T & R in GY126 10:10-11:00 am

 Course Description

• The Evolution of the Earth is an introductory science course focused on the 5-billion years of Earth history.  It employs a deductive approach to build understanding the significance of rocks and fossils and reconstructing the origins of mountains, continents, and ocean basins.
  
• The course focuses on how the characteristics of rocks and fossils provide clues to the reconstruction of Earth's history  and the processes that have shaped its change over geological time. It considers major events in Earth's history and apects of its evolution that are relevant to contemporary environmental concerns.
• The primary course objectives are to develop an understanding of how and why the Earth changes over time, and the ability to interpret the history of its evolution from preserved rock records.

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