EPS 5: Living on the Edge
(Former
GEOLSCI 5) A weekend field trip along the Pacific Coast. Tour local beaches, geology, and landforms with expert guides from the School of Earth, Energy & Environmental Sciences. Enjoy a BBQ dinner and stay overnight in tents along the coast. Get to know faculty and graduate students in Stanford Earth. Transportation, meals, and camping equipment are provided at no cost to student participants. See notes for each section to view weekend field trip dates and registration requirements. Change of Department Name: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Formerly Geological Science)
Terms: Aut, Spr
| Units: 1
EPS 113: Virtual Field Trip to Ice Age Lake Lahontan: Contemplating our place in deep geologic time
(Formerly
GEOLSCI 113) Are you curious about the history that shaped the geology of the west? Do you want a broader and deeper time perspective on climate change? insight into the earth and geological sciences? This course, which involves four lectures and an in-class guided virtual field trip, is the story of geologically recent change on Earth and how to read those changes as written across today's landscape. Re-imagining Earth's recent history (going back into deep time) is an important step in contemplating our place and role in Earth's story now and forward. The lectures and virtual field trip will take you many places you might visit while attending Stanford. You will come away with a better sense of your place in deep geologic time and knowledge of your local geology and landforms. A FOSSIL FUEL-FREE TRIP brought to you by the creator of
EPS 5 (Formerly
GEOLSCI 5), Living on the Edge. First year students have preference. Change of Department Name: Earth and Planetary Science (Formerly Geologic Sciences).
| Repeatable
3 times
(up to 3 units total)
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