GEOCHRONOLOGY, TIMESCALES, AND RATES OF GEOLOGIC PROCESSES

GEOSCI 610

Course Description

Application of radioisotopic (Ar-Ar, U-Pb, U-Th, U-He) and cosmogenic (He, Ne, Cl, Be, C) dating methods. Status of geologic, astronomic and paleomagnetic timescales, Chronology of flood basalts, impacts, extinctions, glaciations. Constraints on rates of magmatism, mountain uplift, deformation, erosion, sedimentation.

Prerequisties

GEOSCI/GLE 370 or graduate/professional standing

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average

3.44

-3.3% from Historical

Completion Rate

100%

2.25% from Historical

A Rate

75%

42.19% from Historical

Class Size

-12.09% from Historical

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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