— Earth Materials & Geochemistry

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Physical and chemical properties of Earth materials; structure, chemical composition, and identification of rock-forming minerals; mineral-rock associations, and their origin from silicate liquids, aqueous fluids, and solid state transformations. Application of understanding of Earth materials to broad problems in Earth sciences. Connections between different Earth sciences disciplines and how Earth materials influence processes and record past processes. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s). Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have taken GEL 060 . Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL); Scientific Literacy (SL). This course version is effective from, and including: Fall Quarter 2026. Learning Activities: Lecture 3 hour(s). Credit Limitation(s): Not open for credit to students who have taken GEL 060 . Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE); Quantitative Literacy (QL); Scientific Literacy (SL).