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Planet Earth...and You!
- Self-paced
- Free Access
- Fee-based Certificate
- 5 Sequences
- Introductive Level
Course details
Syllabus
- Just what is an earthquake?
- Recording and measuring shakes
- Consequences of quakes
- Prediction and preparation
- Continental drift and sea-floor spreading
- What is a plate?
- Plate boundaries
- Earthquakes and plate tectonics
- Where does molten rock come from?
- Introduction to igneous rocks
- Types of eruptions
- Volcanic hazards
- What is the "stuff" of modern life?
- Where do the elements come from?
- Soil: the base for life
- Mining metals and quarrying rocks
- What's the "fossil" in fossil fuel?
- How do we find oil?
- Nuclear power
- Energy challenges in the future
Prerequisite
Instructors
Dr. Stephen Marshak
Professor and Director of the School of Earth, Society, and Environment
Department of Geology
Dr. Eileen Herrstrom
Lecturer
Geology
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