Instructors:

Dr. John Dowd, Geology, 125, (706) 542-2383, jdowd@uga.edu
Dr. Paul A. Schroeder, Geology 329, (706) 542-2384, schroe@uga.edu

Meeting times:  Lecture: Tues/Thurs. 9:30 to 10:45 AM.  Lab Tuesday 2:00 to 4:45 PM

Text for Part I: Elements of Physical Hydrology. By George M. Hornberger, ISBN: 0801858577

Click here for part I of the GEOL3020 fall syllabus

Text for Part II: Weathering: An Introduction to the Scientific Principles. By Will Land and David Rolls. Arnold Publishing ISBN 0340-67744-9

Schedule for part II of GEOL3020 fall 2006 Surficial Processes

Date	Topic
October 10^th	Space, time, and chemical reactions
October 10^th	No lab meeting (recover from GGS Trip)
October 12^th	Chemical reactions and mineral assemblages
October 17^th	Equilibrium processes
October 17^th	Lab: Recalculation of components and phases in a granitic rock
October 19th	Aqueous activity diagrams
October 24^th	Aqueous activity diagrams
October 24^th	Lab: Weathering of a granite
October 31^st	Factors in chemical weathering
October 31^st	Lab: Lithosequence study
November 2^nd	Redox reactions
November 7^th	Review
November 7^th	Lab: Water chemistry
November 9^th	Exam #1
November 14^th	Biogeochemistry
November 14^th	Lab Tanyard Creek Data
November 16^th	Review of exam
November 21^st	Stable isotopes and surficial processes
November 21^st	Lab:Visit to USDA
November 28^th	Biogeochemical cycles - Carbon
November 28^th	Lab:Analysis of USDA data
November 30^th	Biogeochemical cycles - C, Fe, S, and O
December 5^th	Biogeochemical cycles- - 2 box model
December 14^th	Exam #2 (Due by 12 noon)

This year's (2006) GGS field trip will be held as usual over Columbus Day Weekend: October 6-8. Headquarters will be at the Buccaneer Beach Resort on Jekyll Island. Title of the trip will be "Quaternary stratigraphy and depositional enviroments in the vicinity of Golden Isles Parkway and Jekyll Island". Leaders will include Drs. Andrew Ivester, Dave Bush and Tim Chowns of the University of West Georgia. Saturday will be spent on Jekyll Island with an examination of modern environments and a demonstration of vibra-coring to investigate the shallow stratigraphy. On Sunday we will cross the Pleistocene strand plain and examine Holocene and Pleistocene eolian dunes formed on the flood plain of the Altamaha and Little Ocmulgee rivers. We will also visit a 'Carolina Bay' and discuss the mode of origin.

The Geology department will provide transportation in vans. This is the same weekend as the GA vs TN football home game, which means you can't leave your car in the geolgy parking lot.  Please keep alert for an annoucement indicating when and  where the vans will depart from, as well as information about costs.

Grading:  This section constitutes 50% of the total class grade. The other 50% will come from Dr. Dowd.

The following weighting factors will be used for grade determination.

Lab exercises (20%) 

Exam #1 (15%) 

Exam #2 (15%)

Total (50%)