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Some relevant courses offered at University of Oregon
Tectonic Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution (GEOL 410/510) Lecture and laboratory course exploring landscape evolution and interactions between tectonic, climatic, and geomorphic processes. Includes field-trip based projects and report writing as well as laboratory exercises using geographical information system (GIS) analyses and computer simulations. Roering.
Hillslope Geomorphology (GEOL 441/541) Lecture and laboratory course exploring hillslope processes, including hillslope hydrology, mechanics of mass movements, weathering and soil formation, and overland flow erosion. Includes field-based projects for which students write scientific reports summarizing their field data, analyses, and interpretations and a series of laboratory exercises involving air photos, maps, and computer simulations. Roering.
Data Analysis for Earth and Environmental Sciences (GEOL 418/518) Lecture and computer lab introduction to descriptive statistics, error propagation, hypothesis testing, linear and multiple regression, serial correlation, discriminant function analysis, directional data analysis, and other topics. Weekly computer-based laboratory exercises and problem sets use a tools-based approach to statistical analysis. Roering.
Fluvial Geomorphology (GEOG 427/527) Hydraulics and hydrology of stream channels; channel morphology and processes; drainage network development; fluvial deposits and landforms; field and analytical methods. McDowell.
Environmental Geomechanics (GEOL 462/562) Application of fluid and solid mechanics to understanding processes in the earth and environmental sciences. Rempel.
Neotectonics and Quaternary Geology (GEOL 452/552) Interpretation of active structures from deformed Quaternary sediments and surfaces using case histories. Field project uses air photos and field techniques. Weldon.
Long-Term Environmental Change (GEOG 430/530) Evolution of the physical landscape during the Quaternary period. Elements of paleoclimatology, paleoecology, and geomorphology. Bartlien.
Hydrology and Water Resources (GEOG 425/525) Emphasis on surface water including precipitation, evapotranspiration, surface runoff, and stream flow. Understanding and analysis of processes. Marcus.
Crustal Deformation (GEOL 460/560) Deformation of the earth's lithosphere from seismic, volcanic, and hydrologic processes; geodetic and seismic techniques; models of elastic and visco-elastic deformation. Schmidt.
Isotope Geochemistry (GEOL 473/573) Introduction to nuclear physics and isotopic systematics; techniques of isotopic analysis; applications of stable (nonradiogenic and radiogenic) and radioactive isotopes in geochronology and as tracers for geological processes. Bindeman.
Mechanical Earth (GEOL 455/555) Introduction to continuum mechanics. Includes stress and strain, friction, elasticity, viscous fluids, constitutive laws, equations of motion, and deformation of the earth. Schmidt.