• GEOL 450: Landscapes: Earth & Elsewhere

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Integrative approach to understanding processes that shape the Earth's surface. Topics include processes and landforms produced by weathering, mass wasting, running water, wind, glaciers, and seas. Field and laboratory exercises include mapping, taking measurements, physical modeling, numerical calculations, and interpretation. (Same as Geography 450.) Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab or field period. Recommended Background: Two introductory geology or physical geography courses and high school or college physics.
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• GEOL 450R: Landscapes: Earth & Elsewhere

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Integrative approach to understanding processes that shape the Earth's surface. Topics include processes and landforms produced by weathering, mass wasting, running water, wind, glaciers, and seas. Field and laboratory exercises include mapping, taking measurements, physical modeling, numerical calculations, and interpretation.(Same as Geography 450.)Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture and one 2-hour lab or field period.Recommended Background: Two introductory geology or physical geography courses and high school or college physics.
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• GEOL 452: Cave and Karst Geology

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Introduction to speleology, with emphasis on the identification and evaluation of chemical, physical, and hydrologic controls that result in dissolution of bedrock, cave formation, and karst landscape development. Topics include carbonate geochemistry, hydrology, speleogenesis, solute and sediment transport, paleokarst, geomorphology, exploitation and management of karst and karst hazards. Includes scientific data collection, numerical calculations, model development, and interpretation. At least one field trip will be required.Recommended Background: Two 100-level geology courses, one lab course in geology and one lab course in chemistry, introductory calculus, or consent of instructor.
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• GEOL 454: Environmental Restoration

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Applications of ecology and geological sciences toward restoring natural systems to become more fully functioning ecosystems. Topics include: geological mitigation, ecological succession, non-native species, and many case studies. At least one field trip to a nearby ecological restoration site will be required.Recommended Background: An introductory course in geology, physical geography, conservation or basic ecology.
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• GEOL 455: Environmental Geology

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Applications of the geological sciences toward a comprehension of the effects of geological processes on humans and the effects of human activities on the Earth's environments. Recommended Background: Two 100-level or 200-level geology courses or consent of instructor.
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• GEOL 456: Global Climate Change

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Examines natural and anthropogenic changes in global climate systems. Topics include biogeochemical cycles of greenhouse gases and the water cycle, including water resources and pollutants and changes in the biosphere (extinctions) as both cause and effects of physical global changes. Historical (baseline) dynamics are compared to current changes in order to predict human impacts and suggest technical and policy solutions.Recommended Background: Introductory geology or consent of instructor.
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• GEOL 459: Introduction/Oceanography

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Principles of oceanography, including physical, chemical, geological, and biological processes and patterns. Emphasis on the physical, chemical, and geologic structure of the oceans and their role in oceanic circulation, global climate change, and the biogeochemical evolution of the oceans through geologic time.Recommended Background: Introductory geology or consent of instructor.
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• GEOL 461: Organic Geochemistry

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  Fundamentals of organic geochemistry; primary production, diagenesis, and preservation of organic matter in the sedimentary rock records; and reconstruction of ancient geologic environments using biomarker compounds. Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 461 and 561.Recommended Background: Chemistry 130 or consent of instructor.
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• GEOL 462: Environmental Aqueous Geochem

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  A survey of fundamental geochemical principles as applied to the fate and transport of inorganic and organic constituents in natural waters. Topics include thermodynamics, activity-concentration relations, mineral solubility and stability, chemical speciation and redox state of natural waters, and water-rock-biota interactions. Course will emphasize geochemical modeling to test hypotheses, explore assumptions, approximations, and equilibria in natural geochemical systems.(DE) Prerequisite(s): CHEM 130 and MATH 141, 147, or 151, or consent of instructor.Recommended Background: 310, and completion of or concurrent enrollment in 330 or 340.Credit Restriction: Students cannot receive credit for both 462 and 562.
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• GEOL 464: Water Sustainability & Climate

  3.00 Credits

  The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

  
  A survey of regional and global water challenges from a geochemical perspective related to surface and groundwater contamination and sustainability, and how ancient civilizations and current human activities have affected water quality in different environmental settings and what kind of techniques and strategies can be applied to water protection, remediation, and sustaining clean water for future generations. The influence of global warming and human impact on water quality and sustainability will be discussed using case studies from Appalachia, American Southwest, and coastal aquifers.Recommended Background: Two courses in geology and environmental studies.
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