COURSE OUTLINE
2004
GEOLOGY 1111
EARTH: OUR PLANET
Office Hours:
Lectures:
Dr. Tony Fowler,
Joe Wallach,
Monday
Thursday
14:30-16:30 Tuesday
MRN.219
Tel. 445-2999
e-mail: jwallach@synapse.net
11:30-13:00
11:30-14:30; First day, January 5, 2004
PLEASE NOTE: There May Be Some Changes to this Outline
Monday,
Jan. 5
Organization of course (Text & marking scheme)
(ADF & JLW)
Thursday,
Jan. 8
Solar system
(JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapters 2 & 3
Monday,
Jan. 12
Mineralogy
(JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 6 (pp. 111-125)
Thursday,
Jan. 15
Igneous Rocks
(ADF)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 7
Monday,
Jan. 19
Sedimentary Rocks
(JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 8 (pp. 157-168)
Thursday,
Jan. 22
Metamorphic Rocks
(JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 8 (pp. 168-176)
Monday,
Jan. 26
Geochronology
(ADF)
Thursday,
Jan. 29
Resources
(ADF)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 18
Monday,
Feb. 2
Geophysics
(ADF)
Thursday,
Feb. 5
Earth Structure & Fundamental Concepts
(JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 2 (pp. 36-38) and Chapter 1 (pp. 12-16);
Chapter 6 (pp. 131-132)
Monday,
Feb. 9
Deformation
(JLW)
Thursday,
Feb. 12
Plate Tectonics
(JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 4
GEOLOGY 1111
EARTH: OUR PLANET
Monday,
Feb. 16
Glaciation and Quaternary Geology
(ADF & JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 10 (pp. 215-232)
Thursday,
Feb. 19
Earthquakes
(JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 5
Monday,
Feb. 23
STUDY WEEK
Thursday,
Feb. 27
STUDY WEEK
Monday,
Mar. 1
MID-TERM EXAM
(ADF & JLW)
Thursday,
Mar. 4
Intraplate Neotectonics
(JLW)
Monday,
Mar. 8
REVIEW OF MID-TERM EXAM
(ADF & JLW)
Thursday,
Mar. 11
Oceans
(ADF)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 11
Monday,
Mar. 15 Remote Sensing
(Vern Singhroy)
Thursday,
Mar. 18
Waste Disposal
(ADF & JLW)
Monday,
Mar. 22
Hydrogeology
(Ian Clark)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 9 (pp. 202-211)
Thursday,
Mar. 25
Geomorphology
(JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 9 (pp. 189-202); Chapter 19
Monday,
Mar. 29
Weather & climate
(JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 13
Thursday
Apr. 1
Societal Issues
(ADF & JLW)
Monday,
April 5
REVIEW
(ADF & JLW)
Textbook: Skinner, B.J., Porter, S.C and Botkin, D.B., 1999. The Blue Planet, Second
Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 552 pp.
The book should be available at the student society bookstore AGORA
located at 145 Besserer Street. The bookstore is open from 8 am to 10 pm
Monday to Friday, 12 noon-9 pm Saturday and 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM
Sunday. The phone number is 562-4672 and the web address is
www.agora.to.
Mark Distribution:
Mid-term Exam
Quizzes
Final Exam
30%
30%
40%