ESCI 1030 - Physical Geology

1. Shaping the Earth’s Crust Folds, Faults and Mountains Earthquakes and the Earth’s Interior Plate Tectonics: Creating Oceans and Continents
2. Forming the Earth Minerals Igneous Processes and Igneous Rocks Volcanoes and Volcanism Weathering: Breakdown of Rocks Sedimentation and Sedimentary Rocks Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks Telling Time Geologically
3. Sculpting the Earth’s Surface Mass Movement Streams and Floods Groundwater, Caves and Karst Glaciers and Ice Ages Deserts and Wind Action Shores and Coastal Processes Earth’s Resources

1. interpret topographic maps, geologic maps and stereo photos.
2. identify common rocks and minerals based on standard physical and chemical properties
3. recognize regional land forms from their unique geologic features.
4. explain fundamental principles of geology including plate tectonics, geologic time, geologic structures, and landscape formation.

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