Overview
Description
Earth history: crustal evolution, plate tectonics, oceans, atmosphere and biosphere.
Requirements
Prerequisites
GEOL 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): GEOL 101.
Units
Lecture3
Laboratory Studio1
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify the major techniques used by geologists to assess the paleoenvironments and sequence of events found in the rock record.
- recognize the sequence of and interrelationships between major events in the history of the Earth, its surface, and its life forms.
- properly classify different types of sedimentary rocks & structures and major groups of fossilizing organisms from hand samples.