Donald
J. DePaolo, Instructor
UC
Berkeley • Class of 1951 Professor
of Geochemistry, Dept of Earth
and Planetary Science
475
McCone Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-4767
T • (01)
510/643-5064
F • (01) 510/642-9520
or
|
Earth & Planetary Science 100B
Genesis
and Interpretation of Rocks
How, why and
where do volcanoes form?
How do volcanoes work?
What happens to magma as it moves to the surface of the Earth and erupts?
What do
sedimentary rocks tell us about the past history of mountain building,
the atmosphere, the oceans, the climate?
What do metamorphic rocks
tell us about how the crust is heated, deformed, uplifted, and eroded
when continents collide?
You
have heard the stories about Earth processes and Earth history.
Now see the evidence in rocks and minerals from every continent
and the ocean floors. Learn how to read the history of the Earth
as it is written in the geologic record.
In
the labs, you'll examine important rock types from around the world,
and field trips to the Sierra Nevada to see rocks in place. You'll
look at hand specimens with hand lens and thin sections under petrographic
microscopes.
Skills
that you'll develop, such as rock identification and interpretation
of complex information, are useful in many careers, including geology,
science education, land use assessment or planning, natural science
fields such as forestry and soil science, and environmental earth
science careers.
EPS
100A is highly recommended before taking this course. Please contact
the instructor if you have not taken EPS 100A.
To
read more about EPS courses, go to:
http://eps.berkeley.edu/www/department/classes.shtml
EPS
100B students in the field, looking at the rocks in the moraines
at Convict Lake, California.
Course
outline
Texts
- Required:
Petrology: The Study of Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic
Rocks, by Loren A. Raymond. McGraw-Hill Companies, 2nd ed,
June 2001
- Recommended:
Introduction to Optical Mineralogy, by William D. Nesse,
Oxford University Press, 3rd ed, August 2003
- Class
notes provided
|
