Status
O
Activity
REC
Title (text only)
RECITATION
Term session
0
Term
2019C
Subject area
GEOL
Section number only
205
Section ID
GEOL103205
Meeting times
R 1200PM-0100PM
Meeting location
HAYDEN HALL 360
Instructors
VAN WOERT, ANDREWWHADCOAT, SIOBHAN
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