Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5A · IGETC Area 5A · CSU GE Area B1DescriptionGEOLOGY 001 deals with materials that compose our planet Earth and forces and processes that affect it. The course includes a survey of minerals & rocks, a study of plate tectonics, the forces & processes that create volcanoes & earthquakes, how ages of fossils, minerals, and rocks are determined; the work of running and groundwater; basic concepts behind the formation of petroleum, coal & other mineral deposits, and the environmental impact of energy and mineral resources. (GE Area � IGETC: 5A; CSU GE: B1) 