Earth Materials

4 credits · Undergraduate

Solid materials that make up the earth: rock, soil, and sediment, with emphasis on the minerals that are their major constituents. Hand specimen, optical, and X-ray methods of description and identification. Physical and chemical processes that form and modify earth materials and the use of these materials in interpreting earth processes of the past and present. Field trips. Three lectures and one laboratory per week. Prerequisite: 1030 and 1030L, 1081 and 1081L, or 1510 and 1510L. Prerequisite or corequisite: CHEM 1601. [4] (MNS)