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Fall 2018
Feb 05,2025 |
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| GEOL 328 - PALEONTOLOGY, PALEOECOLOGY & PALEOENVIRONMENTS LECTURE |
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This is an interdisciplinary course in which students use paleontology and sedimentology to interpret ancient environments and the ecosystems they supported. Students begin with a brief review ofaspects of geology required for paleontological studies: geologic time, plate tectonics, and sedimentary rocks and their depositional environments. There is also a review of evolutionary
theory and ecological and paleoecological principles. Following this, the course is split into two sections. First, there is an overview of the major depositional environments, the typical fossil organisms that are found preserved in them, the processes of fossilization, and how the ecosystems of particular environments have changed through time. This is followed by a survey of the history
oflife, with case studies in which we examine several important fossiliferous units in both marine and terrestrial settings, and use paleontological (biological) and sedimentological (geological) data to reconstruct the paleoecology and ancient physical environment. The concurrent Lab has sessions that will include fossil identification and analysis and several field visits to sites in New jersey and
Pennsylvania. This course fulfills the upper-level Geology gquirement for the Environmental Science major, and is a core (required) course for the Earth Science minor. lt may also be used as an elective in the Biology, Environmental Studies and Sustainability (Earth Science track] majors and the
Environmental Science minor. It counts towards the Earth Science teaching certificate. lt is a Writing lntensive course, and has a required lab section.
This course is cross-listed (GEOL 328 / BIOL 328).
0.000 TO 4.000 Credit hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Hybrid, Lecture, Lecture/Online, Online Course Geology Department Course Attributes: WRITING INTENSIVE Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Undergraduate Corequisites: GEOL 328L Prerequisites: FOR GEOL/BIOL 328 General Requirements: ( Course or Test: CRWT 102 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) and ( Course or Test: GEOL 101 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: GEOL 105 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: GEOL 106 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. and Course or Test: GEOL 106L Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: BIOL 356 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) and ( Course or Test: BIOL 221 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: ENSC 210 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: ENSC 220 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. and Course or Test: ENSC 220L Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: ENST 234 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) or ( Course or Test: ENSC 230 Minimum Grade of D May not be taken concurrently. ) |
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