Earth Science Today  GEOL 170 - Spring 2013

Lecture Notes (Lecture Outlines)


   Topic

What is Science : Earth Systems
Atoms and Elements - What is a mineral?
The Rock Cycle & Rocks
Plate Tectonics - A scientific revolution
Plate Tectonics -  Mechanics & Boundaries
Volcanoes -  Types
Volcanoes -  Hazards and Predict
Earthquakes - What are they?
Earthquakes - Hazards and Predictions
Seeing into the Earth
Geologic Time
Stratigraphy and Rocks
What is a fossil?
How do we know so much about dinosaurs?
Origins
Distant Objects/Sun & Earth/Phases of the Moon/Planetary Processes
Dynamics of Weather
Climate

Streams