidence and thermal histories; and application of basin analysis to petroleum reservoir and ground water aquifer assessment. Required field trips. Offered in alternate years. Prior course work in sedimentology and stratigraphy is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 57500 - Ancient Sedimentary Environments
Credit Hours: 3.00. Seminar course in depositional environments as recognized in the stratigraphic record. Each student will assemble a detailed bibliography and prepare and present to the class one or more in-depth reports on assigned topics, such as alluvial fans, fluvial environments, lakes, deserts, deltas, clastic shorelines, shallow-water carbonate environments, deep marine environments, or glacial environments. Students will also gain experience in literature search procedures, preparation of visual aids, oral presentation, and report writing. One weekend field trip may be required. Prior course work in sedimentology and stratigraphy is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 57700 - Geologic Remote Sensing And Spectroscopy
Credit Hours: 3.00. The objectives of this course are: 1) to develop awareness and knowledge of the various types of remote sensing data that are used to study the evolution of the Earth’s surface; 2) to understand how these tools work and the range of geologic topics that they are applied to; 3) to develop critical thinking skills essential for interpretation of multidimensional spatial data; 4) to provide a supervised research experience; 5) to strengthen scientific communication skills; and 6) to develop some of the fundamental practical skills (computer-based experience) that are needed to analyze these data. General background in geology, geophysics, and/or planetary science desirable. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 57800 - Biostratigraphy
Credit Hours: 3.00. Stratigraphic and biologic concepts involved in establishing biostratigraphic and chronostratigraphic zonations. Application of zonal concepts to correlations and geochronology. Includes the role of biostratigraphy in petroleum exploration and production. Prior course work in invertebrate paleontology is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 58000 - Geodynamics I
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course will provide students with a first order understanding of geophysical processes by developing analytical solutions to a variety of geophysical problems. Topics will include stress and strain, rheology, elasticity and flexure, faulting, and conductive heat transfer. We will develop governing analytical equations based on first order principles, such as the conservation of mass, energy, and momentum, and solve these equations for a number of boundary conditions. The development of these solutions will provide students with the background to understand the basis for more complex numerical solutions of geophysics problems. The course will also serve as a review for differential and integral calculus required to develop an analytical understanding of the natural world. Typically offered every other year in Fall or Spring.
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EAPS 58100 - Structural And Engineering Geology Of Argillaceous Sediments
Credit Hours: 3.00. Structure, formation, and diagenesis of clay minerals, and engineering properties of argillaceous sediments. Geotechnical methods and plasticity are applied to analysis of natural deposits and geologic phenomena: glacial and lacustrine deposits, quick clays, debris flows, deltaic sediments, mudlumps, submarine slumps and flows, down-to-the-coast normal faults, mud volcanoes, shale diapirs, valley bulges, decollement tectonics. Prior course work in geology for engineers or surface processes, physical geology, and differential equations is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 58300 - Geology Of Landfills
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course consists of the application of the geological sciences to the siting, exploration and site evaluation for solid waste disposal landfills, plus the evaluation of existing landfill facilities as they pertain to soils, bedrock, stratigraphy, landforms, geologic processes, and hydrogeology. Included are soil and rock exploration, laboratory testing, installation of ground water monitoring devices, and evaluation of contaminant transport. Both attenuation and confinement landfill systems are considered. Geological aspects of solid waste disposal regulations are reviewed and compared to those for hazardous waste disposal. Classroom discussions include evaluation of specific landfill examples and a semester project on a landfill evaluation. A one-day field investigation is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 58400 - Hydrogeology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigates the qualitative and quantitative aspects of ground water location, occurrence, movement, evaluation, and development, and the influence of man upon this resource. Geologic and engineering aspects of ground water systems are discussed. Classroom teaching is complemented by problem sets and field trips. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 58500 - Hydraulic Analysis Of Ground-Water Systems
Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigates the general theory and application of hydraulic testing and analysis of aquifer and aquitard properties for such parameters as porosity, permeability, hydraulic conductivity, transmissivity, storativity, specific yield, dispersivity, and others. Theory of porous media flow is taught with applications to hydraulic testing. Confined, unconfined, semi-confined, transient, and steady-state flows are analyzed. Pump tests, slug tests, tracer tests, and regional analyses of flow nets are stressed. Classroom teaching is complemented with numerous problem sets. Offered in alternate years. Prior course work in hydrogeology and differential equations is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 58600 - Engineering Geology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Emphasis on application of geology to engineering works including dams, tunnels, shoreline protection, slope stability, building foundations, and urban planning. Related case histories of major projects emphasizing methods of investigation and interpretation. Consideration of collection and application of geological data required by designers for major engineering works; analysis of specific problems. Term paper and field investigation required. Prior course work in engineering geology is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 58700 - Chemical Evolution Of Ground Water
Credit Hours: 4.00. Examines the processes by which ground waters acquire their solutes during passage from recharge to discharge zones and the influence of rock types on aquifer chemistry. Topics covered are mineral dissolution, ion exchange, organic complexing, and membrane properties of clays. Prior course work in chemistry and earth materials is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 58800 - Analytical Hydrogeochemistry
Credit Hours: 4.00. A “hands-on” course teaching the proper way to take field samples for chemical, isotopic, and head-gas analyses of ground waters. Sampled waters are then analyzed by a variety of techniques: gravimetry, titrimetry, colorimetry, and atomic absorption spectrometry, and ion chromatography. Prior course work in groundwater chemistry is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 58900 - Numerical Modeling Of Ground Water Systems
Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigates the general theory and application of numerical solutions of partial differential equations of flow through porous media and the simulation of ground water flow by computer methods, using both finite difference and finite element methods with a short introduction to boundary integral equation methods. Both transient and steady-state flow; confined, unconfined, and semi-confined flow are treated. Solute transport simulation methods include random walk, method of characteristics, and other methods. Classroom teaching and “hands on” computer experience is utilized. Offered in alternate years. Prior course work in hydrogeology and differential equations is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 59000 - Field Geology North America
Credit Hours: 2.00. Advanced study of tectonic evolution and stratigraphic history of specific geologic provinces. Particular emphasis on the relationship between tectonics, basin development, and sedimentation. Field component deals with application of field techniques used in basin analysis and structural studies. A 10-day field trip is required. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 59100 - Advanced Topics In Earth And Atmospheric Sciences
Arrange Hours and Credit. Specialized study offered on an individual basis or through specially arranged courses. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.
