GEOL 50573 Geology of Texas
Prerequisites: GEOL 30243. This course is an overview of the stratigraphy and petroleum geology of Texas and the adjacent Gulf of Mexico. The course will focus on the relationship between plate tectonics, eustacy, basin formation, and stratigraphy, and how the interplay between them generated some of the largest accumulations of hydrocarbons on the planet. The course will also use Texas examples to discuss concepts of petroleum geology.