Fall 2017 - EASC 107 E100
Economic Geological Resources (3)
Class Number: 2428
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Sep 5 – Dec 4, 2017: Tue, Thu, 4:30–5:50 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Daniel Marshall
marshall@sfu.ca
1 778 782-5474
Office: TASC 1 Room 7231
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
An overview of Earth's major economic resources. Topics will include geologic processes which produce significant natural resources including metals, hydrocarbons and other energy resources, industrial minerals, and groundwater. Emphasis will be placed on relations between earth sciences and aspects of economics, business, history, politics, and environmental issues. Much of the focus will be on the changing nature of resource exploration and extraction, and how this may evolve in the near to distant future. Students may not use EASC 107 for credit towards Earth Sciences major or minor program requirements. Breadth-Science.
COURSE DETAILS:
Course Topics:
1. Introduction and the origins of resources
- Minerals: Society’s foundations
- Resource uses
- Consequences of increasing population
2. Understanding Earth Processes
- Plate Tectonics
- Resource formation
3. Conventional energy resources
4. Non-conventional energy resourcesurce needs
- Resource alternatives and solutions
5. Metallic 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
Course Organization: Two 1.5 hour lectures per week.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
Letter Grade
| A+: 90-100% | B+: 77-79.99% |
| A : 85-89.99% | B : 73-76.99% |
| A-: 80-84.99% | B-: 70-72.99 % |
| C+: 67-69.99% | |
| C : 63-66.99% | D: 50 – 59.99% |
| C-: 60-62.99% |
Grading
- Testing trhoughout the term
NOTES:
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. This course cannot be used by EASC majors or minors for credit towards EASC required or optional courses, or as optional Science course requirements.
This course cannot be used by EASC majors or minors for credit towards EASC required or optional courses, or as optional Science course requirements.
Materials
REQUIRED 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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