Geology
GEO142 The Geology of Pacific Northwest Volcanoes, Mountains, and Glaciers
4 credit hours, 5 Lecture/Lab hours
Studies plate tectonic and exotic terrains; geomorphic provinces of Oregon; use of topographic maps; mountain building processes, volcanism and platonism and the geomorphic work of glaciers. Covers mountainous regions of Oregon and Washington, including Blue Mountains, Klamath Mountains, Cascade Range, Coast Range- Willamette Valley and Olympics?Puget Lowland; earthquakes, faults and tsunamis in the Pacific Northwest. Offered as needed.
GEO143 Pacific Northwest Rocks and Minerals
4 credit hours, 5 Lecture/Lab hours
Focuses on the description and identification of the principal rock-forming minerals and the most important igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks. Covers exotic terrains, plate tectonics, and the relationship of rock types to plate tectonic setting; description of types of mineral ore deposits and their plate tectonic settings, and laboratory identification of principal ore minerals; the geologic time scale. Includes a basic understanding of how to read the stratigraphic record. Offered as needed.
GEO144 The Geology of Pacific Northwest Rivers, Streams, and Deserts
4 credit hours, 5 Lecture/Lab hours
Studies plate tectonic and exotic terrains; geomorphic provinces of Oregon; use of Oregon; use of topographic maps; stream processes and chacteristics, including Oregon examples; types of lakes and lake basins, including Oregon examples; geology and geologic history of the desert/steppe provinces of Oregon and Washington: Columbia-Deschutes Plateau, High Lava Plains, Basin and Range; fossils as evidence of past life; fossils and fossil sites in Oregon. Offered as needed.
GEO201 Geology
4 credit hours, 6 Lecture/Lab hours
Studies the nature and origin of common rocks and minerals. Identification techniques applied in laboratory and on field trips. Class fee $15. F
GEO202 Geology
4 credit hours, 6 Lecture/Lab hours
Offers a broad non-quantitative, descriptive survey of geologic landforms. Map interpretation activities applied in laboratory and on field trips. Class fee $15. W
GEO203 Geology
4 credit hours, 6 Lecture/Lab hours
Emphasizes a geophysical study of earth history, interpreted through geophysics and plate tectonics, coupled with laboratory field study of paleontology. Sp
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