GLGY 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Formation And Evolution Of The Solar System, Planetary Geology, Structural Geology

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27 May 2016
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Emergence of modern science as distinct and independent human inquiry. Comparison and relationships between science and other human inquiries (e. g. , art, religion, law, etc). Importance of scientific thinking in the development of geology: planetary geology. Earth as planet and its place in the universe. Formation of the earth as part of the solar system solar nebula theory: earth internal structure and chemical composition, methods of investigation. Internal structure of the earth according to chemical and physical properties: major chemical elements in the earth and its crust, minerals and rocks. Principles of crystallography and mineralogy: major mineral groups on earth. Types of rocks (e. g. , igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary) and their characteristics. Rock cycle: atmosphere and hydrosphere, major components and their role in geological processes, atmosphere and hydrosphere as media for sediment transport, general data about climate, elements of structural geology. Field observations and seismic investigation as key methods in deciphering the. Earth"s internal structure: vestiges of ancient life forms.

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