Historical Geology Laboratory

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This course is the laboratory component to GEOL-104. The course includes hands-on studies of Earth history as revealed by rocks, fossils, dating techniques, the Geologic Time Scale, stratigraphy, plate tectonics, biological evolution, and processes of global change (geologic, biologic, climatic) in the past 4.6 billion years of Earth history. A local museum field trip may be required.