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Natural Disasters and Critical Earth Phenomena

Earth, Energy, and Environment SC - Faculty of Science

Subject

ERTH - Earth, Energy and Environment

Description

Causes of disasters such as earthquakes, tsunami, volcanic eruptions, mud flows, landslides, avalanches, flooding, tornadoes and hurricanes, and other critical phenomena such as sinkholes, ozone depletion and radiation, carbon dioxide and global warming, El Niño, toxic natural materials and pollution, and extraterrestrial impacts. Surveys of historic disasters and their effects on life on Earth. Methods of prediction and prevention of disasters and precautions for the mitigation of their effects.

Notes: This course is not part of the Field of Geology or the Field of Geophysics.

Also known as: (formerly Geophysics 375)

Course Attributes

Fee Rate Group(Domestic) - A, Fee Rate Group(International) -A, GFC Hours (3-0)

Courses may consist of a Lecture, Lab, Tutorial, and/or Seminar. Students will be required to register in each component that is required for the course as indicated in the schedule of classes. Practicums, internships or other experiential learning modalities are typically indicated as a Lab component.

Component

LEC

Units

3

Repeat for Credit

No

Subject code

ERTH

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