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Breakout Session: Breadth vs. Depth

Breadth vs. Depth

This group explored the question of depth vs. breadth for geoscience courses. They identified some key topics:

Plate tectonics
Earth as a system
Climate change
Deep time
Energy resources
Rock cycle
Water cycle