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Dec 21, 2024
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GEOL 3120 - Earth Materials and Resources
An introduction to minerals and rocks, emphasizing common varieties and those important as mineral resources.
Requisites: (CHEM 1210 or 1510) and (GEOL 1010 or 2020) and WARNING: No credit for this course if the following is taken (keeps credit for the following course, as defined by department): GEOL 3150
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 2.0 lecture, 2.0 laboratory
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes: - Be able to identify samples of the common rock-forming minerals.
- Be familiar with the common ore-forming minerals and the geologic settings in which they form.
- Know the essential chemical and textural characteristics of the common rock-forming minerals.
- Know the igneous rock classification well enough to be able to identify the common igneous rock types.
- Know the metamorphic rock classification well enough to be able to identify the common metamorphic rock types.
- Know the sedimentary rock classification well enough to be able to identify the common sedimentary rock types.
- Understand the geological controls on the genesis of the common rock-forming minerals.
- Understand the processes by which igneous rocks form and the settings in which they occur.
- Understand the processes by which metamorphic rocks form and the settings in which they occur.
- Understand the processes by which sedimentary rocks form and the settings in which they occur.
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