Spring 2022 - EASC 300 D100
Selected Topics in Earth Sciences (3)
Class Number: 1363
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Jan 10 – Apr 11, 2022: Tue, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby -
Exam Times + Location:
Apr 13, 2022
Wed, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Kevin Cameron
kjc@sfu.ca
1 778 782-4703
Office: TASC 2 Room 7530.2
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Prerequisites:
To be determined by instructor.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An in-depth treatment of selected topics of earth sciences.
COURSE DETAILS:
An overview of the Earth's major economic geological resources and how society affects these resources. Background on major Earth processes which produce significant natural resources including metallic deposits, hydrocarbon and other types of energy, industrial mineral and groundwater resources. A discussion of where resources occur, how they are concentrated, how they are extracted, and the extent of their supply and usage. Much of the focus will be on the changing nature of how these resources have been found and exploited through history and how this may evolve (or not) in the near and distant future.
Course Topics:
1. Introduction and the origins of resources
- Minerals: Society’s foundations
- Resource uses
- Consequences of increasing population
- Plate Tectonics
- Resource formation
3. Conventional energy resources
4. Non-conventional energy resources
- How metal deposits form and how we use them
6. Industrial Resources
- Non metallic minerals and mineral resources
- gemstones, fertilizers, foods, medicines, chemical additives, building materials
- Water
7. The Future of Earth's Resources
- Challenges meeting resource needs
- Resource alternatives and solutions
One 3 hour lecture per week.
Two “mid-term” in-class tests. Final exam scheduled by Registrar’s office
Grading
NOTES:
Prerequisiste: 60 credit units.
Students with credit for EASC-107 may not take this course for further credit.
Absence from class can make learning the course material challenging and thus missing classes may result in missed material and poorer grades. The Professor and/or any Teaching Assistant(s) are unable to provide individual tutoring for students who miss class.
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
“Equipment” for note taking (Pen and paper, or laptop, or tablet, etc.)
RECOMMENDED READING:
Earth Resources and the Environment, J.R. Craig, D.J. Vaughan, and B.J. Skinner, 4th Edition, 2011. Prentice-Hall Publications.
ISBN: 978-0-32-167-6481
Registrar Notes:
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TEACHING AT SFU IN SPRING 2022
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