Syllabus -- Geology 310 -- Summer Term 2013 (10862) | |||
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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
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Second midterm | Ch. 5-7 |
July 3, Wed. |
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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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