GEOL 395 - Seminar

Credits: 1
Planned Offering: Offered when interest is expressed and departmental resources permit.

Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.The title, term of meeting, and credits for seminars will be announced to all geology majors. May be repeated for degree credit with permission and if the topics are different.

Topic for Winter 2011:

GEOL 395: Selected Readings in Andean Geology (1). This course acquaints students with the breadth of Andean geology, with a particular focus on the geology and geologic history of Northwestern Argentina. Specific topics include: the tectonic architecture of the mountain belt, the nature and history of volcanism, the record of deformation, the role of fluvial incision, and the character of foreland basin sedimentation. Weekly discussions center on scholarly articles and books. US and Argentine researchers give presentations. Individual students develop primers in separate topics to aid the digestion of scholarly articles and field examples. Harbor and Rahl.Staff.