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September 25, 27
September 29 |
Overview of the Earth System
Minerals: The Ingredients of Rocks |
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2 |
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October 2, 4
October 6 |
Minerals: The Ingredients of Rocks
Rocks: Records of Geologic Processes |
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3 |
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October 9, 11, 13
October 11 |
Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
Homework 1 due |
CHAPTERS 4, 5 |
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October 16
October 18, 20 |
Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks |
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 7 |
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October 23
October 23 October 25, 27 |
Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Homework 2 due Metamorphic Rocks |
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8 |
| October 30 | MIDTERM EXAM: | You must take the exam
in the lecture section for which you are registered. |
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November 1, 3 | The Rock Record and Geologic Time | CHAPTER 9 |
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November 6
November 8, 10 |
The Rock Record and Geologic Time
Folding and Faulting |
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10 |
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November 13, 15, 17
November 15 |
Earthquakes
Homework 3 due |
CHAPTER 18 |
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November 20, 22
November 24 |
Interior of the Earth
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
CHAPTER 19 |
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November 27, 29
December 1 |
Plate Tectonics: The Great Synthesis | CHAPTERS 20, 21 |
| December 5
Tuesday at 2 p.m. |
FINAL EXAM: | You must take the exam
in the lecture section for which you are registered. |
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Geological Society of America
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Education
(information on evolution and teaching of evolution)
Alaska Volcano Observatory
(info on Alaskan and Siberian volcanoes and links to other volcano
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