Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2002
ESCI (ESCI)
Rice Course Schedule as of 03/20/2002.
This schedule is maintained by the Office of the Registrar
(reg@rice.edu).
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NOTE: Course web pages are available for some ESCI courses.
ESCI 101 THE EARTH Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Study of nature of the earth and the processes that change it. Required for
geology and geophysics majors; may substitute ESCI 102, 107, or 108. ESCI 105
is a recommended corequisite.
001 GL 106 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Dickens, Gerald Enr: 66 Max: 0
Gordon, Richard G.
ESCI 102 EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
History of the earth and evolution of continents, ocean basins, life and
climate over the past 4.6 billion years.
ESCI 105 is a recommended
co-requisite.
Prereq- Esci 101 is recommended but not required.
001 GL 105 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Shipp, Stephanie Enr: 15 Max: 0
ESCI 103 FIELD TRIPS FOR THE EARTH Credits 2.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Four evening lectures of one hour each prior to one long and one one-day field
trip.
001 TBA - TBA Droxler, Andre W. Enr: 17 Max: 0
Shipp, Stephanie
ESCI 105 INTRO LAB FOR GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES Credits 1.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Exercises on rocks, minerals, stratigraphy, paleontology, mapping and plate
tectonics. Normally taken with ESCI 101 or 102. This lab is recommended
before taking advanced courses in Geology. Required of all geology or
geophysics majors.
001 GL 105 - T 01:00PM - 04:00PM Zelt, Colin A. Enr: 4 Max: 0
ESCI 312 PETROLOGY Credits 4.00 Spring 02
Description and interpretation of igneous and metamorphic rocks. Laboratory
work emphasizes study of rock thin sections with petrographic microscope and
includes a one weekend field trip.
Pre-requisite: GEOL 311
001 GL 105 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM
GL Leeman, William P. Enr: 4 Max: 0
ESCI 314 PETROLOGY (WITHOUT LAB) Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Same as Geol 312 without the laboratory.
001 GL 105 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Leeman, William P. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ESCI 332 SEDIMENTOLOGY Credits 4.00 Spring 02
Processes in sedimentation and sedimentary rocks including both clastic and
carbonate rocks. Laboratory exercises include two one-weekend field trips.
001 GL 327 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM
TBA Anderson, John B. Enr: 4 Max: 0
Droxler, Andre W.
ESCI 334 GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES Credits 2.00 Spring 02
Beginning field techniques taught in seven labs and seven day field excursion
during mid-term recess.
Prerequisite: 331 or permission of instructor
001 GL 202 - M 12:00PM - 01:00PM Ave Lallemant, Hans G. Enr: 4 Max: 0
ESCI 353 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOCHEMISTRY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Theories and problems of chemical hazards in the environment due to natural
processes, with emphasis on low-temperature aqueous systems.
001 TBA - TBA Luttge, Andreas Enr: 0 Max: 0
ESCI 404 GRADUATE RESEARCH Credits 1.00 Spring 02
NO DESCRIPTION
001 GL 105 - TTH 04:00PM - 05:00PM Morgan, Julie Enr: 28 Max: NA
ESCI 406 SEMINAR:CURRENT RESEARCH IN EARTH SCIENC Credits 1.00 Spring 02
A series of lectures on current research in various areas of geology and
geophysics.
001 GL 106 - W 04:00PM - 05:00PM Staff Enr: 10 Max: 0
ESCI 415 ECONOMIC GEOLOGY-PETROLEUM Credits 3.00 Spring 02
A study of the geology of petroleum: origin, migration, and accumulation will
be studied. Government regulation and industry economics will be examined.
001 GL 107 - M 05:30PM - 08:00PM Riese, Rusty Enr: 4 Max: 0
ESCI 423 ANTARCTIC MARINE GEOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
The study of marine geologic principles and processes using examples from the
Southern Oceans. Not offered every year.
001 TBA - TBA Anderson, John B. Enr: 3 Max: 0
ESCI 428 GEOLOGIC INTERPRETATION OF REFLECTION P Credits 4.00 Spring 02
Practical application of the reflection seismic method used in the tectonic
analysis of deformed belts and sedimentary basins. Includes various case
studies from around the world, with emphasis on the integration of seismic
reflection data with other surface and subsurface geological/geophysical
information. Basics of seismic processing are introduced only in the framework
of interpretation problems. Modern hydrocarbon exploration concepts based on
the structural/stratigraphic interpretation of 2D and 3D seismic reflection
data are also discussed.
001 TBA - TTH 05:00PM - 07:00PM Tari, Gabor Enr: 5 Max: 0
ESCI 441 GEOPHYSICAL DATA ANALYSIS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Review of linear algebra and probability. Time series analysis, linear
systems, data fitting, model parameter estimation, inverse theory, linear and
nonlinear methods, global optimization.
Prereq- MATH 211, NSCI 230 or equivalent programming experience.
001 GL 202 - M 02:00PM - 04:00PM Zelt, Colin A. Enr: 3 Max: 0
ESCI 444 REFLECTION SEISMIC DATA PROCESSING LAB Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Experience with processing reflection seismic data. The lab covers seismic
data organization, velocity analysis, stacking, filtering, deconvolution,
migration, and display, using the Center for Computational Geophysics
facility's Omega Seismic Processing System.
Prereq- GEOL 442: Not offered every year.
