Geology 101 - Outline
Text: Earth's Dynamic Systems - Hamblin and Christiansen.
Click here to find Outlines of the class lectures and additional information.
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Text coverage Assignments |
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Lab |
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Week of Sept 4 |
What Geology is about, Solar System and Earth |
Chapters 1, 25 |
Intro to Geology |
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Week of Sept 11 |
Geologic time and Geologic systems |
Chapters 8, 2 - Assignment 1 due 9/11 Also fill in this questionnaire |
Topographic maps |
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Week of Sept 18 |
Atmosphere and ocean |
Chapter 9 |
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Creek |
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September 25 |
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Week of Sept 25 |
Minerals and rocks |
Chapter 3, 4 Assignment 2 due 9/29 |
Minerals General rocks |
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Week of Oct 2 |
Igneous rocks |
Chapter 4 |
Igneous rocks |
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Week of Oct 9 |
Weathering, Soil, Erosion, Sedimentary rocks |
Chapter 10, 5 Assignment 3 due 10/9 |
Sedimentary rocks Metamorphic rocks |
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Week of Oct 16 |
FALL BREAK FIELD TRIP (Oct 14-22) |
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Week of Oct 23 |
Metamorphic rocks, Rock deformation |
Chapters 6, 7 Assignment 4 due 10/23 |
Folds, faults, relative dating |
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October 25 |
HOUR TEST - Chapter 3 through chapter 6 and chapter 10 |
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October 28 |
REQUIRED FIELD TRIP - Leave Parking lot outside room 100 at 8:45 |
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Week of Oct 30 |
Downslope movements by gravity and water |
Chapters 11, 12, 13 |
Geological maps, Valley Forge |
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Week of Nov 6 |
Rivers and Shorelines |
Chapters 12, 15 |
Field trip (Local Geology) |
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Week of Nov 13 |
Deserts, Oceans |
Chapters 14, 16 Assignment 5 due 11/6 |
Geological resources |
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Nov 15 |
HOUR TEST - Chapters 1,2 and 11 through 13 and chapter 15 |
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Week of Nov 20 |
Glaciers |
Chapter 14 |
NO LAB - Work on your research paper |
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Week of Nov 27 |
Large scale earth movements: it shakes |
Chapters 17, 18 Assignment 6 due 11/29 Optional Assignment 7 |
Paper presentations Discussion, Plate tectonics |
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November 27 |
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Week of Dec 4 |
Plate boundaries and hot spots |
Chapters 19, 20, 21, 22 |
Final Exercise - Two weeks |
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Week of Dec 11 |
Resources, Landscapes |
Chapter 24, 23 |
Final Exercise - Two weeks |
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At the end |
Self scheduled |
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