Includes current issues such as energy and the environ- ment. Emphasis on tectonic history and associated rock and fossil assemblages. Trips to Silver Lake Sand Dunes, Wallace Limestone Quarry, The Ledges of Grand Ledge, Lowell Dam and Alma geologic regions. MTH 101 Study of the earth's dynamic systems as explained by plate tectonics theory. Tectonic investigation of Earth through time from origin of the solar system to the most recent period of continental glaciation.
Topics center on plate movement over time and evidence in rock and fossil records.