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EPS 2: Chemistry of the Earth and Planets (EARTHSYS 2)

( EPS 2 - Former GEOLSCI 2) Chemistry of the Earth and Planets Couse Description: Introduction to chemical principles with an emphasis on applications in the Earth Sciences. Topics include the origin and distribution of the elements in the solar system and on Earth, the origin and structure of the Earth, its oceans, and atmosphere; crystal chemistry, structure, and transformations; predicting and balancing reactions; thermodynamics, phase diagrams, high temperature and aqueous geochemistry, weathering, isotope geochemistry, and organic geochemistry. Students will also be exposed to analytical methods used in the Earth sciences. Change of Department Name: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Formerly Geological Science)
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-SMA | Repeatable 3 times (up to 9 units total)

EPS 4: Coevolution of Earth and Life (EARTHSYS 4)

( EPS 4 - Former GEOLSCI 4) Earth is the only planet in the universe currently known to harbor life. When and how did Earth become inhabited? How have biological activities altered the planet? How have environmental changes affected the evolution of life? In this course, we explore these questions by developing an understanding of life's multi-billion year history using tools from biology, geology, paleontology, and chemistry. We discuss major groups of organisms, when they appear in the rock record, and how they have interacted with the Earth to create the habitats and ecosystems that we are familiar with today. Change of Department Name: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Formerly Geological Science)
Terms: Aut | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA

EPS 30N: Designing Science Fiction Planets (GEOPHYS 30N)

(Formerly GEOLSCI 30N) Science fiction writers craft entire worlds and physical laws with their minds. While planetary formation in the real world is a little different, we can use fantastical places and environments from film, television, and literature as conversation starters to discuss real discoveries that have been made about how planets form and evolve over time. The class will focus on the following overarching questions: (1) What conditions are required for habitable planets to form? (2) What types of planets may actually exist, including desert worlds, lava planets, ice planets, and ocean worlds? (3) What kids of life could inhabit such diverse worlds? (3) What types of catastrophic events such as supernovas, asteroid impacts, climate changes can nurture or destroy planetary habitability? Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-SMA
Instructors: Tikoo, S. (PI)

EPS 40N: Diamonds

(Formerly GEOLSCI 40N) Preference to freshmen. Topics include the history of diamonds as gemstones, prospecting and mining, and their often tragic politics. How diamond samples provide clues for geologists to understand the Earth's deep interior and the origins of the solar system. Diamond's unique materials properties and efforts in synthesizing diamonds. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA

EPS 42: Moving and Shaking in the Bay Area

(Formerly GEOLSCI 42) Active faulting and erosion in the Bay Area, and its effects upon landscapes. Earth science concepts and skills through investigation of the valley, mountain, and coastal areas around Stanford. Faulting associated with the San Andreas Fault, coastal processes along the San Mateo coast, uplift of the mountains by plate tectonic processes, and landsliding in urban and mountainous areas. Field excursions; student projects. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
| UG Reqs: WAY-AQR, WAY-SMA

EPS 103: Earth Materials: Rocks in Thin Section (EPS 203)

(Formerly GEOLSCI 103 and 203) Use of petrographic microscope to identify minerals and common mineral associations in igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks. Crystallization histories, mineral growth and reaction relations, deformation textures in metamorphic rocks, and provenance of siliciclastic rocks. Required lab section. Prerequisite 102. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Science).
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA

EPS 105: Introduction to Field Methods (EPS 405)

A two-week, field-based course in the White Mountains of eastern California. Introduction to the techniques for geologic mapping and geologic investigation in the field: systematic observations and data collection for lithologic columns and structural cross-sections. Interpretation of field relationships and data to determine the stratigraphic and deformational history of the region. Prerequisite: EPS 1, recommended: EPS 102. Change of Department Name: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Formerly Geological Science)
Terms: Aut, Spr | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: WAY-SMA

EPS 106: Sediments: The Book of Earth's History

(Formerly GEOLSCI 106) Topics: weathering, erosion and transportation, deposition, origins of sedimentary structures and textures, sediment composition, diagenesis, sedimentary facies, tectonics and sedimentation, and the characteristics of the major siliciclastic and carbonate depositional environments. Required Lab Section: methods of analysis of sediments in hand specimen and thin section. There is a required field problem trips to the field site(s) during the quarter, data collection and analysis, and preparation of a final written and oral report. Prerequisites: 1, 102, 103. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA

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

(Formerly GEOLSCI 107 and 207) 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. In addition to the Tuesday Thursday class meeting, a one-hour weekly section will be arranged and scheduling will be determined at the start of the quarter. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences)
| UG Reqs: WAY-SMA

EPS 110: Our Dynamic West: Practical methods in geological sciences an intro to how the Earth deforms (EPS 294)

(Formerly GEOLSCI 110 and 294) Theory, principles, and practical techniques to measure, describe, analyze, and interpret deformation-related structures on Earth. Collection of fault and fold data in the field followed by lab and computer analysis; interpretation of geologic maps and methods of cross-section construction; structural analysis of fault zones and metamorphic rocks; measuring deformation; regional structural styles and associated landforms related to plate tectonic convergence, rifting and strike-slip faulting; the evolution of mountain belts and formation of sedimentary basins. Prerequisite: EPS 1 (Formerly GEOLSCI 1), calculus. Recommended: 102, 105. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
| UG Reqs: GER: DB-NatSci, WAY-SMA
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