GEOL1121H Fall 2003 Schedule |
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Time:
MWF 11:15 AM - 12:05 PM |
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Places:
Geology room 325, GeoScience Learning Lab (room 27), and OUTSIDE! |
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Professor:
Dr. Paul Schroeder |
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Click here for assignments and supplementary information Click here for course format information |
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Month |
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Topic |
Assignment |
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Aug. |
18 |
Introduction and
overview |
Chapter 1 |
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Aug. |
20 |
Geologic time |
Chapter 11 |
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Aug. |
22 |
Topographic maps |
GSLL |
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Aug. |
25 |
Earth History |
Chapter 11 |
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Aug. |
27 |
Minerals: atoms,
isotopes and compounds |
Chapter 3 |
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Aug. |
29 |
Geology in the news |
GSLL |
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Sept. |
1 |
Labor day |
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Sept. |
3 |
Mineral identification |
Chapter 3 |
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Sept. |
5 |
Rock forming minerals |
Chapter 4 |
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Sept. |
8 |
Volcanoes and plutons |
Chapter 5 |
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Sept. |
10 |
Igneous rocks |
Chapter 5 |
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Sept. |
12 |
Soil Sampling |
Outside |
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Sept. |
15 |
Geology in the news* |
GSLL |
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Sept. |
17 |
Weathering reactions |
Chapter 6 |
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Sept. |
19 |
Soil formation |
Chapter 6 |
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Sept. |
22 |
Sedimentary rocks |
Chapter 7 |
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Sept. |
24 |
Sedimentary rocks |
Chapter 7 |
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Sept. |
26 |
Metamorphic rocks |
Chapter 8 |
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Sept |
29 |
Metamorphic rocks |
Chapter 8 |
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Oct. |
1 |
Hammerless campus rock
tour |
Outside |
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Oct. |
3 |
Hammerless campus rock
tour |
Outside |
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Oct. |
6 |
Exam # 1 |
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Oct. |
8 |
Structural geology
faults and folds |
Chapter 9 |
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Oct. |
10 |
Earthquakes |
Chapter 10 |
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Oct. |
13 |
Plate tectonics:
Theories |
Chapter 2 and 20 |
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Oct. |
15 |
Plate tectonics:
Evidence |
Chapter 2 and 20 |
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Oct. |
17 |
Plate Tectonics:
exercise part 1 |
GSLL |
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Oct. |
20 |
Earth's interior |
(298-304) |
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Oct. |
22 |
Plate Tectonics:
exercise part 2 |
GSLL |
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Oct. |
24 |
Hydrologic cycle |
Chapter 10 |
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Oct. |
27 |
Groundwater |
Chapter 15 |
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Oct. |
29 |
Groundwater Flow |
Chapter 15 |
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Oct. |
31 |
Fall Break |
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Nov. |
3 |
Geology in the news* |
GSLL |
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Nov. |
5 |
Exam #2* |
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Nov. |
7 |
Karst |
Chapter 15 |
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Nov. |
10 |
Streams and flooding |
Chapter 14 |
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Nov. |
12 |
Streams and flooding |
Chapter 14 |
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Nov. |
14 |
Streams and flooding
exercise |
Outside |
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Nov. |
17 |
Our changing planet -
Glaciers |
Chapter 16 |
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Nov. |
19 |
Our changing planet -
Deserts |
Chapter 17 |
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Nov. |
21 |
Isotopes and Earth's temperature |
Chapter 19 - GSLL |
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Nov. |
24 |
Our changing planet |
Chapter 19 |
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Nov. |
26 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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Nov. |
28 |
Thanksgiving Break |
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Dec. |
1 |
Geology in the news:
Athens/UGA |
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Dec. |
3 |
Geology in the news:
SE US |
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Dec. |
5 |
Geology in the news:
N. Hemisphere |
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Dec. |
8 |
Geology in the news:
S. Hemisphere + |
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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 |
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Dr. Schroeder will be out of town on these days. |
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Last
Updated on 8/16/03 |
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