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Welcome and Orientation Overview
Why GEOSC 10?
Meet the Instructor
Meet Dr. Alley
Meet Dr. Anandakrishnan (Dr. A)
How to Succeed in GEOSC 10
Overview of Course Assignments
Learning Elements
Introduction to Canvas and Setting Up Notifications
Getting Help
A Rocking Review
Course Orientation Wrap Up

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GEOSC 10: Geology of the National Parks

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Unit 1: Science!
Unit 2: Making Mountains and Earthquakes
Unit 3: Mountain Building and Volcanism
Unit 4: Mountain Building, Obduction, and Tsunamis
Unit 5: Tearing Down Mountains - Weathering, Mass Movement, and Landslides
Unit 6: Tearing Down Mountains - Groundwater and Rivers
Unit 7: Glaciers, Ice, and Permafrost
Unit 8: Coasts and Sea-level Changes
Unit 9: Deep Time - Stratigraphy and the Sedimentary Record
Unit 10: Uniformitarianism and the Age of the Earth
Unit 11: Evolution and Extinction
Unit 12: Biodiversity, Global Warming, and the Future
Course Review
Acknowledgments

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Authors: Dr. Richard Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences, Department of Geosciences, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University and Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Professor, Department of Geosciences, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University

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