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GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 213
Ge. 225. Geology of Western America. 3 units; first term. 1941·1942.
Presents an organized concept of the geologic history of the Rocky Mountains.
the Colorado Plateau. Basin and Range. and Coast Range Provinces. Lectures.
mainly by staff members personally familiar with the regions discussed. and as·
signed reading.
Instructors: Buwalda. Campbell. Fraser. Maxson.
Ge. 226. Geomorphology. 10 units (3·0·7); first term.
Prerequisites: Ge. 109. 121 a. b.
Nature of erosional processes in a humid climate and the topographic features
developed. Sequence of land forms in the normal physiographic cycle. Brief discussion
of the arid. shoreline. and glacial cycles.
Lectures. assigned reading. Field trips to the San Gabriel and San Bernardino
Ranges for stream erosion. to selected strips of the California coast. and to the
glacial terrane of the high Sierras in the vicinity of the Palisades Glacier.
Instructor: Maxson.
Ge. 227. Shol'eline Geomorphology. 6 units (2-0-4); third term.
1940-1941.
Prerequisite: Ge. 226.
Processes of marine erosion and the shoreline cycle.
Field trips along the coast of California.
Text: Shore Processes tmd Shorelinlf Development, Johnson.
Instructor: Maxson.
Ge. 228. Geomorphology of Arid Region.. 6 units (2-0-4); third term.
1941-1942.
Prerequisite: Ge. 226.
Processes of erosion in an arid climate. Land forms of arid regions and their
modes of origin. The arid cycle of erosion in the Basin Range Province.
Lectures. assigned reading. Field trips to the Mojave Desert and Death Valley.
Instructor: Maxson.
Ge. 230. Geomorphology (Seminar). S units; third term.
Discussion of research and current literature of geomorphology.
In charge: Maxson.
Ge. 232a. Introduction to Petroleum Geology. 10 units (3-0-7); first
term.
Prerequisites: Ge. 109. 121 a, b.
Theories of origin. principles of movement and accumulation of oil and gas;
types of reservoir structures.
Instructor: Maxson.
Ge. 232b. Introduction to Petroleum Geology. 10 units (3-0-7); second
term.
Prerequisite: Ge. 232 a.
Studies of individual oil nelds involving discussion of structural conditions. preliminary
estimates of reservoir capacity. practical methods of surface and sublurface
mapping. and sub-surface correlation.
Instructor: Bode.