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Fall 2015
Oct 31,2024 |
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| G 102 - Earths Dynamic Surface |
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Associated Term:
Fall 2015
Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: 1. Sort, describe and identify common examples of each of the major rock types. 2. Apply physical and chemical weather processes to case studies. 3. Match common sedimentary rock types and sedimentary structures to the environments of deposition where they are found. 4. Classify and describe mass-wasting events and processes by analyzing case-studies. 5. Analyze streams as dynamic systems and recognize geomorphic features associated with streams. 6. Explain the effects of climate and human impacts on groundwater systems, including aquifer depletion. 7. Examine theories of erosion and deposition and stream and glacial flow and apply them to case studies of streams, mass wasting, coastal processes, dune migration, and glacial melting. 8. Apply the theory of plate tectonics to Earth’s surface processes. 9. Describe eolian processes, coastal dune systems, and desertification. 10. Assess and examine problems related to mass wasting, flooding, groundwater pollution and depletion, global climate change, sea level transgression, and desertification; impacts of these problems on local people. 11. Evaluate scientific data on natural climate variability over time, and projections for future climate change and effects on melting snowpack and glaciers and water supplies worldwide. 12. Describe coastal erosion and deposition and geomorphology. Required Materials: Technical Requirements: |
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