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Mineral Resources and the Environment GEOL 321
By LEE SIEGEL
Of the Emerald
A course highly relevant to the present energy crisis will be of
fered for students with little scientific background by the geology
department winter term The course is Geology 321. ‘-Mineral
Resources and the Environment."
"The basic requirement of this course is a committment to
learning about the environment and the impact of man's activities on
the environment, says Gordon Goles. who will teach the course.
Goles is a professor of geology and chemistry, and is director of the
University’s Center for Volcanology.
students in the course will be asked to do studies of “topical and
regional problems such as the probable impacts of nuclear power in
the Pacific Northwest, the possible use of solar power for domestic
heating in the Willamette Valley and the problems involved in utilizing
wood as a renewable resource.
The course grade will depend almost entirely on these studies,
which Goles sees as "a series of short white papers written bv
students." Goles forsees no tests.
The general subject matter will be the sources and uses of energy
and the manner by which man's activities affect the overall world
energy budget.
Goles said that some of the studies done by students in the course
last year and by their professor. William Holser. may be published in
Science magazine soon The studies concerned the true energy costs of
things used by consumers such as automobiles, housing and even
water for domestic use.
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Study the world's oceans, seas
Oceanography
GEOL 353
By TORRIE McALLISTER
Of the Emerald
“Oceanography” will
provide an introduction to
physical, chemical and biological
processes of the world’s oceans
for students interested in marine
geology. Previous science
courses are not required.
The course, taught by Ewart
Baldwin, professor of geology,
will focus on the history and
geography of oceans Marine
geologists have discovered that
all present ocean floors are new
compared to most of the rocks of
the continents. Of course “new,"
geologically speaking, means
rocks that have formed in
the last 100 million years instead
of a billion years ago. The Red
Sea between Arabia and Egypt is
very actively spreading right
now and is a developing ocean
The course will be divided
into two lectures a week and a
discussion section. Discussions
will be held at seven different
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