Undergraduate Catalogue - UPRM

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
GEOL 5006. SEDIMENTATION. Three credit
hours. Two hours of lecture and one two-hour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: GEOL 4046.
Erosion, transportation, and deposition of
sediments; classification of sediments; sedimentary
environment; sedimentary history of depositional
sites; significance of grain size in the sedimentary
environment.
GEOL 5011. PRINCIPLES OF PALEONTOLOGY
I. Three credit hours. Two hours of lecture and
one two-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisite:
Authorization of the Director of the Department.
Morphology and classification of fossils with
emphasis on the invertebrates. General
stratigraphic distribution. The most significant
fossil groups will be studied in the laboratory.
GEOL 5015. OPTICAL MINERALOGY. Three
credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one threehour
laboratory per week. Prerequisite: GEOL
3056.
Optical crystallography, detailed microscopic study
of rock forming minerals.
GEOL 5020. GEOPHYSICS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week.
The principal physical processes related to the
dynamics and evolution of the Earth, including
energetic activity, gravitational and magnetic fields,
heat flow, tectonics, and convection.
GEOL 5027. METALLOGENESIS AND
GLOBAL TECTONICS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week.
The relationship of the genesis and distribution of
ore deposits to the tectonic environments.
GEOL 5565. SEISMOLOGY. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week.
The use of local and global networks to determine
the location, magnitude, and source parameters of
earthquakes; global seismicity; theory of wave
propagation; point sources; inversion of the Earth's
structure; source properties.
GEOL 5605. GEOLOGICAL HAZARDS. Three
credit hours. Two hours of lecture and one threehour
laboratory per week.
Mechanisms, distribution, and mitigation of
geological hazards, including earthquakes, surface
fault ruptures, volcanoes, landslides, floods, and
ground subsidence. Analysis of case histories.
Field trips are required.
GEOL 5994. SPECIAL TOPICS IN
PALEONTOLOGY WITH LABORATORY. One
to three credit hours. Zero to two hours of lecture
per week. One to three laboratory periods of two to
four hours per week. Prerequisite: Authorization
of the Director of the Department.
Special topics in paleontology. Field trips required.
GEOL 5025. GEOLOGY OF THE CARIBBEAN.
Three credit hours. Three hours of lecture per
week. Prerequisite: GEOL 4009 or authorization
of the Director of the Department.
The geological and geophysical history and
evolution of the Caribbean region, with special
emphasis on Puerto Rico; mineral resources;
geological hazards; relation of the region to global
tectonics.
GEOL 5026. TECTONICS. Three credit hours.
Three hours of lecture per week. Prerequisite:
GEOL 4009 or authorization of the Director of the
Department.
Theory of global plate tectonics as a synthesis of
diverse geological themes, with emphasis on the
Caribbean region.
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