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1101

EARTHSCI 105G

: Natural Hazards in New Zealand
2021 Semester Two (1215)
New Zealanders are exposed to extreme natural events and processes including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, weather bombs, storm surge, tsunami, flooding, landslides and erosion. The physical context for each hazard is provided, drawing on the disciplines of geology, geomorphology and climatology. The frequency and magnitude of natural hazards for New Zealand are considered using different sources. Impacts on modern society are discussed using case studies and scenario modelling.
Subject: Earth Sciences
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1102

EARTHSCI 105G

: Natural Hazards in New Zealand
2021 Semester One (1213)
New Zealanders are exposed to extreme natural events and processes including earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, weather bombs, storm surge, tsunami, flooding, landslides and erosion. The physical context for each hazard is provided, drawing on the disciplines of geology, geomorphology and climatology. The frequency and magnitude of natural hazards for New Zealand are considered using different sources. Impacts on modern society are discussed using case studies and scenario modelling.
Subject: Earth Sciences
No pre-requisites or restrictions
1103

EARTHSCI 120

: Planet Earth
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Examination of geologic processes that have shaped Earth and life through time, and their impact on modern society. Topics include: earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, meteorites and planets, mass extinctions and evolution of life. A practical introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils provides insights into Earth's past and important modern resources.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Restriction: EARTHSCI 103
1104

EARTHSCI 120

: Planet Earth
2024 Semester One (1243)
Examination of geologic processes that have shaped Earth and life through time, and their impact on modern society. Topics include: earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, meteorites and planets, mass extinctions and evolution of life. A practical introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils provides insights into Earth's past and important modern resources.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Restriction: EARTHSCI 103
1105

EARTHSCI 120

: Planet Earth
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Examination of geologic processes that have shaped Earth and life through time, and their impact on modern society. Topics include: earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, meteorites and planets, mass extinctions and evolution of life. A practical introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils provides insights into Earth's past and important modern resources.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Restriction: EARTHSCI 103
1106

EARTHSCI 120

: Planet Earth
2023 Semester One (1233)
Examination of geologic processes that have shaped Earth and life through time, and their impact on modern society. Topics include: earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, meteorites and planets, mass extinctions and evolution of life. A practical introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils provides insights into Earth's past and important modern resources.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Restriction: EARTHSCI 103
1107

EARTHSCI 120

: Planet Earth
2022 Semester Two (1225)
Examination of geologic processes that have shaped Earth and life through time, and their impact on modern society. Topics include: earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, meteorites and planets, mass extinctions and evolution of life. A practical introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils provides insights into Earth's past and important modern resources.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Restriction: EARTHSCI 103
1108

EARTHSCI 120

: Planet Earth
2022 Semester One (1223)
Examination of geologic processes that have shaped Earth and life through time, and their impact on modern society. Topics include: earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, meteorites and planets, mass extinctions and evolution of life. A practical introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils provides insights into Earth's past and important modern resources.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Restriction: EARTHSCI 103
1109

EARTHSCI 120

: Planet Earth
2021 Semester Two (1215)
Examination of geologic processes that have shaped Earth and life through time, and their impact on modern society. Topics include: earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, meteorites and planets, mass extinctions and evolution of life. A practical introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils provides insights into Earth's past and important modern resources.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Restriction: EARTHSCI 103
1110

EARTHSCI 120

: Planet Earth
2020 Semester Two (1205)
Examination of geologic processes that have shaped Earth and life through time, and their impact on modern society. Topics include: earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, meteorites and planets, mass extinctions and evolution of life. A practical introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils provides insights into Earth's past and important modern resources.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Restriction: EARTHSCI 103
1111

EARTHSCI 120

: Planet Earth
2020 Semester One (1203)
Examination of geologic processes that have shaped Earth and life through time, and their impact on modern society. Topics include: earthquakes, plate tectonics, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, landslides, meteorites and planets, mass extinctions and evolution of life. A practical introduction to rocks, minerals and fossils provides insights into Earth's past and important modern resources.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Restriction: EARTHSCI 103
1112

EARTHSCI 202

: 4.5 Billion Years of Earth and its Life
2025 Semester Two (1255)
Earth’s surface is dynamic, constantly interacting with the oceans and atmosphere while recycling its rocks. Rocks contain Earth’s physical and biologic history, recording life-changing events such as mass extinctions and global glaciations.  Through the introduction of multidisciplinary techniques, the course explores how rocks are used to reveal Earth’s long history, and how they help give a glimpse into its future.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 60 points passed or 30 points from ENV 100-103
1113

EARTHSCI 202

: Earth History
2024 Semester One (1243)
Explores the evolution of the Earth from its molten beginnings to the dynamic planet we live on today. Topics include: stratigraphy (litho-, bio-, cyclo-, magneto-); evolution; paleoecology; Precambrian Earth (formation, first continents and beginnings of life); development of the Earth and life through the Phanerozoic Eon. Knowledge of geological mapping equivalent to EARTHSCI 201 or 220 will be assumed.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 75 points, including at least 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120
1114

