Identify and interpret common earth materials
Life, Earth & Environmental Sciences · Earth & Planetary Sciences
EARTH-230Earth Materials & Landscape Processes
Studies minerals, rocks, sediments, soils, geomorphic processes, and the material histories recorded in landscapes.
Course outcomes
What students develop
Connect material properties to landscape processes
Read stratigraphic and geomorphic evidence
Document samples and spatial context
Course content
Topics and questions
- Minerals and rocks
- Weathering and soils
- Sediments and stratigraphy
- Tectonic and surface processes
- Landscape evolution
Methods & resources
Tools and environments
- Hand specimens and microscopy
- Field mapping tools
- GIS and topographic data
Evaluation
Demonstration of learning
- Material identification
- Field mapping exercise
- Landscape history report
Program relationships
Where this course fits
Core
Geography, Geospatial Intelligence & Spatial Systems
Combines human and physical geography with GIS, remote sensing, LiDAR, cartography, spatial data, and field interpretation.
Core
Environmental Systems & Earth Observation
Combines ecology, climate, earth science, remote sensing, environmental data, and field monitoring.
Core
Earth, Life & Planetary Systems
Original research across earth history, living systems, climate, planetary processes, and coupled environmental change.
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