Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 12.102 (Fall 2005) 
• Course Title:
• Environmental Earth Science 
• Course Level:
• Undergraduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Samuel Bowring 
• Course Introduction:
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  12.102 Environmental Earth Science
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2005

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features assignments (often related to the listed readings) and lecture summaries.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  The geologic record demonstrates that our environment has changed over a variety of time scales from seconds to billions of years. This course explores the many ways in which geologic processes control and modify the Earth's environment and serves as an introduction to Environmental Earth Science Field Course (12.120), which addresses field applications of these principles in the American Southwest.