Earth Materials

4 credits · Graduate School

(Also listed as EES 3250) 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. No credit for students who have earned credit for 3250. [4]