May 23, 2026  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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GEOL 553 - Modern and Ancient Soils

3 Credit Hours
An investigation of soils in the modern and geologic record. Topics include an overview of soil formation and major soil processes, field and laboratory techniques in the study of soils and paleosols, impacts of environmental and climatic change on soil systems, as well as the use of paleosols in paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic reconstructions.
Contact Hour Distribution: 2 hours lecture, 2-hour lab.



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