12.090 | Spring 2007 | Undergraduate

The Environment of the Earth's Surface

Lecture Notes

The complete lecture notes can be used as the open textbook for this course. Individual chapters can be downloaded below.

LEC # TOPICS
1 Introduction (PDF - 1.0 MB)
2 Introduction; Geology (PDF - 1.7 MB)
3 Geology; Topography (PDF)
4 Groundwater (PDF - 1.0 MB)
5-6 Rivers (PDF)
7 Lakes (PDF)
8-9 Glaciers (PDF - 1.8 MB)
10 Coasts (PDF)
11 Deserts (PDF)
12 Mass wasting (PDF)
13 Landscapes (PDF - 1.0 MB)
14 The hydrologic cycle, the sediment cycle, and the carbon cycles (PDF)

Course Info

Spring 2007