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EAPS 60000 - Writing Successful Science Proposals
Credit Hours: 3.00. This course is designed to teach graduate students the skills necessary to successfully garner extramural graduate, postdoctoral, and project funding. Topics will include identification of funding sources and development of research objectives and strategies. Emphasis will be on writing concise fellowships and full NSF-type research proposals. Class meetings will be interactive with an emphasis on peer review. Each student will complete a quality research proposal based upon their own research. Any graduate student with a nascent idea for a science or engineering project is encouraged to enroll. We have found that this course works especially well to help newer MS or PhD graduate students develop a research project, improve communication with their advisor, and organize their research priorities regardless of whether they use this course to submit a proposal. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 61300 - Advanced Topics In Geomorphology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Special and current topics in geomorphology not available in EAPS 52300 . Content will vary dependent on special interests and needs of students enrolled. Examples of potential topics for intensive investigation include: fluvial processes and morphology, regional geomorphic studies, quantitative methods and techniques, karst morphology and hydrology, soils geomorphology, and structural geomorphology. Prerequisite: EAPS 52300 . Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 62000 - Aerosols, Clouds And Climate
Credit Hours: 3.00. An exploration of the complex relationships between aerosols, clouds and climate, including the so-called “direct effect” of aerosol on the radiation balance and their numerous influences upon relevant cloud properties called “indirect effects”, the impact of different cloud types upon incoming solar radiation and outgoing longwave radiation, the effects of anthropogenic aerosol and climate change on precipitation efficiency, and the representation of aerosol, clouds and cloud processes in climate models. Prerequisites: EAPS 53200 or EAPS 53300 or EAPS 63100 . Typically offered in alternating years Fall Spring.
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EAPS 63000 - Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to the quantitative retrieval of meteorological variables from satellite-borne sensors. Satellite orbital mechanics and sensor technology. Review of radiative transfer in the atmosphere. Fredholm integral equations of the first kind and their solution; linear and nonlinear, statistical and physical retrieval algorithms. Applications of satellite remote sensing in atmospheric science. Course grade will be based in part on the computer programming project in which the student develops and implements algorithms for inverting observed or simulated satellite observations. Prior course work in atmospheric physics and C or Fortan programming language is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 63100 - Cloud Physics
Credit Hours: 3.00. Examines current research in cloud physics and related fields. Content will vary, depending on special interests and needs of students enrolled. Examples of potential topics for intensive investigation include: molecular structure and properties of water, kinetics of nucleation, hydrodynamics of hydrometeors, stochastic collection, interactions between cloud dynamical and microphysical processes, numerical cloud models, cloud parameterization in larger-scale models. Prior course work in vector calculus or advanced atmospheric physics and advanced differential equations is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 63200 - Advanced Topics In General Circulation
Credit Hours: 3.00. Topics include: conservation principles, the angular momentum and heat budgets of the earth-atmosphere system, heat and energy transports, atmospheric energy budget, results from global experiments, general circulation models, and laboratory modeling of the general circulation. Prior coursework in general circulation is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 63300 - Synoptic Scale Dynamics
Credit Hours: 4.00. A review of the climatology of synoptic scale systems. An in-depth study of their kinematic properties, including horizontal wind, vorticity, divergence, and vertical motion fields. An analysis of processes influencing the growth and decay of synoptic systems with emphasis on the energetics of open atmospheric systems. Prior coursework in synoptic labs and advanced differential equations is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 63400 - Numerical Modeling Of Atmospheric Systems
Credit Hours: 3.00. Introduction to numerical schemes for differential and integral equations. Von Neuman’s analysis of linear stability. Nonlinear stability. Numerical methods for solving geofluid dynamics equations. Simulation of microscale, mesoscale and large-scale weather systems. Prior course work in synoptic labs and vector calculus is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 63600 - Mesoscale Meteorology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Review of the theories applied in mesoscale meteorology, including semi-geostrophic systems and frontogenesis, symmetric instability, rainbands and inertia-gravity waves, sea-breeze, terrain effects, mountain waves, lee-vortices and cyclogenesis, convection, convective instability, low-level jets, drylines, and squall lines. Prior course work in synoptic labs and vector calculus is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 63700 - Geofluid Dynamics In Rotating Systems
