GEOLOGY 1500 CLASS SCHEDULE – FALL 2013
SECTION 005 - 11:00-12:15 TTh
Aug
Aug
Aug
Aug
Sept
Sept
Sept
Sept
Sept
20 Course Introduction and Introduction to Physical Geology/Dynamic Earth
22 Geologic Time and the Geologic Time Scale – First Earth Magazine Reading
27 Earth’s Interior Structure and Plate Tectonics
29 Plate Tectonics continued.
03 No Class – Substitute day for Labor Day Holiday (Tuesday = Monday)
05 Atoms, Elements, and Minerals (i.e., Chemistry needed to understand Minerals)
10 Minerals and Physical Properties of Minerals
12 Mineral Classification and Mineral Groups
17 EXAM #1 (Tuesday) [Covers Introduction, Geologic Time and the Geologic Time Scale,
Earth’s Interior Structure and Plate Tectonics, Mineral Chemistry, Properties and
Classification of Minerals]
Sept 19 Magmas and Igneous Rocks
Sept 24 Magmas and Igneous Rocks
Sept 26 Volcanism and Volcanic Landforms
Oct 01 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks – Virtual Radiocarbon?
Oct 03 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks continued and Relative Geologic Time Concepts
Oct 08 FALL BREAK – NO CLASS
Oct 10 Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
Oct 15 EXAM #2 (Tuesday) [Covers Igneous Rocks, Volcanism, Sedimentary Rocks, and
Metamorphic Rocks]
Oct 17 Weathering Processes, Weathering-Erosion Landforms, and Soils – Virtual Radiocarbon Ex.
And Introduction to Quaternary Geologic Time (Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs)
Oct 22 Weathering Processes, Weathering-Erosion Landforms, and Soils continued.
Oct 24 Mass Wasting Processes and “Landslides”
Oct 29 Mass Wasting Processes and “Landslides” continued. (GSA) – Virtual Earthquake Exercise
Oct 31 Groundwater and Ground-water Processes (GSA?)
Nov 05 Finish Groundwater and Ground-water Processes
Nov 07 EXAM #3 (Thursday) [Weathering and Soils, Mass Wasting and Landslides, and
Groundwater]
Nov 12
Nov 14
Nov 19
Nov 21
Nov 26
Nov 28
Dec 03
Dec 04
Begin Structural Geology
Finish Structural Geology
Caves, Karst Processes, and Karst Landforms
Finish Caves and Karst
Dunes and Deserts
THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY – NO CLASS
Coastal Processes and Landforms.
READING DAY – NO CLASS
Dec 05 FINAL EXAM – Thursday – 11:00-1:30 PM in 349 Flanagan Building [Structural Geology,
Caves and Karst, Dunes, and Coastal Processes and Landforms? + Topics Covered on Exam
#3 (Weathering and Soils, Mass Wasting and Landslides, and Groundwater)]