Develops basic field skills in the most commonly performed tasks required for the environmental characterization of solid and aqueous wastes. Media of study include soils, stream sediments, surface waters, ground waters, and atmospheric particulates. Department enforced prereqs., GEOL 2001 or GEOL 2700 and CHEM 1011 and CHEM 1031 or CHEM 1113 or CHEM 1133 and GEOL 3320. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
Studies geologic features in and around Colorado to gain an overview of the geologic and tectonic evolution of the western U.S. Department enforced requisite, restricted to graduate students only. Department enforced prereqs., GEOL 2001 or GEOL 2700 and at least one of the following: GEOL 3120 or GEOL 3320 or GEOL 3430. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
Examines processes operating on the surfaces of solid planets and in their interiors. Emphasizes spacecraft observations, their interpretation, the relationship to similar processes on Earth, the relationship between planetary surfaces and interiors, and the integrated geologic histories of the terrestrial planets and satellites. Same as ASTR 5800. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers the structure, composition, and dynamics of planetary atmospheres. Includes the origin of planetary atmospheres, chemistry and cloud physics, greenhouse effects, climate, and the evolution of planetary atmospheres - past and future. Same as ATOC 5810 and ASTR 5810.
Considers the origin and evolution of planetary systems, including protoplanetary disks, condensation in the solar nebula, composition of meteorites, planetary accretion, comets, asteroids, planetary rings, and extrasolar planets. Applies celestial mechanics to the dynamical evolution of solar system bodies. Same as ASTR 5820 and ATOC 5820. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Current topics in planetary science, based on recent discoveries, spacecraft observations, or other developments. Focuses on a specific topic each time it is offered, such as Mars, Venus, Galilean satellites, exobiology, comets, or extrasolar planets. Department enforced requisite, restricted to graduate students in the physical sciences. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours, provided the topics vary. Same as ATOC/ASTR 5830.
Studies current research on a topic in planetary science. Students and faculty give presentations. Subjects may vary each semester. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours to meet candidacy requirements. Same as ATOC 5835 and ASTR 5835. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Leads students through quantitative spatial analysis of environmental and paleoclimatic problems. Each student will develop a project from start to finish, with emphasis on raster GIS for building large empirical databases that bear on process and variability.
Provides an overview of the relevant space environment and process, the types of instruments flown on recent mission, and the science background of the measurement principles. Same as ASTR 6050 and ASEN 6050.
Covers the exploration and production aspects of petroleum submarine fans and turbidite systems. Requisites: Requires prerequisite course of GEOL 6330 (minimum grade B).
Covers interpretation of depositional and diagenetic history of sedimentary rocks as determined from thin-section studies. Department enforced requisite, restricted to graduate students only. Department enforced prereqs., GEOL 3010 and GEOL 3020 and GEOL 3430.
Develops skills in the stratigraphic interpretation of seismic reflection data, recognition of sequence stratigraphy in well logs and outcrop, and their applications to basin analysis in petroleum exploration. Department enforced requisite, restricted to graduate students only. Department enforced prereqs., introductory undergraduate physics and sedimentology/stratigraphy.
Offered alternate years. Mechanics of deformable materials, with applications to earthquake processes. Introduces seismic wave theory. Inversion of seismic data for the structure, composition, and state of the interior of Earth. Same as ASTR 6610 and PHYS 6610.
Offered alternate years. Space and surface geodetic techniques, as well as potential theory, are covered. Other topics are definition and geophysical interpretation of the geoid and of surface gravity anomalies; isostasy; post-glacial rebound; tides and the rotation of the Earth. Same as ASTR 6620 and PHYS 6620. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Offered alternate years. The solar system: theories of its origin, meteorites. Distribution of radioactive materials; age dating. Heat flow through continents and the ocean floor; internal temperature distribution in Earth; mantle convection. Origin of the oceans and atmosphere. Same as ASTR 6630 and PHYS 6630.
