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GEOL 209: Chronostratigraphy and Invertebrate Paleontology

(1 Unit)
Prerequisite: GEOL 101  or GEOL 103 , or BIOL 195 .
A comprehensive examination of invertebrate fossils and measurements of time in geology. Emphasizes study of fossils and their identification, biology, evolutionary history and use in geology. Includes magnetostratigraphy, global event stratigraphy, and radiometric dating methods. Two field trips. Laboratory emphasizes fossil identification, morphology, and functional morphology, and geochronologic exercises using fossils and other geologic data. Offered in alternate years. Bartels.