ES 381 Landscape Processes
A project and field-based introduction to the identification and interpretation of landforms, investigation of landscape forming processes (streams, glaciers, weathering, slopes) and the interpretation of climate / environmental history from sediments and stratigraphy. Field projects include: bedrock and surficial geologic mapping, glacier reconstruction, slope analysis, and description and interpretation of sediments. The fall semester emphasizes field studies, data collection and the development of course-based research projects that are continued into following spring semester.
Prerequisite
Take Earth Science as
ES 111 or as EAS 101.
Corequisite
Take GIS 120.
Offered
Odd Year Fall Semester