GEOL 101 Study Guide - The Well Of Echoes, Environmental Geology, International Standard Book Number
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If you wish to enroll, follow normal procedures for adding a class; no permit or closed-class opener is necessary. Unlike the aceh earthquake of christmas, 2004, which was a plate-bending earthquake. Caribbean plate moves to the east at 2. 5cm/year wrt north. Study of the solid earth and the waters within it. Action of the atmosphere and hydrosphere on the earth. The history of the earth and the biosphere. Attempt to understand the processes that have created the features we observe and to deduce the history of the planet through scientific investigation. Geologists also attempt to discover valuable natural resources (petroleum & natural gas; energy minerals; ferrous, base, & precious metals; industrial minerals; water) in the earth, & to assist in extraction of such natural resources. Geologists play a key role in protecting the environment and in cleaning up the mess humanity has made of parts of our planet.
