GEOL10020 Earth Science and Materials
This module outlines the physical and chemical processes leading to the formation of Earth materials and introduces the economic uses and environmental significance of rocks. Topics include: minerals as the building blocks of rocks; melting, crystallization and the formation of igneous rocks; weathering, erosion, sedimentary processes and the formation of sedimentary rocks; stress, strain and the formation of geological structures; solid state recrystallization and the formation of metamorphic rocks; minerals, rocks, groundwater and hydrocarbons in industry and the environment.
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I would recommend it, as it gives people with a particular interest in science in general a greater understanding of, and appreciation of, the mineralogical and elemental make-up of the earth and therefore an understanding of how many elements occur on the earth in their natural state.