• GEOL 1040: Physical Geology

  4.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Corequisite: GEOL 1041. The origin, composition, and structure of the solid earth: rock-forming minerals; igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks; earthquakes and plate tectonics; surface processes; geologic time. Identification and description of minerals and rocks in hand sample. Use of topographic and geologic maps. Three hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week.
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• GEOL 1041: Physical Geology Lab

  0.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Corequisite: GEOL 1040.
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• GEOL 1050: Historical Geology

  4.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: GEOL 1030 and 1031 or GEOL 1040/1041. The major divisions of geologic time with emphasis on earth movements, sea fluctuations, life of the time, and the effect these have had on our present environment. Close attention to the development of the physiographic regions of North America, which are correlated with chronologically similar events in other parts of the world. Topographic maps, geologic maps, and fossil animals and plants. Three hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week.
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• GEOL 3000: Mineralogy

  5.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: GEOL 1030/1031 or 1040/1041 or permission of instructor. Crystallography and crystal chemistry. Physical and chemical properties of silicate and non-silicate mineral groups. Examination of the common rock-forming minerals in hand sample and thin section. Four hours lecture and two hours laboratory per week.
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• GEOL 3010: Oceanography

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: GEOL 1030 and 1031 or 1040 or GEOG 1030; or consent of instructor. Physiography, structures, and sediments of the ocean floor; coastal and oceanic environments; and the nature of sea water, currents, waves, and tides. Geological processes, geophysical studies, and oceanographic instrumentation discussed.
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• GEOL 3030: Geoscience of Energy Resources

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: GEOL 1030/GEOL 1031 or GEOL 1040/GEOL 1041 or GEOG 1030. Geoscience aspects of energy resources and their impact on the environment. Topics include occurrence, exploration, development, and reclamation, as well as historical trends. Three hours lecture per week.
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• GEOL 3040: Cave Geoscience

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  No course description available.
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• GEOL 3050: Field Methods in Geology

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: MATH 1720 or MATH 1730; GEOL 1030/GEOL 1031 or GEOL 1040/GEOL 1041 and GEOL 1050; major or minor in Geoscience. Introduction to field observation in geoscience. Topics include tape and compass surveys, orientation of rock strata, measurement of stratigraphic section, map preparation, and use of GPS. Three hours lecture/field work per week.
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• GEOL 3060: Computer Methods in Geology

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  Prerequisites: GEOL 1030/1031 or 1040/1041 and 1050; CSCI 1000 or equivalent; major or minor in Geology/Earth Science; or consent of instructor. Extensive use of personal computers for processing field data, map contouring, geologic reports and illustrations, lettering and cartography, image processing, geologic databases, and digital maps. Brief treatment of classical cartography. Four to five hours lecture/laboratory per week.
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• GEOL 3070: Geochemistry of Earth Systems

  3.00 Credits

  Middle Tennessee State University

  
  No course description available.
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