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Course ID: M86010XM
Credits: 3
Course Prerequisites: None
Course Description and Goals:
Introduce students to your natural environment and the human interactions and everyday problems with our environment and global community from a geological perspective. Increase awareness of environmental issues and how they affect society. Gain an understanding of the physical processes that operate in and on Earth.
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Lecture notes
Keller, E., Introduction to Environmental Geology (5th Edition), Prentice Hall, 2011.
Field trip (4 days and 3 nights) from Friday to next Monday
Course Schedule (subject to change):
1st week Introduction to Environmental Geology
2nd week Earth material, structure and plate tectonics
3rd week Natural Hazards – Overview
4th week Natural Hazards – Earthquake
5th week Natural Hazards – Tsunami and volcanic activity
6th week Natural Hazards – Volcanic activity and rivers and flooding
7th week Natural Hazards – Rivers and flooding
8th week Midterm
9th week Natural Hazards – Landslides
10th week Natural Hazards – Groundwater resources
11th week Natural Hazards – Groundwater contaminations
12th week Natural Hazards – Coastal Hazards
13th week Energy resources
14th week Radioactive waste management
15th week Global climate change
16th week Geological aspects of environmental health and future
17th week Oral presentation
18th week Final
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