Introduction to Geology Laboratory

2 ch (3L) · Undergraduate

A laboratory course designed to accompany ESCI 1052. An introductory study covering topographic and geological maps (bedrock and surficial) and their interpretation; construction of cross sections; identification of common minerals, igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks; geological structures (map analysis as a predictive tool); radiometric and relative age dating and the geological time scale; coastal processes; glaciations and glacial deposits; aspects of plate tectonics. NOTE : Credit can only be obtained for one of ESCI 1057 or its equivalents, ESCI 1006, ESCI 1026, GE 1026 .