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EOSC 311 - The Earth and its Resources

Course Description

An introduction to the Earth with emphasis on its industrial and aesthetic resources. Rocks, minerals, gold, diamonds, sediments, fossils, oil and gas, canyons, and volcanoes and the processes that create them. Not for credit in the Faculties of Science and Applied Science. No background in Science or Mathematics is required.


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Learning Goals

under development

Instructors

James Scoates

Textbook

Vancouver, City on the Edge by Johnn Clague & Bob Turner

Course Content

Available through WebCT.

Lecture Topics

WeekTopic
1Introduction - Resources & the Earth in Space
2Earth’s Materials - Elements, Minerals & Rocks
3Geologic Time - 4.5 Billion Years of Earth History
4Plate Tectonics - A Unifying Theory
5Earthquakes and the Earth’s Interior
6Volcanoes, Magma and Igneous Rocks
7Erosion, Canyons, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
8Mountain-building, Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
9Energy: Fossil Fuels, Gas Hydrates, Nuclear, Alternative
10Metals and Gemstones
11Water: From the Continents to the Oceans
12Climate Change: Deserts, Glaciers, Global Change
13Geology and Resources of the Solar System

Labs

There are no labs for this course.

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