| Lecture Schedule -- Geology 300 -- Fall 2015 (14684) | ||||
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Date | Meeting # | Topic |
Chapter in book |
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| 1 |
Aug. 25, Tuesday | Introductions; course procedures; Scientific Method | ch. 1 (1st reading assignment) | |
| Aug. 27, Thursday, |
2 | Origin of Earth/Solar System, Earth properties | ch. 1, ch. 23 | |
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| 2 |
September 1 (Tu) | 3 | Earth properties, Minerals | ch. 17, 2 |
| September 3 (Th) | 4 | Minerals | ch. 2 |
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Last Day to Enroll, Sunday, Sept. 6; Labor Day, Sept. 7
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| 3 |
September 8 (Tu) | 5 | Igneous rocks | ch. 3 |
| September 10 (Th) | 6 | Volcanic terrains | ch. 4 | |
| 4 |
September 15 (Tu) | 7 |
Volcano video | |
| September 17 (Th) | 8 , 8a, 8b | Weathering/Sedimentary rocks | ch. 5/6 | |
| 5 |
September 22 (Tu) | 9 | Sedimentary rocks/Metamorphic rocks | ch. 6/7 |
| September 24 (Th) | 10 | Review | chs. 1-7, 17, 22 |
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| 6 |
September 29 (Tu) | 11 | First Midterm |
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| October 1 (Th) | 12 | Geologic
Time |
ch. 8 |
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| 7 |
October 6 (Tu) | 13, 13a | Structural
Geology: stratigraphy, folds & faults |
ch. 15 |
| October 8 (Th) | 14 | Earthquakes | ch. 16 |
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| 8 |
October 13 (Tu) | 15 | Earthquakes
-- damage, safety, & video |
ch. 16 |
| October 15 (Th) | 16 | Continental
Drift/Development of Plate Tectonics |
ch. 19 |
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| 9 |
October 20 (Tu) | 17 | Plate
Tectonics |
ch. 19 |
| October 22 (Th) | 18 | Plate
Tectonics -- Mountain belts/ Continents |
ch. 20 |
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| 10 |
October 27 (Tu) | 19 | Review |
chs. 8, 15,16, 19, 20 |
| October 29 (Th) | 20 | Second Midterm |
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| 11 |
November 3 (Tu) | 21 | Marine
Geology |
ch. 18 |
| November 5 (Th) | 22 | Rivers
& Streams |
ch. 10 |
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Veterans' Day
Holiday, November 11
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| 12 |
November 10 (Tu) | 23 | TBA |
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| November 12 (Th) | 24 | Groundwater | ch. 11 |
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| Last day to drop with "W" is Tuesday, November 17 | ||||
| 13 |
November 17 (Tu) | 25 | Review | |
| November 19 (Th) | 26 | Third Midterm | chs. 10-11, 18 | |
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| 14 |
November 24 (Tu) | 27 | Mass Wasting | ch. 19 |
| November 26 (Th) |
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Thanksgiving Holiday
-- No Class |
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| 15 |
December 1 (Tu) | 29 | Glaciers | ch. 12 |
| December 3 (Th) | 30 | Ice Ages | ch. 12 | |
| 16 |
December 8 (Tu) |
31 |
Desert geology | ch. 13 |
| December 10 (Th) | 32 | Waves, beaches,
Coastlines; Review |
ch. 14 | |
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December 15 (Tu) | 33 | FINAL EXAM (10:15-12:15) | |
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