|
Courses: * Systematic Paleontology: Junior-level, 3 credit-hour undergraduate course with laboratory exercises in morphology, biostratigraphy, invertebrates, vertebrates, trace fossils, introductory micropaleontology, plants, and palynology; course includes one field trip to the Field Museum in Chicago. * Micropaleontology: Senior/graduate level, 3 credit-hour undergraduate course with very extensive laboratory exercises in micropaleontology, palynology and biostratigraphic applications. * Evolution of the Earth: Freshman-level, 3 credit-hour course on historical geology with topics in physical processes, plate tectonics, global and North American paleogeography, and the origin and evolution of life from Precambrian to Holocene; several multimedia presentations; course also includes one optional field trip to the Rolla area. * Evolution of the Earth Laboratory: Freshman-level, 1 credit-hour companion lab for Evolution of the Earth. * Stratigraphy and Sedimentation: Junior/senior level, 3 credit-hour course in sedimentological processes, clastic, chemical and biogenic depositional systems, sequence stratigraphy, geophysical logs, chemostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, geochronology, chronostratigraphy, basin analysis, and plate tectonics; includes one compulsory field trip/exercise. * Stratigraphy Laboratory: Junior-level, 1 credit-hour course with extensive exercises on sedimentary petrology, biostratigraphy, basin analysis, and four 3-hour periods of field work; team-taught with Wan Yang. * Advanced Palynology: Graduate level, 3 credit-hour research-oriented course in aspects of palynology, with emphasis on the integration of palynofacies and palynostratigraphy with other geological techniques. * Advanced Palynology: Graduate level, 3 credit-hour research-oriented course in aspects of palynology, with emphasis on the integration of palynofacies and palynostratigraphy with other geological techniques. * Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology: Senior level, 3 credit-hour course on the elements of climate, evidence and courses of climate change, dating methods, proxy measurements, climate models, and Precambrian to Holocene climates. * Advanced Paleoclimatology and Paleoecology: Graduate level, 3 credit-hour course, advanced study of paleoclimatic and paleoecologic processes since the Archean, and the interpretation of climate changes, including human impacts; extensive presentations and discussions on current ideas and techniques used in paleoclimatic studies.
- Back to homepage - |
