Professor
Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences
3450 University St.
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3A 0E8
Courses
EPSC 180. The Terrestrial Planets.
EPSC 180
The Terrestrial Planets.
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
This course is not offered this catalogue year.
Description
A comparative survey of the planets of our solar system with an emphasis on the terrestrial planets and their implications for the Earth as a planet. Topics include: structure and origin of the solar system, meteorites, and comparisons of the terrestrial planets in terms of their rotational properties, magnetic fields, atmospheres, surface histories, internal structure, chemical composition, volcanism, and tectonics.
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EPSC 200.
- Winter
- 3 hours lectures
EPSC 201. Understanding Planet Earth.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Earth & Planetary Sciences (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Summer 2026
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Description
Learn about Earth's origin, its place in the solar system, its internal structure, rocks and minerals, the formation of metal and fossil fuel deposits, and the extinction of dinosaurs. Discover the impact of the volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and mountain chains on Earth's past, present and future. Explore 125 million-year-old Mount Royal.
- Fall or Winter
- 3 hours lectures; afternoon field trips
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken or are taking EPSC 233.
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Research
Complexity in geophysics and geology, mechanics and dynamics of the Earth and planets, seismology, stochastic models of geophysical data.
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