GEOL1121H Fall 2003 Schedule

 

Time: MWF 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM

Places: Geology room 325, GeoScience Learning Lab (room 27), and OUTSIDE!

Professor: Dr. Paul Schroeder

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Month

Date

Topic

Assignment

Aug.

18

Introduction and overview

Chapter 1

Aug.

20

Geologic time

Chapter 11

Aug.

22

Topographic maps

GSLL

Aug.

25

Earth History

Chapter 11

Aug.

27

Minerals: atoms, isotopes and compounds

Chapter 3

Aug.

29

Geology in the news

GSLL

Sept.

1

Labor day

 

Sept.

3

Mineral identification

Chapter 3

Sept.

5

Rock forming minerals

Chapter 4

Sept.

8

Volcanoes and plutons

Chapter 5

Sept.

10

Igneous rocks

Chapter 5

Sept.

12

Soil Sampling

Outside

Sept.

15

Geology in the news*

GSLL

Sept.

17

Weathering reactions

Chapter 6

Sept.

19

Soil formation

Chapter 6

Sept.

22

Sedimentary rocks

Chapter 7

Sept.

24

Sedimentary rocks

Chapter 7

Sept.

26

Metamorphic rocks

Chapter 8

Sept

29

Metamorphic rocks

Chapter 8

Oct.

1

Hammerless campus rock tour

Outside

Oct.

3

Hammerless campus rock tour

Outside

Oct.

6

Exam # 1

 

Oct.

8

Structural geology faults and folds

Chapter 9

Oct.

10

Earthquakes

Chapter 10

Oct.

13

Plate tectonics: Theories

Chapter 2 and 20

Oct.

15

Plate tectonics: Evidence

Chapter 2 and 20

Oct.

17

Plate Tectonics: exercise part 1

GSLL

Oct.

20

Earth's interior

(298-304)

Oct.

22

Plate Tectonics: exercise part 2

GSLL

Oct.

24

Hydrologic cycle

Chapter 10

Oct.

27

Groundwater

Chapter 15

Oct.

29

Groundwater Flow

Chapter 15

Oct.

31

Fall Break

 

Nov.

3

Geology in the news*

GSLL

Nov.

5

Exam #2*

 

Nov.

7

Karst

Chapter 15

Nov.

10

Streams and flooding

Chapter 14

Nov.

12

Streams and flooding

Chapter 14

Nov.

14

Streams and flooding exercise

Outside

Nov.

17

Our changing planet - Glaciers

Chapter 16

Nov.

19

Our changing planet - Deserts

Chapter 17

Nov.

21

Isotopes and Earth's temperature

Chapter 19 - GSLL

Nov.

24

Our changing planet

Chapter 19

Nov.

26

Thanksgiving Break

 

Nov.

28

Thanksgiving Break

 

Dec.

1

Geology in the news: Athens/UGA

 

Dec.

3

Geology in the news: SE US

 

Dec.

5

Geology in the news: N. Hemisphere

 

Dec.

8

Geology in the news: S. Hemisphere +

 

Dec.

10

Exam #3 -12:00 to 3:00 PM

 

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Text:

Skinner, Porter and, Parker Dynamic Earth 5th edition, J. Wiley and Sons, 2004

* Dr. Schroeder will be out of town on these days.

Last Updated on 8/16/03

Email: schroe@uga.edu