| Lecture Schedule -- Geology 300 -- Fall 2014 (14656) | ||||
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Date | Meeting # | Topic |
Chapter in book |
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| 1 |
Aug. 26, Tuesday | Introductions; course procedures; Scientific Method | ch. 1 (1st reading assignment) | |
| Aug. 28,
Thursday, |
2 | Origin of Earth/Solar System, Earth properties | ch. 1, ch. 23 | |
| Labor Day, Sept. 1 | ||||
| 2 |
September 2 (Tu) | 3 | Earth properties, Minerals | ch. 17, 2 |
| September 4 (Th) | 4 | Minerals | ch. 2 |
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Last Day to Enroll, Sunday, Sept. 7
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| 3 |
September 9 (Tu) | 5 | Igneous rocks | ch. 3 |
| September 11 (Th) | 6 | Volcanic terrains | ch. 4 | |
| 4 |
September 16 (Tu) | 7 |
Volcano video | |
| September 18 (Th) | 8 , 8a, 8b | Weathering/Sedimentary rocks | ch. 5/6 | |
| 5 |
September 23 (Tu) | 9 | Sedimentary rocks/Metamorphic rocks | ch. 6/7 |
| September 25 (Th) | 10 | Review | chs. 1-7, 17, 22 |
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| 6 |
September 30 (Tu) | 11 | First Midterm |
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| October 2 (Th) | 12 | Geologic
Time |
ch. 8 |
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| 7 |
October 7 (Tu) | 13, 13a | Structural
Geology: stratigraphy, folds & faults |
ch. 15 |
| October 9 (Th) | 14 | Earthquakes | ch. 16 |
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| 8 |
October 14 (Tu) | 15 | Earthquakes
-- damage, safety, & video |
ch. 16 |
| October 16 (Th) | 16 | Continental
Drift/Development of Plate Tectonics |
ch. 19 |
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| 9 |
October 21 (Tu) | 17 | Plate Tectonics |
ch. 19 |
| October 23 (Th) | 18 | Plate Tectonics
-- Mountain belts/ Continents |
ch. 20 |
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| 10 |
October 28 (Tu) | 19 | Review |
chs. 8, 15,16, 19, 20 |
| October 30 (Th) | 20 | Second Midterm |
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| 11 |
November 4 (Tu) | 21 | Marine Geology |
ch. 18 |
| November 6 (Th) | 22 | Rivers &
Streams |
ch. 10 |
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| 12 |
November 11 (Tu) | 23 | Veterans' Day Holiday |
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| November 13 (Th) | 24 | Groundwater | ch. 11 |
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| Last day to drop with "W" is Tuesday, November 18 | ||||
| 13 |
November 18 (Tu) | 25 | Review | |
| November 20 (Th) | 26 | Third Midterm | chs. 10-11, 18 | |
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| 14 |
November 25 (Tu) | 27 | Mass Wasting | ch. 19 |
| November 27 (Th) |
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Thanksgiving Holiday --
No Class |
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| 15 |
December 2 (Tu) | 29 | Glaciers | ch. 12 |
| December 4 (Th) | 30 | Ice Ages | ch. 12 | |
| 16 |
December 9 (Tu) |
31 |
Desert geology | ch. 13 |
| December 11 (Th) | 32 | Waves, beaches, Coastlines;
Review |
ch. 14 | |
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| 17 |
December 16 (Tu) | 33 | FINAL EXAM (10:15-12:15) | |
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