The water cycle describes the sources, sinks, and flow of our most important natural resource. (Image courtesy of USGS.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Samuel Bowring
MIT Course Number
12.102
As Taught In
Fall 2005
Level
Undergraduate
Course Description
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.