Course Coordinators: Ken Rubin (x68973, HIG 410B) and Brian Popp (x66206, HIG 415)
Other Instructors: Rodey Batiza (x65036), John Sinton (x67751), Chip Fletcher (x62582), Tom Hulsebosch (x66193)

DAY	  DATE      TOPIC
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Introduction to the Earth and Solar System
1. Tue.   Aug. 22   Origin of the Solar System & Formation of the Earth -- Ken Rubin
2. Thur.  Aug. 24   Differentiation & General Structure of the Earth -- Ken Rubin
3. Tue    Aug. 29   Structure of the crust, Principles of plate tectonics -- Ken Rubin
4. Thur.  Aug. 31   Introduction to Earth materials and Mineralogy -- Rodey Batiza
5. Tue..  Sept. 5   Introduction to Earth materials and Mineralogy -- Rodey Batiza

Igneous Rocks and Volcanism
6. Thur.  Sept. 7   Melting in the Earth's mantle -- Rodey Batiza
7. Tue.   Sept. 12  Petrogenetic processes and rock classification -- John Sinton
8. Thur.  Sept. 14  Igneous rocks (Mafic) -- John Sinton
9. Tue.   Sept. 19  Igneous rocks (Sial) -- John Sinton
10.Thur   Sept. 21  Physical properties of magmas -- John Sinton
11.Tue.   Sept. 26  Volcanic processes and landforms -- John Sinton
FIRST TAKE HOME EXAM

Sedimentary Rocks and Environments
12. Thur. Sept. 28  The rock cycle/weathering -- Brian Popp
13. Tue.  Oct. 3    Types of sediments: general -- Brian Popp
14. Thur. Oct. 5    Alluvial, fluvial and deltaic environments -- Chip Fletcher
15. Tue.  Oct. 10   Shorelines, shelves and platforms -- Chip Fletcher
16. Thur. Oct. 12   Deep sea sediment distributions -- Brian Popp

Stratigraphy and Historical Geology
17. Tue.  Oct. 17   Evolution of life and the fossil record -- Brian Popp
18. Thur. Oct. 19   Evolution of atmosphere and oceans -- Brian Popp
19. Tue.  Oct. 24   Geochronology (Radiometric and Paleomagnetic Dating) -- Chip Fletcher
20. Thur. Oct. 26   Geologic Time -- Brian Popp
21. Sat.  Oct. 28   FIELD TRIP to the PLEISTOCENE at KAENA POINT -- Chip Fletcher
                    [note special day; this will be a 3/4 day trip]
21. Tue.  Oct. 31   Geologic and Stratigraphic Correlations -- Chip Fletcher
22. Thur. Nov. 2    The Pleistocene -- Chip Fletcher
SECOND TAKE HOME EXAM

Geochemistry
13. Tue.  Nov. 7    The modern hydrosphere, geochemical cycles -- Ken Rubin
14. Thur. Nov. 9    The Carbon cycle -- ken Rubin


Diagenesis, Metamorphism, Plate Tectonics and Provenance
15. Tue.  Nov. 14   Diagenetic processes and environments -- Ken Rubin
16. Thur. Nov. 16   Metamorphism: P, T and Chemical Reactions -- Tom Hulsebosch
17. Tue.  Nov. 21   Metamorphism: Mineralogy, phase diagrams, facies -- Tom Hulsebosch
--  Thur. Nov. 23   Thanksgiving - Holiday
18. Tue.  Nov. 28   Metamorphic rocks, multi stage metamorphism  -- Tom Hulsebosch
19. Thurs.Nov. 30   Metamorphism as a global process -- Tom Hulsebosch
20. Tue.  Dec. 5    Global rock distributions and Plate Tectonics -- Tom Hulsebosch
21. Thurs.Dec. 7    Fluids in the Earth's crust -- Tom Hulsebosch
THIRD TAKE HOME EXAM