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Apr 04, 2025
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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog
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GEO 122 - Physical Geology
The nature of the earth and of the processes that shape it: the earth’s external and internal energy; minerals and rocks; external processes and the evolution of the landscape; internal processes and the structure of the earth; the earth compared with other planets; sources of materials and energy. Laboratory includes study of minerals and rocks; landforms as shown on topographical maps and aerial photographs; geologic structures inferred from maps and block diagrams; problem sets. Two lectures and one three-hour laboratory and recitation per week. Not for credit in addition to GEO 102 .
4 credits
Advisory Preq: high school chemistry and high school physics
DEC: E
SBC: SNW
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