GEOS1001 FULL SEMESTER NOTES

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GEOS HONOURS STUDENT (my research is in sustainable waste design). My comprehensive lecture notes from S1 2019. Received a strong DISTINCTION. It is imperative to have clear and concise notes for the course quizzes and final exam. Topics: - Planet Earth: Integrated Earth System - Moving Earth: Formation and Early Evolution - Development of the unifying theory of plate tectonics - Climate change in the context of geological time - The role of geologists in addressing the challenges of the 21st century - Geochemistry, minerals and weathering. - Earth's atmosphere and oceans - Securing Earth's mosaic of soil - Water – Sources, volumes and flows - Human Earth: The effects of human population on global environments - Dealing with negative environmental effects - Responses to climate change - A new geological age (The Anthropocene)