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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. Identification of main fossil groups.

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

Repeat for Credit
N

Requisites:
Prerequisite: GEOL 200

Typically Offered
Fall

K-State 8
Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning

K-State 8 Tag 2
Natural and Physical Sciences


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