GEOL 1104 - Historical Geology Laboratory (deactivate Fall 2017)

1 credit hours. 0 lecture hours. 3 lab hours.

This laboratory-based course accompanies GEOL 1304  Historical Geology. Laboratory activities will introduce methods used by scientists to interpret the history of life and major events in the physical development of Earth from rocks and fossils.

Additional Fees: Lab Fee $24

Measurable Learning Outcomes:
Classify and interpret depositional environments using sedimentary rocks and fossils. Taxonomically classify samples of geologically important fossil groups and use them to interpret the age of rocks on the Geologic Time Scale. Apply relative and numerical age-dating techniques to construct geologic histories including the correlation of stratigraphic sections. Reconstruct past continental configurations. Integrate multiple types of data to interpret Earth history.