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September 26
September 28 |
Overview of the Earth System
Minerals: The Ingredients of Rocks |
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2 |
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October 3,5
October 5 |
Minerals: The Ingredients of Rocks
Rocks: Records of Geologic Processes |
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 3 |
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October 10, 12
October 12 |
Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
Homework 1 due |
CHAPTERS 4, 5 |
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October 17
October 19 |
Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks |
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 7 |
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October 24
October 24 October 26 |
Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks
Homework 2 due Metamorphic Rocks |
CHAPTER 7
CHAPTER 8 |
| October 31 | MIDTERM EXAM: | You must take the exam
in the lecture section for which you are registered. |
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November 2 | The Rock Record and Geologic Time | CHAPTER 9 |
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November 7
November 9 |
The Rock Record and Geologic Time
Folding and Faulting |
CHAPTER 9
CHAPTER 10 |
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November 14, 16
November 16 |
Earthquakes
Homework 3 due |
CHAPTER 18 |
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November 21
November 24 |
Interior of the Earth
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY |
CHAPTER 19 |
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November 28, 30 | Plate Tectonics: The Great Synthesis | CHAPTERS 20, 21 |
| December 8
Friday at 9:30 a.m.. |
FINAL EXAM: | You must take the exam
in the lecture section for which you are registered. |
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