For students taking EARTH 121. Laboratory exercises on selected topics from EARTH 121 lectures. [Offered: F]
This course explores the geological processes of the Earth's interior and surface. These include volcanism, earthquakes, mountain building, glaciation...
For students taking EARTH 122. Laboratory exercises on selected topics from EARTH 122 lectures. [Offered: W]
This course presents a broad overview of earth system processes and their influence on humans. Course emphasis is placed on anthropogenic impacts on...
This course consists of outdoor field exercises designed to provide students with hands-on experience with a variety of hydrological monitoring...
Introduction to the main components of the hydrologic cycle including precipitation processes, evapotranspiration, soil water and groundwater flow,...
This course studies earth materials and processes from an engineering point of view through case histories and problem sets. The course develops a...
This course is a basic introduction to the important physical and chemical processes that occur in the terrestrial atmosphere. The course includes...
Origin, abundance and geochemistry of elements. Introduction to stable isotope geology and radiometric dating. Basic aqueous geochemistry. [Offered:...
This course introduces the science of hydrology, emphasizing the hydrologic cycle and the interactions that are of environmental significance. The...
Systematic mineralogy: study of the physical properties of the major rock-forming minerals; their identification, classification and occurrence....
An introduction to optical mineralogy. Basic theory of the behaviour of light through minerals; concept of indicatrices; understanding relief,...
An introduction to stratigraphic principles and methods used in deciphering geological history. The development of stratigraphic sequences as...
The principles of paleontology with particular stress on the paleontological concepts; examples will be drawn primarily from the fossil record of...
Concepts of stress and strain; elementary rock mechanics; description and classification of folds, faults, foliations, lineations and joints; use of...
An introduction to seismic, gravity, electric, electromagnetic and magnetic methods of exploration geophysics. [Offered: F] Prereq: PHYS 112 or 122...
The course will examine the physical causes and affects of natural disasters including landslides, snow avalanches, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes,...
The importance of geology to health. This includes examining the effects of volcanic gases and dust and other aerosols; tracing the sources and...
This course provides an introduction to modern regional air quality modelling. The models used are Models-3, the U.S. Environmental Protection...
The chemistry and physics of the terrestrial atmosphere, with emphasis on the operation of major anthropogenic influences, such as ozone depletion,...