Geology 310: Historical Geology -- Tentative Class Schedule

Syllabus -- Geology 310 -- Summer Term 2014 (10823)
Day Meeting# Topic Reading
Week 1
June 9, Mon 1 Course mechanics and Introduction, actualism Ch. 1
June 10, Tues 2 Some basic concepts in geology: rock cycle, Ch. 1
June 11, Wed. 3 Minerals & Rocks Ch. 2
June 12, Thur. 4 Rocks & Rock cycle Ch. 2
Week 2
June 16, Mon 5 Life: Six kingdoms Ch. 3
June 17, Tues 6 Diversity of Life Ch. 3/4
June 18, Wed. 7 Environments and Life and Review Ch. 4
June 19, Thur. 8 First exam
 		Chs. 1-4
Week 3
June 23, Mon 9 Sedimentary Environments Ch. 5
June 24, Tues 10 Environmenets/Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record Ch. 5/6
June 25, Wed. 11 Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record Ch. 6
June 26, Thur. 12 Evolution and the Fossil Record Ch. 7
Week 4
June 30, Mon 13 Evolution and the Fossil Record/Review Ch. 7
July 1, Tues.
14
 Second midterm Ch. 5-7
July 2, Wed.
15
 		Plate Tectonics  Ch. 8
July 3, Thur. 16
Continental Tectonics and Mountain Domes Ch. 9
Week 5                                                      
July 7, Mon. 17 The Archean Eon of Precambrian Time/Proterozoic Eon Ch. 11/12
July 8, Tues. 18 The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time/Review Ch. 12
July 9, Wed. 19
 		Third midterm Chs. 8,9,11,12
July 10, Thurs. 20
 		Early Paleozoic World Ch. 13
Week 6
July 14, Mon. 21 Middle Paleozoic World Ch. 14
July 15, Tues. 22 Late Paleozoic World Ch. 15
July 16, Wed. 23 Early Mesozoic Era Ch. 16
July 17, Thur. 24
 		Review
Week 7
July 21, Mon. 25 Fourth midterm Chs. 13-16
July 22, Tues. 26 The Cretaceous World Ch. 17
July 23, Wed. 27 The Cretaceous World Ch. 17
July 24, Thurs. 28
 		The Paleogene World Ch. 18
Week 8
July 28, Mon. 29 The Neogene World Ch. 19
July 29, Tues. 30
 		The Holocene Ch. 20
July 30, Wed. 31 Review  (Last day of lecture)
July  31, Thurs. 32
 		Final exam Chs. 17-20

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