Earthquakes, volcanoes, mountain building, ice ages, landslides, floods, life evolution, plate motions—all of these phenomena have interacted over the vast expanses of deep time to sculpt the dynamic planet that we live on today. Planet Earth presents an overview of several aspects of our home, from a geological perspective. We begin with earthquakes—what they are, what causes them, what effects they have, and what we can do about them. We will emphasize that plate tectonics—the grand unifying theory of geology—explains how the map of our planet's surface has changed radically over geologic time, and why present-day geologic activity—including a variety of devastating natural disasters such as earthquakes—occur where they do. We consider volcanoes, types of eruptions, and typical rocks found there. Finally, we will delve into the processes that produce the energy and mineral resources that modern society depends on, to help understand the context of the environment and sustainability challenges that we will face in the future.
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Planet Earth...and You!
Universidad de Illinois en Urbana-ChampaignAcerca de este Curso
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Orientation
Week 1: Earthquakes!
Week 2: Plate Tectonics
Week 3: Volcanoes!
Week 4: Rocks and Mineral Resources
Reseñas
- 5 stars88,25 %
- 4 stars10,56 %
- 3 stars0,39 %
- 2 stars0,58 %
- 1 star0,19 %
Principales reseñas sobre PLANET EARTH...AND YOU!
Excellent Course for Geoscience students! Lab parts are so challenging and informative. I really enjoy this course. The explanations are clear. The forum parts a bit tiring.
The course was great, except for the broken links and some out of date material. The core material was good and the lectures were excellent. The Google Earth labs need to be updated.
Best course I have taken out of all the courses. It is presented really well, easy to understand and there is a lot of thought put in the creation of the materials and assignments
Really enjoyed the course and will be able to use many of the things I learned to refresh some of my teachings in my classroom
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