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Course Syllabus

Section 1 (MWF)

Section 2 (TR)

 
Lecture Outlines
Week 1  Overview of the Earth System
Weeks 1 & 2  Minerals: The Ingredients of Rocks
Week 2  Rocks: Records of Geologic Processes
Weeks 3 & 4  Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
Weeks 4 & 5 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Week 5 Metamorphic Rocks
Weeks 6 & 7 The Rock Record and Geologic Time
Week 7 Folding and Faulting
Week 8 Earthquakes
Week 9 Interior of the Earth
Week 10  Plate Tectonics: The Great Synthesis

 
 
 
REVIEW QUESTIONS
SET 1
SET 2
SET 3
MID-TERM
SET 4
SET 5
SET 6
FINAL EXAM

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Additional Useful Links

OSU Geosciences Department
(faculty, courses, more links, web resources, etc.)

Operational Significant Events Imagery
(satellite images of hurricanes, volcanoes, floods, etc.)

Geological Society of America
(professional society for geologists)

National Center for Science Education
 (information on evolution and teaching of evolution)

Alaska Volcano Observatory
(info on Alaskan and Siberian volcanoes and links to other volcano webpages)