GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS DEPARTMENT
Undergraduate and Graduate Courses
Academic Year 2006-07
G&G095b Our Changing Climate. Steve
Sherwood
T TH 1-2:15
G&G110a Introductory Geoscience. Jeffrey Park and Danny Rye
T TH 1-2:15, 1 HBTA
G&G125b History of Life.
Derek Briggs, Jacques Gauthier.
Leo Hickey
T TH 11:30-12:45
G&G140a Atmosphere, Ocean and Environmental Change. Ronald Smith
M W F 9:30-10:20
ESC
G&G141aLab for Atmosphere, Ocean and Environmental
Change. Ronald Smith
3 HTBA ESC
G&G201a Mantle Dynamics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes. Jun Korenaga,
Mark Brandon
T TH 11:30-12:45 1 HBTA
KGL226
G&G205a Natural Resources and their Sustainability. Robert Gordon and Brian Skinner
T TH 1-2:15 KGL226
G&G212b Global Tectonics. Mark Brandon and David Evans
T TH 1-2:15
G&G220b Petrology and Mineralogy. Jay Ague
T TH 9-10:15; lab 2
HTBA
G&G230a Stratigraphy.
Leo Hickey
T TH 9-10:15; lab TH 1:30-3:30 KGL226
G&G250a/550a Paleontology and Evolutionary Theory. Elisabeth Vrba
T TH 11:30-12:45 KGL123
G&G255b Environmental Geomicrobiology. Ruth Blake
T TH 1-2:15; lab 2
HTBA
G&G300b/500b Mineral Deposits. Brian Skinner
3 HTBA
G&G301a/502a Introduction to Geochemistry. Mark
Pagani
M W 11:30-12:45 KGL123
G&G304a/504a Minerals and Human Health. Catherine Skinner
T TH 11:30-12:45 KGL117
G&G319a/519a Introduction to the Physics and Chemistry
of Earth Materials.
Shun-ichiro Karato
T TH 11:30-12:45 KGL208A
G&G322a/522a Physics of Weather and Climate. Steven Sherwood
T TH 9-10:15 KGL119
G&G326b/526b Introduction
to Earth and Planetary Physics.
Jun Korenaga
MWF 10:30-11:20
G&G333a/533a Paleogeography. David Evans
T TH 2:30-3:45 1 HTBA
KGL208A
G&G335a/535a Physical Oceanography. Alexey Fedorov
T TH 11:30-12:45 KGL119
G&G342a Introduction to Earth and Environmental
Physics. John Wettlaufer
T TH 2:30-3:45 SPL48
G&G355a/655a Extraordinary Glimpses of Past Life. Derek Briggs, Adolf Seilacher
M W 11:30-12:45 ESC
G&G362b/562b Observing the Earth from Space. Ronald Smith and staff.
T TH 9-10:15; lab TH
or F 1:30-3:20 or 3:30-5:20
G&G370b Regional Perspectives on Global Geoscience. David Evans
T TH 2:30-3:45
G&G402b/602b
Paleoclimates. Alexey Fedorov, Mark Pagani
T TH 11:30-12:45
G&G421b/521b Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. George Veronis
T TH 1-2:15
G&G440a/540a Geomicrobiology: Microbial Processes in the Geologic
Environment.
Ruth Blake
T TH 1-2:15 ESC
G&G457a/657a Marine, Atmosphere and Surficial
Geochemistry.
Karl Turekian
M W F 9:30-10:20 KGL226
G&G465a/565a
Archeometallurgy. Robert Gordon
T TH 9-10:15 KGL208A
G&G487a or b Individual Study in Geology and Geophysics.
G&G488a and 489b Research in Geology and Geophysics.
G&G490 Research and Senior Thesis.
G&G492a or b The Senior Essay.
G&G511a Stratigraphic Principles and Applications. Leo Hickey
G&G525a Introduction to Continuum Mechanics. David Bercovici
T TH 9-10:15
G&G536b Atmospheric Waves, Convection, and Vortices. Ronald Smith
G&G538a Computational Methods in Astrophysics and
Geophysics.
Gordon Drukier
G&G557b Advanced Seismology. Jeffrey Park
T TH 10:30-11:20
G&G610b Advanced Topics in Macroevolution. Elisabeth
Vrba
G&G611a Advanced Stratigraphy. Leo Hickey
G&G617b Leaf Architecture of the Flowering Plants. Leo Hickey
G&G618a Petrology of Light Stable Isotopes. Danny Rye
G&G621b Geochemistry of Heavy and Radioactive Isotopes
in Rock Systems.
Danny Rye
G&G631a Vertebrate Paleontology: Phylogeny of Vertebrates. Jacques Gauthier
G&G660a Diagenesis, Weathering, and Geochemical
Cycles. Robert Berner
T TH 10:30-11:20
KGL226
G&G666b Statistical Thermodynamics for Astrophysics and
Geophysics.
John Wettlaufer
T TH 2:30-3:45
G&G690a and b, Directed Research in Geology and
Geophysics.
THIS IS A FULL YEAR COURSE
G&G691a or b Independent Research.
G&G703a Seminar in Systematics. Jacques Gauthier
G&G735a Introduction to Organic Geochemistry. Mark Pagani
G&G740a Sediment Seminar. Robert Berner
F 1:30-3:00 KGL226
G&G742a or b Seminar in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics. Ronald Smith
G&G744a or b Seminar in Mantle and Core Processes. David
Bercovici and Shun-ichiro Karato (F), Jun Korenaga (Sp)
G&G746a or b Seminar in Global Change. Karl Turekian
M 2-3:30 KGL102
G&G757b Studies in Global Geoscience. David Evans
G&G767b Seminar in Ice Physics. John Wettlaufer
G&G758a Seminar in Microprobe Analysis. Jim Eckert
G&G800a or b, Tutorial in Paleobiology.
G&G805a or b Fossil Floras. Leo Hickey
G&G810a or b. Tutorial in Structural Geology and
Tectonics or Solid Earth Geophysics.
G&G820a or b Tutorial in Meteorology, Oceanography, or
Fluid Dynamics.
G&G830a or b, Tutorial in Geochemistry, Petrology, or
Mineralogy.
G&G840a or b Tutorial in Sedimentology.
G&G860a or b, Tutorial in Remote Sensing.