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Get a brilliant introduction into a truly fascinating and relevant topic in this course that teaches you the fundamentals of geology.
Overview
Syllabus
- 01: Origin of the Universe
- 02: Origin of the Solar System
- 03: Continental Drift
- 04: Plate Tectonics
- 05: The Formation of Minerals
- 06: Classification of Minerals
- 07: The Identification of Minerals
- 08: Kinds of Rocks
- 09: Sedimentary Rocks
- 10: Metamorphic Rocks
- 11: Volcanic Activity
- 12: Phases of Volcanic Activity
- 13: The Hawaiian Islands and Yellowstone Park
- 14: Mass Wasting-Gravity at Work
- 15: Mass Wasting Processes
- 16: Weathering
- 17: Soils and the Clay Minerals
- 18: Climate and the Type of Soils
- 19: Streams-The Major Agent of Erosion
- 20: Sculpting of the Landscape
- 21: Stream Erosion in Arid Regions
- 22: Ice Sculpts the Final Scene
- 23: Groundwater
- 24: The Production of Groundwater
- 25: Karst Topography
- 26: Groundwater Contamination
- 27: Rock Deformation
- 28: The Geologic Structures
- 29: Faults and Joints
- 30: Earthquakes
- 31: Damage from Earthquakes
- 32: Seismology
- 33: The Formation of Mountains
- 34: Orogenic Styles
- 35: Economic Geology of Coal
- 36: Economic Geology of Petroleum
- By This Professor
Taught by
John J. Renton
