Environmental Geology: Resources, Use Impact & Pollution

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Understanding how and where Earth’s environmental resources are created and located, and then studying how the resources are accessed and utilized. Topics include rock and mineral resources, energy resources (including fossil fuel and non-fossil fuel resources), water (including rivers, reservoirs, groundwater, etc.), waste disposal (including water and air pollution), global climate changes (including the greenhouse effect), etc. 54 hours lecture. ADGE: 5; Transfer: CSU, UC; Cal-GETC: 5A; C-ID# GEOL 130 (if taken with GEOL 5).