Description

Overview:

This undergraduate level course presents a basic study in geology. It introduces major minerals and rock types, rock-forming processes, and time scales; temperatures, pressures, compositions, structure of the Earth, and measurement techniques; geologic structures and relationships observable in the field; sediment movement and landform development by moving water, wind, and ice; crustal processes and planetary evolution in terms of global plate tectonics with an emphasis on ductile and brittle processes.

Subject:

Geology

Level:

Community College / Lower Division

Material Type:

Full Course

Author:

Oliver Jagoutz, Taylor Perron

Provider:

MIT

Provider Set:

MIT OpenCourseWare

Date Added:

01/01/2008