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GS 206: Topics in Organismal Paleobiology

Seminar course covering an area of structural biology, physiology, or ecology relevant to understanding the fossil record, with the topic changing each time the course is offered. Examples of potential topics are biomineralization, fluid mechanics, biomechanics, taphonomy & biochemical preservation, and the functional morphology/fossil history of specific evolutionary groups such as vertebrates, insects, or plants. This year¿s topic will be the Evolution of Photosynthesis, co-taught with visiting professor Woody Fischer.
Terms: Aut | Units: 2-3 | Repeatable 4 times (up to 12 units total)
Instructors: Boyce, C. (PI)

GS 207: Journey to the Center of the Earth (GEOPHYS 184, GEOPHYS 274, GS 107)

The interconnected set of dynamic systems that make up the Earth. Focus is on fundamental geophysical observations of the Earth and the laboratory experiments to understand and interpret them. What earthquakes, volcanoes, gravity, magnetic fields, and rocks reveal about the Earth's formation and evolution. Offered every other year, winter quarter. Next offering Winter 2013-14.

GS 208: Topics in Geobiology (ESS 208)

Reading and discussion of classic and recent papers in the field of Geobiology. Co-evolution of Earth and life; critical intervals of environmental and biological change; geomicrobiology; paleobiology; global biogeochemical cycles; scaling of geobiological processes in space and time.
Terms: Aut | Units: 1 | Repeatable 3 times (up to 3 units total)

GS 209: Microstructures

Microstructures in metamorphic rocks reveal temperature, pressure, and rates of deformation in the crust and variations in its thermo-mechanical behavior. Topics include the rheology of rocks and minerals, strain partitioning, shear zones and brittle-ductile transition in the crust, mechanisms of foliation and lineation development, preferred crystallographic fabrics, and geochronologic methods useful for dating deformation. Labs involve microstructure analysis of suites of rocks from classic localities. 5 units for extra project.
Last offered: Winter 2016

GS 210: Geologic Evolution of the Western U.S. Cordillera

The geologic and tectonic evolution of the U.S. Cordillera based on its rock record through time. This region provides good examples of large-scale structures and magmatic activity generated during crustal shortening, extension, and strike-slip faulting and affords opportunity to study crustal-scale processes involved in mountain building in context of plate tectonic motions.

GS 211: Topics in Regional Geology and Tectonics

May be repeated for credit.
| Repeatable for credit

GS 212: Topics in Tectonic Geomorphology

For upper-division undergraduates and graduate students. Topics vary and may include coupling among erosional, tectonic, and chemical weathering processes at the scale of orogens; historical review of tectonic geomorphology; hillslope and fluvial process response to active uplift; measures of landscape form and their relationship to tectonic uplift and bedrock lithology. May be repeated for credit.
| Repeatable for credit

GS 213: Topics in Sedimentary Geology

For upper division undergraduates and graduate students. Topics vary each year but the focus is on current developments and problems in sedimentary geology, sedimentology, Archean geology, and basin analysis. These include issues in deep-water sediments, their origin, facies, and architecture; sedimentary systems on the early Earth; and relationships among tectonics, basin development, and basin fill. May be repeated for credit.
Terms: Aut, Win | Units: 2 | Repeatable for credit
Instructors: Lowe, D. (PI)

GS 214: Topics in Paleobiology

For upper division undergraduates and graduate students. Topics vary each year; focus is on paleontological, sedimentological, and geochemical approaches to the history of life. Topics may include: mass extinction events; evolutionary radiations; the history of global biodiversity; links between evolutionary histories of primary producers and consumers; and the quality of the fossil record. Term paper. May be repeated for credit.
Last offered: Spring 2016 | Repeatable for credit

GS 216: Topics in Basin & Petroleum System Modeling

Reading and discussion of research in the field of Basin & Petroleum System Modeling. Topics vary by year. May be repeat for credit
Terms: Spr | Units: 1 | Repeatable 5 times (up to 1 units total)
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