EARTHSCI 202

: Earth History
2023 Semester One (1233)
Explores the evolution of the Earth from its molten beginnings to the dynamic planet we live on today. Topics include: stratigraphy (litho-, bio-, cyclo-, magneto-); evolution; paleoecology; Precambrian Earth (formation, first continents and beginnings of life); development of the Earth and life through the Phanerozoic Eon. Knowledge of geological mapping equivalent to EARTHSCI 201 or 220 will be assumed.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 75 points, including at least 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120
1115

EARTHSCI 202

: Earth History
2022 Semester One (1223)
Explores the evolution of the Earth from its molten beginnings to the dynamic planet we live on today. Topics include: stratigraphy (litho-, bio-, cyclo-, magneto-); evolution; paleoecology; Precambrian Earth (formation, first continents and beginnings of life); development of the Earth and life through the Phanerozoic Eon. Knowledge of geological mapping equivalent to EARTHSCI 201 or 220 will be assumed.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 75 points, including at least 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120
1116

EARTHSCI 202

: Earth History
2021 Semester One (1213)
Explores the evolution of the Earth from its molten beginnings to the dynamic planet we live on today. Topics include: stratigraphy (litho-, bio-, cyclo-, magneto-); evolution; paleoecology; Precambrian Earth (formation, first continents and beginnings of life); development of the Earth and life through the Phanerozoic Eon. Knowledge of geological mapping equivalent to EARTHSCI 201 or 220 will be assumed.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 75 points, including at least 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120
1117

EARTHSCI 202

: Earth History
2020 Semester One (1203)
Explores the evolution of the Earth from its molten beginnings to the dynamic planet we live on today. Topics include: stratigraphy (litho-, bio-, cyclo-, magneto-); evolution; paleoecology; Precambrian Earth (formation, first continents and beginnings of life); development of the Earth and life through the Phanerozoic Eon. Knowledge of geological mapping equivalent to EARTHSCI 201 or 220 will be assumed.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 75 points, including at least 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120, GEOLOGY 103, 104
Restriction: GEOLOGY 202
1118

EARTHSCI 203

: Earth’s Resources and Future
2025 Semester One (1253)
Humans depend on Earth’s mineral and energy resources, but they are finite and their use creates environmental wastes. The course focuses on mineral and rock formation, and how they can be interpreted to understand the natural processes operating in the Earth System. Examines the expanding and changing use of resources and the need for stewardship of Earth for our future.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 60 points passed or 30 points from ENV 100-103
1119

EARTHSCI 203

: Rock and Minerals
2024 Semester One (1243)
The formation of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, the minerals they contain, and how they can be used to interpret major Earth Science processes such as crustal evolution, volcanism, mountain building, deformation, and sedimentation.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120
1120

EARTHSCI 203

: Rock and Minerals
2023 Semester One (1233)
The formation of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, the minerals they contain, and how they can be used to interpret major Earth Science processes such as crustal evolution, volcanism, mountain building, deformation, and sedimentation.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120
1121

EARTHSCI 203

: Rock and Minerals
2022 Semester One (1223)
The formation of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, the minerals they contain, and how they can be used to interpret major Earth Science processes such as crustal evolution, volcanism, mountain building, deformation, and sedimentation.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120
1122

EARTHSCI 203

: Rock and Minerals
2021 Semester One (1213)
The formation of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, the minerals they contain, and how they can be used to interpret major Earth Science processes such as crustal evolution, volcanism, mountain building, deformation, and sedimentation.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120
1123

EARTHSCI 203

: Rock and Minerals
2020 Semester One (1203)
The formation of igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary rocks, the minerals they contain, and how they can be used to interpret major Earth Science processes such as crustal evolution, volcanism, mountain building, deformation, and sedimentation.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 15 points from EARTHSCI 103, 120, GEOLOGY 103
Restriction: GEOLOGY 203
1124

EARTHSCI 205

: New Zealand: Half a Billion Years on the Edge
2024 Semester Two (1245)
Take a 500 million year journey through time following the geologic and biologic development of New Zealand from humble beginnings on the edge of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana to the present day geologically dynamic land mass beset by volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and massive erosion as a consequence of being located on the edge of the Earth's largest tectonic plate.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 75 points passed
1125

EARTHSCI 205

: New Zealand: Half a Billion Years on the Edge
2023 Semester Two (1235)
Take a 500 million year journey through time following the geologic and biologic development of New Zealand from humble beginnings on the edge of the ancient supercontinent Gondwana to the present day geologically dynamic land mass beset by volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and massive erosion as a consequence of being located on the edge of the Earth's largest tectonic plate.
Subject: Earth Sciences
Prerequisite: 75 points passed