Geological Time Scales Courses and Certifications

American Museum of Natural History

The Dynamic Earth: A Course for Educators

223 ratings at Coursera

Explore Earth's 4-billion-year history, from geological time scales to plate tectonics. Gain insights into atmospheric evolution and local geology, with resources for classroom implementation.

• Coursera
• 7-8 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

The Basic Concept of Engineering Geology

107 ratings at Udemy

Explore fundamental concepts in Engineering Geology, including plate tectonics, rock types, and geological time scales. Gain essential skills for identifying geological properties in engineering contexts.

• Udemy
• 1-2 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Geological processes in the British Isles

15 ratings at OpenLearn

The landscape of the British Isles has undergone dramatic changes during the history of the Earth, from shallow sea to desert to the familiar terrain of the 21st century. In this free course, ...

• OpenLearn
• 9 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Historical Geology with Lab

Explore Earth's dynamic history through geological methods, continental formation, ocean basin evolution, and fossil records, with hands-on lab work focused on North America's development.

• California Community Colleges System
• 16 weeks, 4 hours a week
• 27th Jan, 2025
• Paid Course

Historical Geology

Explore Earth's 4.5-billion-year evolution through rock formations, fossils, and changing environments to understand how our planet and life developed over geological time.

• California Community Colleges System
• 18 weeks
• 13th Jan, 2025
• Paid Course

Introductory Geology

Explore Earth's composition, structure, and geologic processes through analysis and field study. Gain foundational knowledge of geological concepts and principles.

• California Community Colleges System
• 11 weeks, 5 hours a week
• 6th Jan, 2025
• Paid Course

Grade 10 Geography Unit 2 - The Earth

Explore Earth's physical environment, geological history, and rock types, focusing on global and Ethiopian contexts.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 30 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Seds Online

Constraining the Intermittency of Flow and Sediment Transport in the Geological Past

Explore ancient river dynamics and hydroclimate reconstruction through flow intermittency analysis, bridging the gap between instantaneous and mean flow conditions.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

AGU

The Double-Edged Sword of High-Precision U-Pb Geochronology - Bowen Lecture 1

Explore high-precision U-Pb geochronology's impact on Earth sciences, its challenges, and implications for understanding geological timescales and events in this insightful lecture by MIT expert S. A. Bowring.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies DIAS

Are We Living in the Anthropocene? - The Geology of Human Impact on Earth

Explore the geological impact of human activity on Earth and climate change markers with Prof. Mark Williams in this DIAS Samhain agus Science lecture.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 5 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

GEO GIRL

5 Times Supercontinents Caused Major Diversification and Devastation of Life

Explore Earth's supercontinents and their profound impact on geology, climate, and biodiversity throughout history. Learn about mass extinctions, diversification events, and future predictions.

• YouTube
• 23 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Bureau of Economic Geology

Geological Evidence for the Anthropocene as a Potential New Geological Epoch

Explore geological evidence supporting the Anthropocene as a new epoch, including stratigraphic signals, the Great Acceleration, and ongoing research for potential formalization in the Geological Time Scale.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Société Française d'Exobiologie

Early Earth Environment - Formation and Evolution of Our Planet's Primordial Conditions

Explore the geological conditions and environmental factors that shaped Earth's early history, focusing on interdisciplinary perspectives relevant to understanding life's origins and evolution.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Southwest Petroleum University

古生物学与地层学

Explore the fascinating world of paleontology and stratigraphy, from fossil formation to Earth's evolutionary history, while mastering geological research methods and tectonic plate theory.

• XuetangX
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Société Française d'Exobiologie

Trouver les Plus Anciennes Traces de Vie sur Terre - Les Biosignatures et l'Histoire Géologique

Découvrez les méthodes scientifiques pour identifier et analyser les traces de vie primitive datant de plus de 3,5 milliards d'années, des fossiles microscopiques aux biosignatures géologiques.

• YouTube
• 10 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video