Geology 310: Historical Geology -- Tentative Class Schedule

Syllabus -- Geology 310 -- Summer Term 2013 (10862)
Day Meeting# Topic Reading
Week 1
June 10, Mon 1 Course mechanics and Introduction, actualism Ch. 1
June 11, Tues 2 Some basic concepts in geology: rock cycle, Ch. 1
June 12, Wed. 3 Minerals & Rocks Ch. 2
June 13, Thur. 4 Rocks & Rock cycle Ch. 2
Week 2
June 17, Mon 5 Life: Six kingdoms Ch. 3
June 18, Tues 6 Diversity of Life Ch. 3/4
June 19, Wed. 7 Environments and Life and Review Ch. 4
June 20, Thur. 8 First exam
Chs. 1-4
Week 3
June 24, Mon 9 Sedimentary Environments Ch. 5
June 25, Tues 10 Environmenets/Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record Ch. 5/6
June 26, Wed. 11 Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record Ch. 6
June 27, Thur. 12 Evolution and the Fossil Record Ch. 7
Week 4
July 1, Mon 13 Evolution and the Fossil Record/Review Ch. 7
July 2, Tues.
14
Second midterm Ch. 5-7
July 3, Wed.
15
 Plate Tectonics  Ch. 8
July 4, Thur. 16
Fourth of July Holiday -- No Class
Week 5                                                      
July 8, Mon.
Continental Tectonics and Mountain Domes Ch. 9
July 9, Tues. 17 The Archean Eon of Precambrian Time/Proterozoic Eon Ch. 11/12
July 10, Wed. 18
The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time/Review Ch. 12
July 11, Thurs. 19
Third midterm Chs. 8,9,11,12
Week 6
July 15, Mon. 21 Early Paleozoic World Ch. 13
July 16, Tues. 22 Middle Paleozoic World Ch. 14
July 17, Wed. 23 Late Paleozoic World Ch. 15
July 18, Thur. 24
Early Mesozoic Era/Review Ch. 16
Week 7
July 22, Mon. 25 Fourth midterm Chs. 13-16
July 23, Tues. 26 The Cretaceous World Ch. 17
July 24, Wed. 27 The Cretaceous World Ch. 17
July 25, Thurs. 28
The Paleogene World Ch. 18
Week 8
July 29, Mon. 29 The Neogene World Ch. 19
July 30, Tues. 30
The Holocene Ch. 20
July 31, Wed. 31 Review  (Last day of lecture)
Aug  1, Thurs. 32
Final exam Chs. 17-20

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