| Description |
This course provides an introduction to physical and historical geology, including the nature of the earth, its description and the processes that govern its formation and change; rocks and minerals that make up the earth, their characteristics and how they form, and how those rocks reveal Earth’s past. The course addresses aspects of mineralogy, petrology, structural geology, plate tectonics, volcanology, seismology, stratigraphy, weathering and erosion, paleontology, paleogeographic reconstruction, and geochemistry. MnTC Goal 3. |