Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is offering free online course on Geoscience: the Earth and its Resources. Applicants will develop knowledge on the behavior of petroleum and water resources.
In a voyage through the Earth, Geoscience: the Earth and its Resources will explore the Earth interior and the processes forming mountains and sedimentary basins. This course will start on May 30, 2017.
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( votes)Course At A Glance
Length: 6 weeks
Effort: 8-10 hours pw
Subject: Energy & Earth Sciences
Institution: Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and edx
Languages: English
Price: Free
Certificate Available: Yes, Add a Verified Certificate for $50
Session: Course Starts on May 30, 2017
Providers’ Details
Delft University of Technology is the largest and oldest technological university in the Netherlands. Our research is inspired by the desire to increase fundamental understanding, as well as by societal challenges. We encourage our students to be independent thinkers so they will become engineers capable of solving complex problems. Our students have chosen Delft University of Technology because of our reputation for quality education and research.
About This Course
Are you fascinated by Geosciences and willing to take the challenge of predicting the nature and behavior of the Earth subsurface? This is your course!
In a voyage through the Earth, Geoscience: the Earth and its Resources will explore the Earth interior and the processes forming mountains and sedimentary basins. You will understand how the sediments are formed, transported, deposited and deformed.
The course has an innovative approach focusing on key fundamental processes, exploring their nature and quantitative interactions. It will be shown how this acquired knowledge is used to predict the nature and behavior of the Earth subsurface.
Why Take This Course?
Learning Outcomes
- The basics of plate tectonics
- Processes that control the formation of mountains and sedimentary basins
- How sediments are formed, transported and deposited
- How rocks are deformed and how knowledge of deformation increases the reliability of subsurface predictions
- Petroleum geology
- Water geology
Instructors
Giovanni Bertotti
Giovanni is full Professor of Applied Geology at the Department of Geoscience and Engineering of the Delft University of Technology. He holds an MSc from the University of Pisa (Italy) and a PhD (cum laude) from the Swiss federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ).
Requirements
High school mathematics, physics and natural sciences.
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