Welcome I'm Dr. Eric Tangumonkem and
I'm excited to have you in this class.
I'm looking forward to having an
exciting and rewarding semester with you
I was born and raised in a caldera on
the Cameroon volcanic line and got
interested in geology when I was in
Middle School,  somebody told me that
geologists are charged with looking for
diamonds and gold and I was interested
to look for diamond and go when I grew
up that is why after a high school I
went to the University of Bues and
graduated
with a degree in geology went to the
University of Yaounde one got my masters
in earth sciences then moved to the US
for my doctorate in geosciences. After
graduation I worked in the oil and gas
industry and one of the exciting
responsibilities that I had was to look
for natural occurring CO2. You may be
wondering why somebody is interested in
natural occurring CO2. The CO2 is being
used for enhanced oil recovery. This
physical geology class is going to be
introducing you to the history of the
earth and how the earth has evolved over
time. We'll be looking at different
natural earth materials and how they
have shaped our civilization in addition
to that we'll be looking at the rock
cycle and a different earth materials
that are produced as a result of these
different physical processes.
Each week you will  be assigned some
materials to read and quizzes will be
assigned that will reflect the materials
After you've read you may be having a lot
of questions and apprehension but I'm
here to assure you that you are in the
right place in the right hands and
you're going to do well. I'm going to be
giving you my email and my phone number
and I am available to answer your
questions to cleared out and ensure that
you have an exciting and rewarding
experience at any time during the course
of the semester if you have difficulties
or any challenges I am just a text
message way or an email away now . Welcome to this course we're going to have an
exciting and rewarding semester. we're
going to learn a lot of new concepts will
be introduced each week they don't let
that deter you to follow the
instructions and do what is expected of
you you are going to do great
so let's get into the course and see what we
have in there let's have a rewarding
and fantastic semester thank you.
By the Grand Canyon in Arizona and as
you can see
it's quite a spectacle
