Week | Topics | Chapters |
1. | Intro. and Overview Plate Tectonics Foundations (p.1.) | 1 & 3 |
2. | Rocks and Minerals | 2, Appendix C |
3. | Tectonism, Diastrophism, Mass Movement and Volcanism | 4,5 & 8 |
4. | Mineral Resources and Soil | 11 - 12 |
5. | Water as Resource Streams, Floods, Coastal Processes |
10,6,7 |
6. | Mass Movement, Wind and Deserts and Glaciation | 8 & 9 |
7. | MID TERM EXAM | |
8. | Energy Resources Nuclear, Tidal, Fossil Fuels |
13 & 14 |
9. | Waste Disposal | 15 |
10. | Water & Air Pollution | 16 & 17 |
11. | Land Use Planning, Maps/Mapping | 19, Appendix B |
12. | Medical Geology- Isotopes, Vitamins, Contamination | 20 |
13. | Environmental Law- National and International Overview | 18 |
Text:Montgomery, Carla Environmental Geology, 6th Ed. WCB Mcgraw Hill, 2003