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Collection Policy Manual, rev. ed
2003

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SUBJECT COLLECTIONS

GEOSCIENCES


Academic Program
 

Undergraduate major and minor, M.S. Interdisciplinary doctorate with specialization in biogeochemistry available.

Geological sciences studied at UWM include: soil science; geomorphology; geochemical thermodynamics; glacial and pleistocene geology; physical oceanography; physical and chemical hydrogeology; environmental geology, including groundwater geology; engineering geology; petroleum geology; stratigraphy and sedimentation; paleontology and paleoecology; plate tectonics; geodynamics; geomechanics and structural geology; mineralogy; petrology; geophysical exploration; seismic wave propagation; seismic exploration and interpretation; geoelectrical methods; ice mechanics; gravity and magnetism; mathematical geology; geochemistry; x-ray crystallography.

Atmospheric sciences with strong emphasis on mathematical modelingnd thermodynamics; cloud physics; synoptic analysis; remote sensing; hydrology; mesoscale circulations; climate dynamics; radiation; and weather forecasting.

Atmospheric Sciences, formerly taught in the Geosciences Department, is now a concentration in the Mathematical Sciences Department.

Collection Level
 

Research.

Collection Profile

        The following LC classification range descriptions represent areas of concentration for geosciences:
        GB (Physical Geography): Hydrology. Water; Methodology; Communication of information (general); Hydrology by region or country; Hydrological cycles and forecasting; Geothermal resources; Ice. Snow.
        GC (Oceanography): Physical oceanography (e.g., density, temperature).
        HD (Economic History and Conditions): Mineral and metal industries (Petroleum).
        QC (Physics): Geophysics. Geomagnetism.
        QD (Chemistry): Crystallography. QE (Geology): General; History. Biography; Geographical divisions (Great Lakes, Eastern regions; Illinois. Indiana; Michigan. Minnesota; Wisconsin); Mineralogy; Petrology; Dynamic and structural geology; Stratigraphy; Paleontology; Paleoecology; Paleobotany. Selectively collected categories: Geographical divisions (Ohio; Pennsylvania); Paleozoology.
        S (Agriculture (general)): Conservation of natural resources. Selectively collected category: Soils. Soil science.
        SD (Forestry): Forest soils.
        TA (Engineering (general). Civil Engineering (general)): Engineering geology; Rock. Soil mechanics.
        TD (Environmental Technology. Sanitary Engineering): Soil pollution.
        TN (Mining Engineering. Metallurgy): General. History; Economic geology. Mineral deposits; Ore deposit. Particular metals; Nonmetallic minerals. Petroleum. Selectively collected categories: Prospecting. Surveying; Mining operations.

Languages
 

Mainly English. Some German. Some primary source material in Chinese, French, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese Latin, Spanish, Russian, and other languages.

Related Subject Collections
 
Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Engineering, Geography, Great Lakes, Mathematical Sciences, and Physics.

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