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EES 4840 Structural Geology
3 cr.
Prerequisites: MATH 2109 or 2112; PHYS 1061; EES 3110, 3700, and 2050.
Application of physical principles to naturally deformed rocks and
overview of modern structural geology. Quantitative applications
to solve geologic problems practical exercises in rock mechanics
determination of finite strain advanced cross-section construction
techniques and methods of kinematic analysis. Three hours of lecture
per week.
EES 4840G Structural Geology
3 cr.
Prerequisites: MATH 2109 or 2112; PHYS 1061; EES 3110, 3700, and 2050.
Application of physical principles to naturally deformed rocks and
overview of modern structural geology. Quantitative applications
to solve geologic problems practical exercises in rock mechanics
determination of finite strain advanced cross-section construction
techniques and methods of kinematic analysis. Three hours of lecture
per week.
EES 6005 Geologic Proc for Teachers II
3 cr.
Prerequisites: EES 4005 and 4006 or consent of the department. A
course designed to provide science teachers with an understanding
of landscape development and the processes that wear down the
earth’s surface including the work of water ice wind and waves.
Special attention is given to classroom/laboratory presentation.
Two hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory.
EES 6006 Interpreting Earth History
3 cr.
Prerequisites: EES 4005 and 4006 or consent of department. Methods
and materials in interpreting earth history. Historical development
of the earth and its inhabitants. Laboratory techniques group projects
and independent studies. Two hours of lecture and two hours
of laboratory.
EES 6090 Graduate Seminar
1 cr.
Offered each semester. Students and faculty will discuss their
research work on timely topics in geology. Required each semester
for graduate students in geology. One credit each semester to a
maximum of three credits. One hour of lecture-discussion.
EES 6096 Special Topics
1-3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: consent of department. A lecture
lecture/laboratory or seminar format will be used to discuss
special topics in geology. The course content will vary from semester
to semester. The section number will correspond with the credit
to be earned.
EES 6096 Special Topics
1-3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of department. A lecture lecture- laboratory
or seminar format will be used to discuss special topics in geophysics.
The course content will vary from semester to semester.
The section number will correspond to the number of credit hours
earned.
EES 6097 Independent Study
1-3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: consent of department. A lecture
lecture/laboratory or seminar format will be used to discuss
special topics in geology. The course content will vary from semester
to semester. The section number will correspond with the credit
to be earned.
EES 6097 Independent Study
1-3 cr.
Offered each semester. Prerequisite: consent of department. Independent
research projects that are not part of a graduate thesis
or directed readings designed to meet the needs and interests of
individual students. Regular conferences between the student
and instructor are required. May be repeated for a total of three
credits.
EES 6265 Surf Process & Environ Dynam
3 cr.
Prerequisite: EES 3265 or consent of department. A study of presentday
continental shelf-coastal and oceanic environments emphasizing
how understanding sedimentary processes can be used in
developing lithofacies models. Three hours of lecture.
EES 6275 Paleoceanography
3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of the department. The study of changes in
the ocean-atmosphere system as preserved in marine sediments.
The record of changing global climate and environmental change
on geologic time scales. Late Genozoic glaciation, catastrophic
global environmental events, and long-term evolution of climate
change patterns.
EES 6337 Advanced Carbonate Petrology
3 cr.
Prerequisite: Consent of department. Analysis and interpretation of
carbonate lithofacies and diagenetic fabrics. Two hours of lecture
and three hours of laboratory.
EES 6346 Clastic Diagenesis
3 cr.
Prerequisites: Consent of department. Origin and interpretation of
diagenetic features in sedimentary rocks. Effects of diagenesis on
porosity, permeability, and cementation. Chemical conditions favoring
development of secondary porosity and fluid flow. Relation
between mineral transformations and diagenetic grade. Two hours
of lecture and three hours of laboratory.
EES 6658 Low Temperature Geochemistry
3 cr.
Spring semester. Prerequisites: EES 4730 and CSCI 1060 or consent of
department. Comprehensive study of chemical processes in geologic
systems at temperatures and pressures from earth surface conditions
through diagenesis (200EC and 1 kilobar). Emphasis will be
placed on the use of equilibrium thermodynamics chemical kinetics
diffusion and advection to explain reservoir diagenesis.
EES 6710 Environmental Statistics
3 cr.
Prerequisites: MATH 2112 or consent of department. Applications of
geostatistics to environmental problems. Extensive use of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency’s GEO-EAS and GEOPACK software
for variogram analysis and kriging. Three hours lecture per
week.
EES 6760 Coastal Restoration & Managmnt
3 cr.
Prerequisite: consent of the department. Coastal problems and
appropriate mitigation approaches on barrier shorelines and
beaches, deltas, and estuaries. Management aspects include project
implementation and a background to regulatory frameworks for
coastal restoration decision-making.
EES 6810 Geophysical Data Processing
3 cr.
Prerequisites: EES 4130, CSCI 1060, MATH 2221, and PHYS 4205 or
MATH 4213 or consent of department. Transforms one-sided functions
spectral factorization resolution matrices and multi-channel
time series data modeling by least squares waveform applications
of least squares layers revealed by scattered wave filtering and
mathematical physics in stratified media.
EES 6840 Reflection Seismology
3 cr.
Prerequisites: EES 4130, CSCI 1060, MATH 2221, and PHYS 4205 or
MATH 4213 or consent of department. Seismic velocity synthetic
seismogram filtering convolution and deconvolution of seismic
data; migration for the delineation of geological structures; and
geophysical Inverse Theory for determining lithology.
EES 6888 Advanced Structural Geology
3 cr.
Prerequisites: EES 2288 and MATH 2109 or 2112 (recommended MATH
2511). Application of continuum mechanics to analysis of geologic
structures. Emphasis is on quantitative assessment of structural
problems but specific topics covered will depend upon the class’s
background and interests. Three lectures per week.
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