Advanced Topics in Geology: Appalachian Geology

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This is a topics course. Course content varies. Recent topics include Geology and Colonialism, Carbonate Petrology, Appalachian Geology, Advanced Evolution, The Snowball Controversy, and Climate Change. Current topic description: Students will study Earth's changing environments by using geologic indicators preserved in carbonate rocks and sediments. The course is laboratory-based, with an emphasis on making predictions, observations, and interpretations on samples collected by the class during field trips to ancient and modern carbonate environments.