Nehru E. Cherukupalli (a.k.a. C. E. Nehru)

NEHRU E. CHERUKUPALLI

(a.k.a. C. E. Nehru)

Professor, Department of Geology

Brooklyn College, NY 11210

Tel: (718) 951-4365 Fax: (718) 951-4753

nehru@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Experimental Petrology and Mineralogy, Meteoritics, and Mineral Exploration

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Geology 607T Earth Science-I

GEOLOGY 607T - Earth Science-I

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GEOLOGY 607T - Earth Science I - 1 hour lecture, 1 hour laboratory/fieldwork; 3 credits Stars and the solar system, description and motions of the earth in space, earth-moon system. Structure of the atmosphere. Weather elements and observations. Properties of the oceans. Internal structure of the earth: earthquakes, igneous activity. Laboratory work includes trip to Hayden Planetarium. (Not open to students who have completed a course in the physical world or principles of physical geography or historical geology or earth science.) Prerequisite: two terms of general physics and two terms of general chemistry.

willemette meteorite

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