Lecture # |
Date |
Lecture Topic |
Lecture Slides |
Reading (Fletcher/WileyPLUS) |
Homework (WileyPLUS) |
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Part
1: The Solar System & Earth's Rock Cycle |
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1 |
8/25 |
Overview
+ Intro Geology |
Lecture 1 | Syllabus + Ch 1 | |||||||
2 |
8/27 |
Solar
System |
Chapter 2 |
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3 |
9/1 |
Planet
Earth Overview |
Chapter 3 |
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4 |
9/3 |
Minerals |
Chapter 4 | ||||||||
5 |
9/8 |
Igneous
Rocks |
Chapter 5 | ||||||||
6 |
9/10 |
Weathering |
Lecture 6 | Chapter 7 | |||||||
7 |
9/15 |
Sedimentary
Rocks |
Chapter 8 | ||||||||
8 |
9/17 |
Metamorphic
Rocks |
Chapter 9 | ||||||||
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9/22 |
Midterm
#1 Review |
Practice Exam (optional) | ||||||||
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9/24 |
Midterm
#1 |
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10 |
9/29 |
Plate
Tectonics |
Chapter 3 | ||||||||
11 |
10/1 |
Plate
Tectonics |
Chapter 3 | ||||||||
12 |
10/6 |
Volcanoes |
Chapter 6 | ||||||||
13 |
10/8 |
Mountain
Building |
Chapter 10 | ||||||||
14 |
10/13 |
Faults
& Quakes |
Chapter 10-11 | ||||||||
15 |
10/15 |
Earthquakes |
Chapter 11 | ||||||||
16 |
10/20 |
EarthScope,
Tsunamis, Geologic Time |
Chapter 11-12 | ||||||||
17 |
10/22 |
Earth
History |
Chapter 13 | ||||||||
18 |
10/27 |
Midterm
#2 Review |
Practice Exam (optional) | ||||||||
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10/29 |
Midterm #2 |
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19 |
11/3 |
Global Warming |
Chapter 14 | ||||||||
20 |
11/5 |
Climate
Change |
Chapter 14 | ||||||||
21 |
11/10 |
Glaciers
& Paleoclimatology |
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Chapter 15 | |||||||
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11/12 |
Mass
Wasting |
Chapter 16 | ||||||||
23 |
11/17 |
Surface
Water |
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Chapter 17 | |||||||
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11/19 |
Groundwater |
Chapter 18 | ||||||||
25 |
11/24 |
Coastal Geology |
Chapter 20 | ||||||||
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11/26 |
Thxgv Holiday - no class |
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26 |
12/1 |
Marine
Geology |
Chapter 21 | ||||||||
27 |
12/3 |
Hawaii
Marine Geology |
no reading |
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28 |
12/8 |
Dynamic Earth Synthesis |
no reading |
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29 |
12/10 |
Final
Review |
study! |
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12/15 |
Final Exam 12-2pm |
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