Status
O
Activity
REC
Title (text only)
RECITATION
Term session
0
Term
2018C
Subject area
GEOL
Section number only
203
Section ID
GEOL103203
Meeting times
W 0100PM-0200PM
Meeting location
HAYDEN HALL 358
Instructors
CRON, MITCHALFAHHAM, ABDELRAHMAN
Description
Natural disturbances play a fundamental role in sculpturing landscapes and structuring natural and human-based ecosystems. This course explores the natural and social science of disturbances by analyzing their geologic causes, their ecological and social consequences, and the role of human behavior in disaster reduction and mitigation. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, droughts, fires, and extraterrestrial impacts are analyzed and compared.
Course number only
103
Cross listings
Use local description
No