001 GL 105 - MW 11:00AM - 11:50AM
GL 2 Sawyer, Dale S. Enr: 7 Max: 0
ESCI 446 SOLID EARTH GEOPHYSICS Credits 4.00 Spring 02
A review of the structure of the Earth and key physical processes that have
shaped it. The course topics include the geometry of plate tectonics, past
plate motions and paleomagnetism, seismology, the gravitational field,
geochronology, heat in the Earth, and the features
of continental and oceanic
lithosphere. Laboratory exercises are computer based. Each involves using
data and modern software to constrain aspects of the Earth's structure or
history. Some labs are based on classical analyses from the literature, while
others are based on observations, acquired using the Internet, of current
geophysical
events.
001 GL 327 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM
GL Lenardic, Adrian Enr: 3 Max: 0
ESCI 454 GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCE Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Introduction to geographic information systems (GIS) technology, mapping
sciences, and spatial analysis. The course will include extensive computer use
and the completion of a major individual project on a topic selected by the
student.
001 GL 105 - MWF 09:00AM - 09:50AM Sawyer, Dale S. Enr: 5 Max: 0
ESCI 475 PLIO-PLEISTOCENE CLIMATE CHANGE & HOMINI Credits 3.00 Spring 02
* DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Junctures in the evolution of the hominids appear to coincide with shifts in
the Earth's climate record. We will explore the current status of our
knowledge of global climate in the Plio-Pleistocene and of the hominid record
from the end of the Miocene to the appearance of H. Sapiens sapiens. Also
offered as ANTH 475.
001 GL 107 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Dickens, Gerald Enr: 1 Max: 0
Droxler, Andre W.
McIntosh, Roderick J.
ESCI 482 SENIOR RESEARCH IN GEOLOGY Credits Spring 02
See Geol 481.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 1 Max: 0
ESCI 492 SPECIAL STUDIES FOR UNDERGRADUATES Credits Spring 02
See Geol 491.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 2 Max: 0
ESCI 502 SPECIAL STUDIES FOR GRADUATES Credits Spring 02
See Geol 501.
001 TBA - TBA Staff Enr: 3 Max: 0
ESCI 506 CARBONATE SEDIMENTOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Characterization of modern and ancient, shallow and deep sedimentary
environments and facies. Includes examination of different depositional models
in relation both to climate and to hydrographic and geographic settings, as
well as three field trips.
Prereq- Geol 332.
001 TBA - TBA Droxler, Andre W. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ESCI 510 HAWAIIAN STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
No description.
001 TBA - TBA Morgan, Julie Enr: 2 Max: NA
ESCI 515 SEM: CLASSROOM EARTH: PUTTING EARTH SCI Credits 3.00 Spring 02
No description
001 GL 105 - T 05:00PM - 08:00PM Shipp, Stephanie Enr: 1 Max: 0
ESCI 517 SEMINAR: IGNEOUS PETROLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
This seminar will cover selected topics and techniques of modern igneous
petrology and geochemistry. Weekly meetins will focus on discussion of journal
readings and/or data sets to be analyzed.
001 TBA - TBA Leeman, William P. Enr: 1 Max: 0
ESCI 520 SEM: SEISMOLOGY Credits 3.00 Spring 02
No description
001 TBA - TBA Levander, Alan Enr: 4 Max: 0
ESCI 527 SEM: PRINCIPLES & PRACTICE OF PETROLEUM Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Focus on principles of petroleum geochemistry and their integration into the
multi-disciplinary processes of petroleum exploration and exploitation.
Discuss how petroleum geochemistry is used to assess risk factors in
exploration plays (source, thermal history, hydrocarbon expulsion and
migration), and to constrain exploitation planing (fluid heterogeneity and
reservoir compartmentalization; trap capacity vs. hydrocarbon charge:
hydrocarbon alteration and phase segregation manifestations; etc.
Prereq- Basic geology and Geochemistry.
001 TBA - TBA Bissada, K. K. Enr: 0 Max: 0
ESCI 528 SEM: THE SHELL GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE CUR Credits 3.00 Spring 02
No Description
001 TBA - TBA Dickens, Gerald Enr: 5 Max: 0
Droxler, Andre W.
Shipp, Stephanie
ESCI 532 ADVANCED GLOBAL TECTONICS Credits 3.00 Spring 02
No description
001 GL 107 - MWF 01:00PM - 01:50PM Gordon, Richard G. Enr: 1 Max: 0
ESCI 555 ADVANCED TOPICS IN GEOCHEMISTRY REACTION Credits 3.00 Spring 02
Study of selected topics in low temperature aqueous
geochemistry.
001 TBA - TBA Luttge, Andreas Enr: 3 Max: 0
ESCI 562 ADVANCED TOPICS IN GEOPHYSICS Credits Spring 02
No Description.
001 TBA - TBA Morgan, Julie Enr: 1 Max: NA
ESCI 568 STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF DEFORMED ROCKS Credits 4.00 Spring 02
Study of structures, textures, and fabrics of deformed rocks. Includes strain
and kinematic analysis.
001 TBA - TBA Ave Lallemant, Hans G. Enr: 1 Max: 0
ESCI 580 PREPARATION OF M.A. THESIS PROPOSAL Credits 3.00 Spring 02
See Geol 579.
001 TBA - WF 02:30PM - 07:00PM Staff Enr: 0 Max: 0
ESCI 590 PREPARATION OF PH.D. THESIS PROPOSAL Credits 3.00 Spring 02
See Geol 589.
001 GL 106 - M 02:30PM - 07:00PM Staff Enr: 2 Max: 0
ESCI 800 THESIS RESEARCH Credits Spring 02
No description
001 GL 106 - TTH 02:30PM - 07:00PM Staff Enr: 25 Max: 0
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