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GEOLOGY, RESOURCES, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
ESCI 123


Course Description:  Geology, Resources, and the Environment (3 cr.)  Earth, its structure, composition, and resources.  Mineral and energy resources, their formation and distribution, their supply and demand projections for the future.  Water resources and water quality.  Environmental impact of resources, nuclear and other waste disposal, geological aspects of earthquake and volcanic hazards.  Lecture, 3 hours.  (From the NEIU catalog.)

Several instructors teach this course.  To see their course materials (if available), please go to the Department of Earth Science home page and click on the instructor's name.

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