Course Outline

Lecture Topic

Text Pages

Introduction

Earth materials

1-21

22-40

Rock Cycle

Geologic time

22-40

40-54

Plate tectonics 1, Plate tectonics 2, and Metamorphic rocks

56-77

Earthquakes and global scale processes Earthquakes 1 and Earthquakes 2

82-129

Volcanism Igneous rocks, Volcanoes 1, and Volcanoes 2

132-168

Weathering and soils Weathering and Soils

172-201

Mid-term Theory Exam

 

Landslides and mass wasting

204-227

Surface water Water1, Streams, Flooding

241-271

Groundwater, groundwater issues

Subsidence

274-308

227-238

Oceans and coasts Waves and coastal processes, and Shorelines

312-345

Glaciation and climate change glaciers, and Ice ages and climate change

347-386

Arid regions and desertification Atmospheric circulation and deserts

392-401

Earth resources / Economic Geology

406-502

Summary

 

Text: Pipkin, Bernard W. and Trent, D., Geology and the Environment (3rd Edition), West/Wadsworth, 2000

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