Credit Hours: 3.00. A theoretical analysis of large-scale motions in the atmosphere and oceans, including shallow water theory, waves, potential vorticity, barotropic and baroclinic instability, frontogenesis and nonlinear instability. Prior course work in synoptic labs and vector calculus is required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 63800 - Atmospheric Radiation
Credit Hours: 3.00. Concepts of solid angle, intensity, flux density, and attenuation coefficients. Kirchoff’s law, Planck’s law and consequences. The radiative transfer equation and its formal solution. Infrared radiative transfer of energy, absorption processes, and departures from thermodynamic equilibrium. Atmospheric optics and visibility, radiative effects of pollutants. Prior course work in synoptic labs, vector calculus, and advanced differential equations is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 63900 - Atmospheric Fluid Dynamics
Credit Hours: 3.00. Review of basic concepts; complete fundamental hydrodynamic equations; principles of irrotational flow; rotating fluid motion; hydrodynamic instability, perturbation dynamics, Boussinesq assumptions, Rayleigh instability theorem; thermal convection, linear and nonlinear theories, Benard cells, atmospheric convection, satellite observations. Prior course work in synoptic labs, vector calculus, and advanced differential equations is required. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 64000 - Petrography Of Aggregates
Credit Hours: 3.00. Following an introduction of the application of optical mineralogy to aggregates, aggregate materials are identified optically and their performance evaluated with respect to those fundamental properties which may be observed petrographically. Laboratory will include a one-day field investigation. Prior course work in earth materials is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 65000 - Advanced Topics In Geophysics
Credit Hours: 3.00. Specialized topics in geophysics such as heat flow, rock magnetism, and marine geophysics; varied depending on interest. Permission of instructor required. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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EAPS 65200 - Folding Of Rocks
Credit Hours: 3.00. Theory and application of finite strain to the study of folded rocks, with numerous illustrations from literature. Presentation of modern theories of folding and density instability of single- and multi-layered rocks, with special emphasis on basic folding mechanisms. Treatment of linear viscous and power-law fluids. Second- and third-order analysis of causes of basic fold forms, such as concentric, chevron and kink folds, and mullion structure. Causes of drag folds and reverse drag folds. Offered in alternate years. Typically offered Fall.
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EAPS 65300 - Fracturing Of Rocks
Credit Hours: 3.00. Description and analysis of joints and faults from the point of view of field geology and fracture mechanics. Three basic modes of fracture and their analogs in the Earth’s crust. Also examined are structures, such as folds, pressure solution surfaces, basins, and mountain ranges associated with faults. Offered in alternate years. Prerequisite: differential equations. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 65700 - Geophysical Inverse Theory
Credit Hours: 3.00. Investigates problems of determining physical parameters of the earth from remote observations of wave and potential fields. The theoretical topics include spectral and singular value decompositions, maximum likelihood and stochastic inversion, Backus and Gilbert theory, Green’s function and linear operators, and the physics of layered media. Geophysical applications include seismic tomography, deconvolution, gravity and magnetics, earthquake sources, geodetics, and remote sensing. Offered in alternate years. Prior course work in advanced differential equations, physics, and chemistry of the earth is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 65800 - Quantitative Seismology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Advanced methods for theoretical seismology; elastodynamic theorems; seismic source theory for earthquakes and explosions; scattering of plane waves and spherical waves; physics of layered and radially varying media; seismic attenuation; asymptotic ray methods and finite difference methods for the calculation of seismic waves in laterally varying media. Offered in alternate years. Prior course work in advanced differential equations, physics, and chemistry of the earth is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 68000 - Contaminant Hydrogeology
Credit Hours: 3.00. Covers the basic theory and applications of problem-solving exercises in hydrogeology, fluid mechanics, and chemistry of contaminated sites; flow and transport equations and models; investigational methods; remediation methods; case studies; and pertinent environmental laws. Prior course work in chemistry, computer programming, differential equations, and hydrogeology is required. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 69000 - Seminar In Atmospheric Science
Credit Hours: 1.00. (AGRY 69000) Presentations and discussions by staff and graduate students on subjects of contemporary interest in atmospheric science. Typically offered Spring.
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EAPS 69100 - Seminar In Earth Science
Credit Hours: 1.00. Presentations and discussions by staff and graduate students on subjects of contemporary interest in the geologic sciences. Typically offered Fall Spring.
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