在线地质科学硕士 Curriculum

本课程旨在介绍地表和地下数据二维和三维可视化的原理, 分析, and management and the applications of geospatial techniques in addressing 地质, 环境, or petroleum resource exploration problems. Topics include geospatial data organization and preparation, 探索性数据分析, 地理空间数据相关与回归, 空间插值与建模, 储层体积计算, and well production data 分析 and performance evaluation.

学习成果:

• Students will be able to summarize and manage geospatial data.
• 学生将能够使用ArcGIS Pro和Petrel生成地表和地下数据可视化并分析数据.
• 学生将能够解释空间自相关和自相关在地理空间建模中的作用.
• Students will be able to use core geostatistical components and functionality of ArcGIS Pro.
• Students will be able to analyze geospatial data distributions using geostatistical measures.
• Students will be able to conduct geospatial 模型s and conduct uncertainty 分析.
• 学生将能够评估井的生产数据，以优化未来在Petrel的生产操作.
• Students will be able to conduct well production forecasting.
• 学生将能够运用适当的数据分析技术来解决现实世界的地质或环境问题.

学生们研究关于固体内行星地质的当前问题和问题, 卫星, 以及太阳系的小天体. 实验室部分允许学生使用来自航天器任务和样本研究的数据.

学习成果:

• 学生将能够勾勒出太阳系和主要行星的地质演化，以及几个卫星和小天体.
• 学生将能够在地质学方面对太阳系中的固体进行比较和对比.
• 学生将能够解释基本的地质过程(除了物理, 化学, and biological processes) at work on solid bodies in the solar system.

本课程介绍地球主要元素的岩浆和变质演化, 微量元素, and radiogenic and stable isotope geochemistry. 学生学习如何生成, present and use geo化学 data as tracers of geologic processes, 重点是固体地球过程.

学习成果:

• 学生将能够描述一种元素(及其同位素)的分布，因为它在地球的主要储集层(岩心)中循环, 地幔, 地壳).
• 学生将能够使用地球化学数据来解释火成岩和变质岩的形成和演化.
• Students will be able to read and critically evaluate articles in geo化学 journals.
• 学生将能够访问, organize and synthesize data from published geo化学 databases (PetDB, NAVDAT, GEOROC, 等.).
• Students will be able to use common software programs to analyze, 模型, 向他人展示地球化学数据.
• 学生将能够以口头、图形和书面形式传达地球化学信息.
• 学生将能够设计一个适当的采样和分析策略来解决地球化学问题.

Study of stream processes and human interactions with rivers, 包括用于研究自然和受干扰溪流的定性和定量技术. Emphasis is placed on processes, river mechanics, and fluvial hydrology.

学习成果:

• 学生将能够使用常见的数值和定量技术进行流分析.
• Students will be able to critically evaluate readings and produce written analyses.
• Students will be able to produce 模型s of open channel flow in one-dimension.
• Students will be able to explain the major controls on channel geometries and morphologies.
• 学生将能够解释溪流生态学如何与河流形态和行为联系在一起.
• 学生将能够计算泥沙夹带、运输和沉积的参数.
• 学生将能够综合数据，以产生一个简单的流域尺度水文模型.
• Students will be able to explain linkages between human activities and stream properties.

Synthesis of the coupled histories of the Earth’s interior, surface, and life.

学习成果:

• Students will be able to explain the major factors that control the earth’s climate system.
• Students will be able to explain major 生物地球化学循环 on Earth.
• Students will be able to explain the interactions between plate tectonics, 生物地球化学循环, 和气候.
• Students will be able to explain feedback loops between ocean, land, and atmospheric systems.
• Students will be able to explain how earth and life co-evolved at key transitions.
• 学生将能够分析真实的数据，并用它来批判性地分析关于地球系统变化的断言.
• 学生将能够描述地球演化的主要阶段的差异:太古代, 原生代, 古生代, 中生代, 新生代.
• Students will be able to describe how the past helps understand global change occurring today.

Students learn fundamental concepts and theories related to occurrence, 运动, 存储, 反应, 污染, 以及地表水和地下水的修复以及通过案例研究将其newbb电子于现实世界的问题. 主题包括水问题, 水文循环, 地表水-地下水相互作用, 地下水可持续发展, 溪流和流域, 含水层的性质类型, 地下水流量及水质, 基础井水力学, 污染和补救.

学习成果:

• Students will be able to explain the components and the 水文循环.
• Students will be able to explain groundwater-surface water interaction and sustainability.
• Students will be able to characterize aquifer types.
• Students will be able to solve groundwater flow and 反应 problems.
• Students will be able to describe methods for hydrogeologic investigations.
• Students will be able to calculate properties and sustainable yield of an aquifer.
• 学生将能够描述污染和补救的基本和高级概念.
• 学生将能够用水文地质学的概念和理论描述主要的水问题.

本课程向学生全面介绍流域尺度的物理水文过程和技术. Students examine the hydrological cycle and its components, 水预算, 水文路径, 流量和流量频率分析, surface water and groundwater interactions, and hydrologic 模型ing and emerging technologies.

学习成果:

• Students will be able to define the key processes in the 水文循环.
• Students will be able to conduct 水预算 分析 in a watershed.
• Students will be able to delineate flow pathways at the watershed scale.
• 学生将能够解释如何在不同的景观和植被类型中控制或保持地表侵蚀在可接受的水平.
• 学生将能够根据水流速度和水流横截面积的知识计算水流流量.
• Students will be able to conduct flood frequency 分析.
• 学生将能够解释影响河流地貌和由此产生的景观特征的水文过程.
• 学生将能够量化地表水和地下水在溪流中的交换，并解释地下水如何在不同的景观环境中补给.
• Students will be able to explain hydrologic 模型ing processes.

Introduction to 环境 and geotechnical geophysics. Survey of applied geophysical methods including seismic, 重力, 磁, 电, 还有电磁技术.

学习成果(选定):

• Analyze common midpoint reflection data in terms of an irregular contact.
• Analyze walkaway reflection data in terms of dipping, planar contacts.
• Correct 重力 data for the effects of latitude, 海拔(布格), 地形, tides and instrument drift to obtain a 重力 anomaly.
• 利用简单的几何公式和反演软件根据地下密度变化解释重力异常.
• 根据反射触点和被埋物体的深度解释探地雷达反射和衍射数据.
• 理解视电阻率伪剖面的概念及其与偶极-偶极数据获得的电阻率图像的关系.
• 了解探地雷达速度与地下介电常数的关系.
• Understand the variation of the geo磁 field’s total intensity, declination and inclination over the Earth’s surface.

Advanced seminar on current research in geology.

学习成果:

• Students will participate in weekly research lectures on advanced ideas in 地质 thought.
• Students will be able to ask insightful questions and discuss data and ideas.