GE 220 Earth Materials (Spring: 4)
Prerequisite:
GE 132 or at least two from GE 201-208
Corequisite:
GE 221 Lab
Designed to acquaint majors and minors in the Department or in the Environmental
Sciences minor with the basic materials present in the Earth and on the
Earth's surface. The common rock-forming silicate minerals are discussed
first. Then igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic processes are investigated
to develop the classifications of these groups of rocks.
Seth Kruckenberg
Last Updated: 21-FEB-13