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processes & distribution of glacial deposits: mass balance ice flow, glacier erosion & deposition, sub-glacial deformation, debris flow deposition, melt-out tills & ice-contact, processes, landforms, kettles, ice-contact landforms, glacial lakes, outwash

Earth Systems, Plate Tectonics, Earth Materials, Igneous Rocks, Intrusives, Sedimentary Rocks, Metamorphism, Deformation, Clocks in Rocks (Geologic Time), Solar System and formation of planets,– Evolution of Continents, Geobiology, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Earth’s Interior, Climate System, Weathering Erosion, and Mass Wasting, Groundwater and Hydrologic Cycle, Rivers and Streams, Winds and Deserts, Coasts and Oceans, Glaciers, Landscapes, Human Impacts

Relative Dating, Rocks and Minerals, Weathering of Rocks & Formation of Sediment, Data Table for Sand Samples, Sedimentary (Rocks, Rock Classification Table, Structures, Depositional Environments, Classification Chart), Stratigraphy & Lithologic Correlation, Invertebrate macrofossils, Fossil Preservation, Microfossils, Biostratigraphy Evolution, Evolution of Vertebrates, Interpreting Geologic History from Maps

geological background & volcanoes, dynamics of eruptions, Kilauea volcano, reading list, maps & pictures of Hawaii, links, course outline

formation and composition of the solar system (Nucleosynthesis, atoms, and isotopes, solar nebula, Proto-planetary disks, Condensation and Accretion), Physics (Heating and cooling of celestial bodies), Moon, Small bodies

geologic origin and physical dynamics of ocean and lake basins, waves and coastal processes, the chemistry of seawater, cycling of elements through the atmosphere and ocean, marine ecosystems, issues in environmental sustainability, effects of human activity and global warming on ocean circulation, sea level and world's climate

characteristics, origin and development of glacial landforms and related phenomena from the past three million years: Glacier (Characteristics, Flow), Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction, Erosional Landforms, Ice Age Chronology, Glacial (Erosion, Deposition & Till Characteristics, Mass Balance, Debris Transport, Meltwater Deposits & Landforms), Depositional Landforms, Causes of Climate Change

physical processes that shape the earth & tools used to study these processes

N. Africa & SW Asia, Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, Russia, Middle America, East Asia, N & S America, Southeast Asia, Australia/New Zealand, The Pacific Realm

• Introduction to Meteorology - dynamics of the earth's atmosphere: energy exchange mechanisms, energy balance, condensation and precipitation processes, the dynamics of pressure and wind systems, distributions of weather disturbances

• Environmental Data Analysis - Statistical principles and practice of analyzing geographical data: bivariate and multiple regression and other multivariate techniques, Emphasis on exploratory data analysis and graphical techniques
• Geography of California - landscapes of California and the physical, cultural, and biotic processes which have produced them

image galleries, readings, Links to Weather Info Sites