Petrology is the study of rocks - igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary - and the processes that form and transform them. Mineralogy is the study of the chemistry, crystal structure and physical ...

Through coursework and research, you will choose to specialize in one or more areas such as geochemistry, geophysics, geomorphology, hydrogeology, petrology, remote sensing, sedimentary systems, earth ...

Petrology is the study of the macroscopic and microscopic mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks. In addition to assessing sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks that are accessible ...

sedimentary/igneous petrology, and geochemistry. Dredged rocks are collected by dragging an open steel box with an attached chain bag along the ocean bottom behind a ship. Rocks in a dredge haul ...

Through your coursework and research, you will choose to specialize in one or more areas such as geochemistry, geophysics, geomorphology, hydrogeology, petrology, remote sensing, sedimentary systems, ...

Distinguish between longitudinal, linguoid/transverse and lateral bar forms. Petrology of evaporites and chemical sedimentary rocks. We will look at hand specimens of coal, chert, ironstone and ...

Earth sciences include petrology, mineralogy ... and geomorphology. Sedimentary rocks are also used to study palaeontology and palaeoclimate. The rigid-body motion of Earth’s wandering inner ...

(Principal) Resolving Mesoproterozoic supercontinent configuration with an integrated multi-tool approach to sedimentary provenance analysis ... an upper crustal reference suite (2013), Grant - NSF ...