GEOL 258.3
Structural Geology
1(3L-3P)
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 121. Students with GEOG 112 may take this course with permission of the department.

An introduction to the structural features of rocks; including discussions of their origin and use. The description of folds, faults, and joints are emphasized, along with outcrop relationships of intrusive bodies. Other topics will include tectonics, orogeny, stratigraphic facing, and non-orogenic process, such as salt doming and glacial thrusting. Laboratories will introduce mapping techniques and the analysis of geological maps.

Note: Students with credit for GEOL 252 may not take this course for credit.

GEOL 282.3
Earth Physics
1(3L)
Prerequisite(s): MATH 112 or 116 or 124; PHYS 111 or 121 or E P 155

Physical processes in the origin of the Earth and Moon, and in the subsequent development of internal structure. The generation of the geomagnetic field by dynamo action, and the use of magnetics and gravity in geophysics. Earthquakes and global seismology. The use of satellite data in geophysics.

Note: Students with credit for GEOL 382 may not take course for credit.

GEOL 308.3
Geological Mapping I (Fall or Spring camp)
1/3(P)
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 224, 246 and 258, or permission of the department.

A field course held at the Little Rocky Mountains, Montana. Emphasis will be placed on interpreting and mapping sedimentary rocks, although igneous rocks will also be studied.

Note: There will be costs additional to tuition fees. Normally held in early May or late August, two weeks prior to beginning of on-campus classes.

GEOL 311.3
Principles of Geomorphology
1(3L)
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 112 or 210, GEOL 110 or 121 (GEO E 118).

The description and objective classification of landforms, their appearance on maps, and the processes and principles involved in their origin and distribution.

Note: Students with credit for GEOG 235 may not take this course for credit.

GEOL 312.3
Pleistocene Geomorphology
2(3L)
Prerequisite(s): GEOG 235 or GEOL 311

Glacial and periglacial geomorphology, stressing Pleistocene glaciation in Canada and the present periglacial environment.

Note: Students who have taken GEOG 236 or GEOG 335 may not take this course for credit.

GEOL 324.3
Igneous Petrology
1(3L-3P)
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 225, 229.

Mineralogy, phase relations, origin, and occurrence of igneous rocks. Geological processes that tend to produce and modify a magma, will be interpreted in the light of chemical equilibria and kinetics. The laboratory will involve the study of igneous rocks in thin section.

GEOL 325.3
Metamorphic Petrology
2(3L-3P)
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 225, 229.

The mineralogy, phase relations, possible equilibration temperatures and pressures, and occurrence of metamorphic rocks. Geological processes that tend to produce geothermal and geobarometric gradients and modify rocks will be interpreted using chemical equilibria and chemical-thermal kinetics. The laboratory will involve the study of metamorphic rocks in thin section.

GEOL 329.3
Introductory Biogeochemistry
1/2 (3L)
Prerequisite(s): 6 credit units of chemistry; MATH 110; and one of BIOL 253, PL SC 213, GEOG 111 or GEOL 121.

An introduction to chemical processes operating at the interface between biotic and abiotic systems. Emphasis will be placed on the use of stable isotope tracer techniques in environmental, medical, pharmacological, and archaeological research, and on the fundamental principles of metal chemistry, speciation, bioavailability and toxicity in aqueous media.

GEOL 332.3
Palaeontology
1(3L-3P)
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 246.

The principles of palaeontological classification; the major groups of index fossils; the nature and geological history of reef-building organisms; plant and vertebrate fossils; fossils as rock-formers and as indicators of past environmental conditions. The economic importance of fossils.

GEOL 334.3
Gravity, Magnetics and Radiation Methods
1(3L-3P)
Prerequisite(s): CMPT 116 or 122; MATH 223 and 224, or 225 and 226; E E 201 or G E 212 or PHYS 227.

Basic theory of gravity, magnetics and radiation methods. The application of geophysical measurements in geological engineering, groundwater and prospecting problems.

Note: Students with credit for GEO E 333 or 334 may not take this course for credit.