| Syllabus -- Geology 310 -- Summer Term 2016 (10949) | |||
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| Day | Meeting# | Topic | Reading |
| Week 1 | |||
| June 6, Mon | 1 | Course mechanics and Introduction, actualism | Ch. 1 |
| June 7, Tues | 2 | Some basic concepts in geology: rock cycle, | Ch. 1 |
| June 8, Wed. | 3 | Minerals & Rocks | Ch. 2 |
| June 9, Thur. | 4 | Rocks & Rock cycle | Ch. 2 |
| Week 2 | |||
| June 13, Mon | 5 | Life: Six kingdoms | Ch. 3 |
| June 14, Tues | 6 | Diversity of Life | Ch. 3/4 |
| June 15, Wed. | 7 | Environments and Life and Review | Ch. 4 |
| June 16, Thur. | 8 | First exam |
Chs. 1-4 |
| Week 3 | |||
| June 20, Mon | 9 | Sedimentary Environments | Ch. 5 |
| June 21, Tues | 10 | Environmenets/Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record | Ch. 5/6 |
| June 22, Wed. | 11 | Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record | Ch. 6 |
| June 23, Thur. | 12 | Evolution and the Fossil Record | Ch. 7 |
| Week 4 | |||
| June 27, Mon | 13 | Evolution and the Fossil Record/Review | Ch. 7 |
| June 28, Tues. |
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Second midterm | Ch. 5-7 |
| June 29, Wed. |
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Plate Tectonics | Ch. 8 |
| June 30, Thur. | 16 |
Continental Tectonics and Mountain Domes | Ch. 9 |
| Week 5 | |||
| July 4, Mon. | 17 | Fourth of July
Holiday, No Class |
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| July 5, Tues. | 18 | The Archean Eon of Precambrian Time/Proterozoic Eon | Ch. 11/12 |
| July 6, Wed. | 19 |
The Proterozoic Eon of Precambrian Time/Review | Ch. 12 |
| July 7, Thurs. | 20 |
Third midterm | Chs. 8,9,11,12 |
| Week 6 | |||
| July 11, Mon. | 21 | Early Paleozoic World | Ch. 13 |
| July 12, Tues. | 22 | Middle Paleozoic World | Ch. 14 |
| July 13, Wed. | 23 | Late Paleozoic World | Ch. 15 |
| July 14, Thur. | 24 |
Early Mesozoic Era; Review | Ch. 16 |
| Week 7 | |||
| July 18, Mon. | 25 | Fourth midterm | Chs. 13-16 |
| July 19, Tues. | 26 | The Cretaceous World | Ch. 17 |
| July 20, Wed. | 27 | The Cretaceous World | Ch. 17 |
| July 21, Thurs. | 28 |
The Paleogene World | Ch. 18 |
| Week 8 | |||
| July 25, Mon. | 29 | The Neogene World | Ch. 19 |
| July 26, Tues. | 30 |
The Holocene | Ch. 20 |
| July 27, Wed. | 31 | Review (Last day of lecture) | |
| July 29, Thurs. | 32 |
Final exam | Chs. 17-20 |
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