GEOL V03 — Historical Geology
This earth history course studies the interaction and development of planet earth's four large-scale interrelated systems: the lithosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere and atmosphere. The four-and-one-half-billion-year historical development of these four larger systems (and their many subsystems) will be interpreted and analyzed by studying evidence from earth's rock layers and fossil record. Topics will include: the basic geologic, hydrologic, atmospheric, and biologic processes at work on earth (past and present), as well as selected details related to plants, animals, rock, erosion, deposition, and the development of ocean basins, continents, and planet earth.