Examination of environmental issues within the context of earth system processes through laboratory and field activities. Characteristics of river & coastal flooding, mass movements, volcanic & earthquake hazards are investigated, as are the factors that control their distribution over time & space and their possible impacts on human groups. Processes of mineral & energy resource formation, factors determining their distribution over space, and impacts of their extraction & use are also considered. Emphasis is placed on putting the present-day in a ‘deep time’ context by using the rock record to infer the occurrence of hazard and resource-forming processes in the past. Meets the Critical Perspectives: Scientific Investigation of the Natural World requirement. Meets the Critical Learning: SA requirement.

Prerequisite: No credit after Geology 140.

Degree requirement — Critical Learning: SA, Critical Perspectives: I

1 unit — Schanz

Offerings

Term	Block	Title	Instructor	Location	Student Limit/Available	Updated
Fall 2024	Block 1	Environmental Geology	Sarah Schanz	Palmer Hall 15	25 / 10	11/04/2024
Spring 2025	Block 7	Environmental Geology	Sarah Schanz	TBA	25 / 25	11/04/2024