GEL 214: Active Tectonics | Oskin
Graduate course breadth area: #1
Active Tectonics is lecture, project, and problem-set based course on tectonic processes taught through the lens of active systems. The course examines the interplay of tectonics and surface processes through observations, quantitative analytical, and numerical modeling techniques. Problem sets emphasize quantitative problem solving in structural geology, tectonics, geomorphology and Quaternary geochronology. We will also work on one or more group projects that vary from year to year, ideally with a fieldwork component.
GEL 251: Isotopes in Cosmochemistry and Geochemistry | Mukhopadhyay
Graduate course breadth area: #2
Description coming soon.
GEL 262: Paleobiology Seminar | Motani
Graduate course breadth area: #4
Description coming soon.
GEL 290: Seminar | Rudolph
Does not count as a breadth or general course for graduate degree requirements.
Description coming soon.
GEL 294: Structure & Tectonics forum | Roeske
Does not count as a breadth or general course for graduate degree requirements.
This on-going discussion group meets once/week to discuss a paper selected by participants in the group. The theme of the articles varies each quarter; the seminar's goal is to emphasize breadth and we read and discuss a range of articles that cover the diverse interests of members of the group. As an example, we have recently read articles on subduction zone processes, ranging from UHP metamorphism and exhumation, to response of the upper plate to degree of coupling in the subduction zone. If schedules allow, we plan a multi-day field trip to examine rocks that may show some of the processes of interest to the group and focus the reading around the field trip.
GEL 298: Planetary Geology and Geophysics | Stewart
CRN: 35263
Graduate course breadth area: #3
Principles of planetary science. Planetary dynamics, including orbital mechanics, tidal interactions and ring dynamics. Theory of planetary interiors, gravitational fields, rotational dynamics. Physics of planetary atmospheres. Geological processes, landforms and their modification. Methods of analysis from Earth-based observations and spacecraft. This course meets at the same time as GEL 163 and includes additional homework assignments.
GEL 390: Methods of Teaching Geology | Billen
Does not count as a breadth or general course for graduate degree requirements.
Description coming soon.
GEL 230: Geomorphology & River Management | Pinter
Graduate course breadth area: #1
The course – widely known as “Ecogeo” – is a multidisciplinary study of the ecology, geomorphology, and management of rivers, floodplains, and watersheds. Each year, a single river is selected, and the course focuses on an intensive study of that system. The course involves classroom instruction during the academic quarter, research and research papers focused on the study river, culminating with a 7-10+ day rafting trip during which students collect and analyze field data and/or synthesize the multidisciplinary science, management, and policy of the river.
GEL 240: Geophysics of the Earth | Rudolph
Graduate course breadth area: #3
Description coming soon.
GEL 281: Instrumental Techniques | Yin
Graduate course breadth area: 2
Description coming soon.
GEL 290: Seminar | Mukhopadhyay
Does not count as a breadth or general course for graduate degree requirements.
Description coming soon.
GEL 298: Planetary Impact Processes | Stewart
CRN: 26804
Graduate course breadth area: 3
Planetary impact processes, including impact cratering mechanics and thermodynamics, catastrophic disruption, including introduction to hydrocodes, equations of state and state-of-the art in experimental capabilities.
GEL 205: Advance Field Stratigraphy | Sumner
Graduate course breadth area: #1
Topic: Tracing geobiological influences on the rock record of eastern California. This course will include ~7 days of fieldwork in areas between Mono Lake and the Death Valley area over spring break followed by 1 hour weekly meetings during spring quarter. Fieldwork will focus on identifying and interpreting interactions between life and sedimentary systems in rocks ranging in age from Neoproterozoic to Cambrian with a few examples of recent deposits. Students will collect stratigraphic data and samples during fieldwork that will be analyzed during spring quarter for student-defined projects. Some reading will be assigned prior to fieldwork, and students participating in fieldwork are required to enroll in the spring quarter course.
GEL 253: Petrology seminar | Cooper
Graduate course breadth area: #1
Description coming soon.
GEL 298: Aqueous Geochemistry (3 units) | Atekwana
CRN: 45597
Tues/Thurs 1:10-2:40 in EPS 1119
Graduate course breadth area: #2
The goal of this course is to discuss factors that affects the chemical composition of natural waters: (1) understanding of the main classes of reactions that control the behavior of major chemical species in natural waters and (2) learn to use some geochemical “tools” (including sampling and analyses equipment, software, etc.) to study major reactions in natural waters i.e., perform simple geochemical modeling. Students will acquire a basic understanding of the main classes of reactions, knowledge of the factors regulating chemical processes in natural waters, as well as the ways in which these processes influence the behavior of the major chemical species. Knowledge of a few basic pieces of information concerning the system of interest (e.g., temperature, pH, redox conditions, soil/sediment/rock composition, etc.) should allow students to readily apply such understanding to new situations to make reasonable predictions about the chemical composition of natural waters, and about the transport and fate of chemical species in natural waters.
GEL 290: Seminar | Pinter
Does not count as a breadth or general course for graduate degree requirements.
Description coming soon.
GEL 294: Structure & Tectonics forum | Roeske
Does not count as a breadth or general course for graduate degree requirements.
This on-going discussion group meets once/week to discuss a paper selected by participants in the group. The theme of the articles varies each quarter; the seminar's goal is to emphasize breadth and we read and discuss a range of articles that cover the diverse interests of members of the group. As an example, we have recently read articles on subduction zone processes, ranging from UHP metamorphism and exhumation, to response of the upper plate to degree of coupling in the subduction zone. If schedules allow, we plan a multi-day field trip to examine rocks that may show some of the processes of interest to the group and focus the reading around the field trip.
