ENV 107 Environmental Geology

An introduction to how geology affects the human-built environment and how human activities alter the geologic environment. Environmental geology is applied geology. Prospective content of the course includes the following topics: fundamental concepts, earth materials and processes, river flooding, landslides and related phenomena, earthquakes and seismicity, volcanism, rock cycle, coastal hazards, hydrology, waste disposal, mineral resources, energy and the environment, and landscape evolution. ES

Credits

3

Offered

Occasional--Contact Department

Yearly

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