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MIT OpenCourseWare
The Environment of the Earth's Surface
Art: US Army, US Weather map from 1872, 1872 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. John Southard
- Term
- Spring 2007
- Level
- Undergraduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 15 other files · 2 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 12.090 The Environment of the Earth's Surface, Spring 2007, Prof. John Southard — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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Lecture Notes
13 files
- Introduction Download
- Introduction; Geology Download
- Geology; Topography Download
- Groundwater Download
- Rivers Download
- Lakes Download
- Glaciers Download
- Coasts Download
- Deserts Download
- Mass wasting Download
- Landscapes Download
- The hydrologic cycle, the sediment cycle, and the carbon cycles Download
- The Environment of the Earth's Surface Download
Exams
Course outline
Lecture Notes · Lecture Notes
Lecture 2: Introduction; Geology ( PDF - 1.7 MB )
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Lecture 3: Geology; Topography ( PDF )
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Lecture 4: Groundwater ( PDF - 1.0 MB )
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Lecture 7: Lakes ( PDF )
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Lecture 10: Coasts ( PDF )
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Lecture 11: Deserts ( PDF )
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Lecture 12: Mass wasting ( PDF )
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Lecture 13: Landscapes ( PDF - 1.0 MB )
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Lecture 14: The hydrologic cycle, the sediment cycle, and the carbon cycles ( PDF )
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