EESC V2200 - The Solid Earth System

The Solid Earth System component of the Earth's Environmental Systems series provides an integrated view of the lithospheric component of the Earth system and interactions at the surface. Topics covered include:

The Earth and its surface processes: hypsometry of the Earth, minerals and rocks, the hydrological cycle, weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition of sediment, petroleum reserves.
Geologic time: origin of the Solar System and Earth, radioactive isotopes and geochronology, Earth history.
Plate tectonics: origin and development of continents, ocean basins, mountain systems on land and sea, earthquakes, volcanoes, mineral resources.
Laboratory exploration of topics through demonstrations, experimentation, computer data analysis and modeling.

Instructors

Steven L. Goldstein (steveg@ldeo.columbia.edu)
Sidney Hemming (sidney@ldeo.columbia.edu)

Teaching Assistants

Office hours held in 551 Schermerhorn.

Adrienne Smith (adrienne@ldeo.columbia.edu).
Amy Balanoff (amb2169@columbia.edu).

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The Solid Earth System

EESC 2200 Spring 2008

Instructors

Teaching Assistants