Meets Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00am-12:15pm in Smith 205
Text: Earth: Introduction to Physical Geology, 8th ed., Tarbuck and Lutgens
Syllabus [pdf]
Presentations and assigned reading:
6 January - Introduction [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 1
11 January - Plate Tectonics I [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 2
13 January - Plate Tectonics II [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 2
18 January - Plate Tectonics III [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 2
20 January - Matter and Minerals [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 3
25 January - Igneous Rocks [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 4
27 January - Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 5
1 February - Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 5
3 February - First examination [key] (Note that the key only applies to those exams taken at the initial scheduled time - if you did not take the exam at the scheduled time you will have to come and see me to get a key.)
8 February - Weathering and Soil [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 6
10 February - Sedimentary Rocks I [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 7
15 February - Sedimentary Rocks II [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 7
17 February - Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks (Dr. Tick) [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 8
22 February - Geologic Time (Dr. Robinson) [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 9
24 February - Crustal Deformation [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 10
1 March - Earthquakes I [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 11
3 March - Earthquakes II [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 11
8 March - Second examination
10 March - Earth's Interior (Dr. Hall) [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 12
15 March - Review of second examination
17 March - Divergent Boundarires: Origin and Evolution of the Ocean Floor I [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 13
22 March - Divergent Boundarires: Origin and Evolution of the Ocean Floor II: Chapter 13
24 March - Convergent Boundaries II [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 14
5 April - Mass Wasting [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 15
7 April - Running Water [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 16
12 April - Groundwater [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 17
14 April - Pre-exam review [ppt][pdf]
19 April - Third Examination
21 April - Shorelines [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 20
26 April - Energy and Mineral Resources [ppt][pdf]: Chapter 21
5 May - Final examination (8:00am-10:30am)