History of the Earth

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Credits 4. 3 Lecture Hours. 2 Lab Hours. Evolution of life, plate tectonics processes, geography and climate through earth's history; the timing of major events in earth history; sedimentary environments and stratigraphy; fossils; biostratigraphic and radiometric dating of rocks; not open to students who have taken GEOL 106 or GEOL 208 . Prerequisites: GEOL 101 and GEOL 102 , or GEOL 104 , or GEOL 150 .