EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Longshore Drift, Tectonic Subsidence, Downwelling

Eas 100 lecture 23 ocean waves, tides, and changes in sea level. El ni o warmer period of change near the equator. La nina relatively cooler period of 

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Barometer, Partial Pressure, Lapse Rate

Eas 100 lecture 24 atmospheric pressure and composition. Extent of the atmosphere: atmosphere is the outer part of the earth, gases, aerosols liquid dr

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Vapor Pressure, Lapse Rate, Relative Humidity

EAS100 Lecture 28: EAS 100 Lecture 28 - Circulation and Wind in the Atmosphere

Eas 100 lecture 28 atmospheric circulation, wind, and weather. Atmospheric circulation: sun directly hits the equator, air is warmer and rises towards 

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Sea Breeze, Pressure Gradient, Northern Hemisphere

Eas 100 lecture 29 wind and clouds in weather systems. Monsoon winds: pressure belts migrate seasonally which reverses wind direction, these affect ind

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Gobi Desert, Orographic Lift, Ferrari 250

Eas 100 lecture 33 dry weather and introduction to the biosphere. Deserts on earth: one of the manifestations of the global circulation cells, receive 

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 34: Carl Linnaeus, Tropical Rainforest, Biome

Eas 100 lecture 34 planetary perspective on life. Africa, etc: bioregion: all ecosystems that coexist in a specific region, ecozone: broader geographic

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Ediacara Hills, Mackenzie Mountains, Proterozoic

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Nitrogen Fixation, Electricity Market, Guano

Eas 100 lecture 36 biogeochemical cycles and populations. Biogeochemical cycles: movement of an element or compound through the biosphere and all of ea

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Logistic Function, Population Bottleneck, Exponential Growth

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Clearcutting, Overexploitation, Pegmatite

Eas 100 lecture 38 the anthroposphere and resource cycle. Managing renewable resources: fish, trees, etc. renewable if managed properly, can still depl

EAS100 Lecture 39: EAS 100 Lecture 39 - Minerals and Sediment as Resources

Eas 100 lecture 39 minerals and sediment as resources. Residual mineral deposits: chemical weathering dissolves some components of rock, leave other, u

EAS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Radioactive Waste, Oil Sands, Devonian

Eas 100 lecture 40 drivers of change in the earth system. Nuclear fuel: fuel uranium, concentrated in hydrothermal processes and in sedimentary rocks, 

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Introduction to the origin and evolution of the Earth and the solar system. Introduction to plate tectonics and the rock cycle. Simple energy balances and interactions between radiation and the atmosphere, land, oceans, ice masses, and the global hydrological cycle. Evolution of life, biogeography, and global climate in the context of geologic time. The carbon cycle. Human interaction with the Earth. Mineral and energy resources. Not available to students with credit in EAS 101, 102 or 201 or SCI 100 (Note: Students with credit in EAS 201 may take EAS 200.). [Faculty of Science]

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