ENVIRSC 1G03- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 91 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Custom courseware package from the book store. Essentials of geology textbook (4th or 5th) Custom courseware for env sc(lab book) *buy it new* Mineral kit required for labs (buy it new) Defintion: the science of the earth, which includes the study of the materials , processes, products and history of the earth. The study of the whole earth system includes: lithosphere(rocks), hydrosphere(groundwater), atmosphere, biosphere. Plate tectonics 1- chapter 2 (fri. jan. 6th. 2017) Earth scientists : increase our understanding of the earth system and they apply. Structural geology: mountain building, mapping ore deposits etc. Geophysics: prediction of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, petroleum exploration etc. Time for atlantic ocean to open: 150 million. Approximate age if the rocky mountains: 60 million years. Papyrus map dated to 1150 bc from dried out bed called wadi hammamat in egypt. Location of quarry, occurrence of gold veins, gravels that very different. James harrell explains discovery at link below.
