Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Laboratory
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisite: GEO 1110 and 3080 and MATH 1210.
Requirement Designation:
Quantitative Intensive BS
Description
Texture, mineralogy, chemistry, classification, origin, and evolution of igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks. Laboratories consist of hand-specimen identification of rocks, problem-solving, computer exercises, and interpretation of petrogenetic suites of rocks. Two lectures, one lab weekly.