Deep Time Discovering an Ancient Earth
Beginner
Online
3 Weeks
Free Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Course Introduction
- What is Science?
- One of the Big Questions - How Old?
- Birth of a Science - The Beginnings of Geology
- Discovering Deep Time
- Putting Numbers on Deep Time
Practice Exercise
- Science and Geology in Search of Deep Time
Videos
- Origins - From Star Stuff to Planets
- The Early Earth - First Oceans, Atmosphere, and Life
- The Early Earth - Formation of Continents and Plate Tectonics
- Building North America
- Probing the Deep Crust in the Rocky Mountains
Practice Exercise
- Origins: Stars to Planets, Continents, Oceans, and Atmospheres
Videos
- Reading Rock Layers - A Primer on Rocks and the Rock Cycle
- Brave New World - Precambrian Ends and Modern Earth Begins
- The Great Unconformity And Phanerozoic Seas
- Field Trip to Flagstaff Mountain: Uplifted Roots of the Rockies and the Great Unconformity
- Pangea Forms and the Ancestral Rocky Mountains Rise
- Field Trip to Flagstaff Mountain: The Fountain Formation and the Ancestral Rockies
Practice Exercise
- Seas and Ancient Mountains of North America
Videos
- Field Trip to Flagstaff Mountain: Laramide Orogeny and the Tilting of the Flatirons
- "How Many Years Must a Mountain Exist" - The Wash of Mesozoic Seas, Rocks, and Fossils
- The Rise of the Modern Rockies
- Cenozoic Extension, Uplift, and the Final Touches
- Opportunity & Responsibility: The Price of Science
Practice Exercise
- The Rise of the Modern Rocky Mountains