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600: Equations
of Geophysics (3) GG 601: Seminar in Volcanology (2) Types and mechanisms of volcanic action; characteristics of products; sub-volcanic intrusions; distribution in time and space; hazard assessment; and eruption production. Repeatable. Pre: GG 302 or consent. GG 602: Theoretical Petrology (4) Derivation of phase diagrams from basic thermodynamics principles. Equilibria of natural silicate systems. Crystal chemistry, kinetics, diffusion, etc., Applied to igneous and metamorphic petrology. (Alt. years) Pre: GG 302, 325, and CHEM 351 (or concurrent); or consent. GG 603: Petrology of Ocean Lithosphere (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Petrogenesis of the oceanic lithosphere, including mantle processes and rocks from mid-ocean ridges, seamounts, oceanic hotspots, back-arc basins, and intra-oceanic arcs. (Alt. years) Pre: 302 GG 605: Groundwater/Engineering Geology (2) Selected topics. Repeatable. Pre: consent. GG 606: Current Events in Volcanology(1)  Selected topics. Repeatable. Pre: consent. See Pa'e for additional information (will open in new window) GG 608: Isotopes & Trace Elements (3) (3 Lec) Principles of radiogenic and stable isotope, and trace element geochemistry as applied to igneous petrology, mantle dynamics, plate tectonics, and terrestrial evolution. (Alt. years) Pre: 302 and 325. See Pa'e for additional information (will open in new window) GG 610: Graduate Seminar (1) Seminar course in which students present a 15 to 20 minute talk on their research or a related topic. Meets once a week with two to three talks per meeting. Graduate students are required to register for this course once per year. Repeatable. . See Pa'e for additional information (will open in new window) GG 611: Accelerated Introduction to Geology I (3) (3 Lec) Lecture course presenting a rapid-paced survey of geology and geophysics for graduate students. Includes origin of the solar system, tectonics, volcanology, whole-earth composition, phase transformations, petrology (igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary), historical geology, and hydrology. Saturday field trips. Fall only. See Pa'e for additional information (will open in new window) GG 612: Accelerated Introduction to Geology II (3) (3 Lec) Lecture course presenting a rapid-paced survey of geology and geophysics for graduate students. Includes earth structure, rheology, seismology, dynamics, origin of continents, global change, energy sources, environmental geology, and natural hazards. Saturday field trips. Spring only. . See GG 614: Advanced Field Study (V) Shipboard and land-based projects. Repeatable. Pre: consent . GG 615: Micropaleontology(3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Taxonomy and identification of microfossils and their recent representatives. Use in determining age, paleoecology, provenance of sedimentary rocks. Pre: GG 308. GG 621: Electron Microprobe Analysis (2) Principles of geochemical analysis by electron microprobe and x-ray fluorescence. Hands-on experience with the electron microprobe. Required to operate the UH electron microprobe. Pre: GG 301 or consent. Pa'e for additional information (will open in new window) GG 625: Seminar in Marine Geology & Geophysics (V) Current research topics. Repeatable. Pre: 423 or OCN 622, or consent. GG 632:(Alpha) Numerical Modeling in Geology (3) (3 Lec) Finite difference, finite element, and various other modeling techniques applied to geological and geophysical problems. (B) physical modeling; (C) recursive and time series modeling. Pre: MATH 243 and consent. GG 638: Earth System Science and Global Change (3) (3 Lec) Global view of the planet and how it functions as an integrated unit. Biogeochemical processes, dynamics, and cycles, and analysis of natural and human-induced environmental change. Chemical history of ocean-atmospheric-sediment system and co-evolution of the biota. Repeatable once. Pre: BS in environmentally related science or one year of chemistry, physics, and calculus; or consent (Cross-listed as OCN 638). GG 641: Origin of Sedimentary Rocks (3) (2 Lec, 1 3-hr Lab) Sedimentology and sedimentary petrographic techniques. Repeatable. (Cross-listed as OCN 641) Pre: GG 309 or consent. GG 642: Elemental Composition Changes (2) Changes in the chemical composition of meteorites, bulk Earth, Earth's mantle and crust, sedimentary rocks, hydrosphere and biosphere, and underlying principles. (Cross-listed as OCN 642) (Alt. years) Pre: GG 325 or OCN 623. GG 644: Sedimentary Geochemistry (3) (3 Lec) Geochemical thermodynamics and kinetics and their use in interpreting the origin of sediments, sedimentary rocks, and natural waters over a range of pressure-temperature conditions. (Cross-listed as OCN 644) (Alt. years) Pre: CHEM 171, or CHEM 161 and CHEM 162; PHYS 152; and MATH 206; and consent. GG 650: Seismology (3) (3 Lec) Elasticity, wave equations, body waves, surface waves, free oscillations, seismometry, seismogram interpretation, tectonics, inversion, source theory, and waveform modeling. Pre: GG 600 or consent. . |
