| Lecture Schedule -- Geology 300 -- Spring 2013 | ||||
| Week
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Date | Meeting # | Reading (Plummer, Carlson & Hammersley) | Comments/Assignments |
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| 1 |
Wed., Jan. 23 |
1 | Introductions; course procedures; Scientific Method | Introductions; course
procedure; ch. 1 |
| 2 |
Jan. 28 (M) | 2 | Formation of Earth and Solar System | ch. 23 |
| Jan. 30 (W) | 3 |
Minerals | ch. 2 | |
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Last day to enroll or drop without "W" is
Sunday, Feb. 3
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| 3 |
Feb. 4 (M) | 4 | Igneous rocks | ch. 3 |
| Feb. 6 (W) | 5
(see also these notes) |
Volcanic
terrains |
ch. 4 | |
| 4 |
Feb. 11 (M) | 6 | Weathering
and Soils |
ch. 5 |
| Feb. 13 (W) | 7
(see also these notes here
& here) |
Sedimentary rocks | ch. 6 | |
| 5 |
Feb. 18 (M) | Presidents' Day -- No Class | ||
| Feb. 20 (W) | 8 | Metamorphic Rocks, Review | ch. 7 | |
| 6 |
Feb. 25 (M) | 9 |
First Midterm (test window from 2/25 to 2/27) | chs. 1-7, 17, 23; review sheet |
| Feb. 27 (W) | 10 | Geologic Time | ch. 8 | |
| 7 |
Mar. 4 (M) | 11 (see also these notes) | Earth's Structures | ch. 15 |
| Mar. 6 (W) | 12 | Earth's
Interior |
ch. 17 | |
| 8 |
Mar. 11 (M) | 13 | Earthquakes | ch. 16 |
| Mar. 13 (W) | 14 | The Birth of a Theory | ch. 19 | |
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| 9 |
Mar. 18 (M) | 15 | Plate Dynamics | ch. 19 |
| Mar. 20 (W) | 16 |
Mountain
Building |
ch. 20 | |
| March 25 to 31 -- Spring Break -- No Class this Week | ||||
| 10 |
April 1 (M) | 17 |
Review |
review sheet |
| April 3 (W) | 18 | Second Test (test window from 4/3 to 4/5) | chs. 8, 15-20 |
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| 11 |
April 8 (M) | 19 | The Sea Floor | ch. 18 |
| April 10 (W) | 20 | Rivers,
Erosion and Deposition |
ch. 10 | |
| 12 |
April 15 (M) | 21 | Landform Evolution | ch. 10 |
| April 17 (W) | 22 | Groundwater | ch. 11 | |
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Last Day to Drop with a
"W" is Sunday, April 21
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| 13 |
April 22 (M) | 23 |
Review |
chs. 10-11, 18 |
| April 24 (W) | 24 | Third Test [test window from 4/18 to 4/20] | review sheet | |
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| 14 |
April 29 (M) | 25 | Glaciers | ch. 12 |
| May 1 (W) | 26 |
Ice ages and climate change | ch. 12 | |
| 15 |
May 6 (M) | 27 | Waves, Beaches, and Coasts | ch. 14 |
| May 8 (W) |
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Mass Wasting | ch. 9 | |
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| 16 |
May 13 (M) | 29 | Wind, Dust, and Deserts | ch. 13 |
| May 15 (W) | 30 | Review | ||
| 17 |
May 20 (M) |
31 |
FINAL EXAM (8-10 a.m.) | review
sheet |
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1/22/2013
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