GEOS 405 - Economic Geoscience

Institution:

Williams College

Subject:

Geosciences

Description:

Many of the materials in our daily lives--plastics, hydrocarbon fuels, building materials, sheet metals, electrical components, etc.-- are won from the earth by finding and mining economic mineral resources. We will study how these deposits form and how they can be found. In this course we will integrate across several areas of the geosciences as we investigate the relationships between Earth history, plate tectonics, geochemistry, and the production of minable deposits. We will also consider the environmental aspects of mineral exploitation and the production and fate of pollutants.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Two 200-level and one 300-level GEOS courses or permission of instructor

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.williams.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 597-3131

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Four-one-four plan

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