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GEOL 581 - Principles of Paleontology

Credits: 3

An overview of paleontological principles relating to the application of the fossil record to questions of evolution, paleoecology, paleoenvironment, depositional dynamics, facies analysis, and stratigraphy.

Note
Two 1.5 hour lectures, and one 3-hour lab per week.

Repeat for Credit
N

Requisites
Prerequisite: GEOL 102.

Typically Offered
Fall

K-State 8
Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
Natural and Physical Sciences


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