GEOL
1610.001 PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
SUMMER, 2005
H. WILLIAMS
DATE
TOPICS
TEXT
READINGS
July
11 Atomic structure/Minerals/classification Ch. 2
12 Igneous rocks/origin/occurrence Ch. 3
13 Volcanic activity. Weathering Ch. 3, 4, 5
14 Sedimentary rocks. Metamorphic rocks/exam 1 review Ch. 6, 7
18 EXAM 1
19
Geologic time: relative and absolute.
Mass wasting
Ch. 18, 8
20 Groundwater. Rivers/hydrological cycle Ch. 10, 9
21 Rivers/landforms/ Ch. 9
25 Shorelines/processes and landforms/exam 2 review Ch. 13
26
EXAM 2
27 Glacial processes and landforms Ch. 11
28 Deserts/processes and landforms Ch. 12
August
1 Earth's interior/structure of earth Ch. 15
2 Plate tectonics: the movie/exam 3 review (video)
3
EXAM 3
4
Plate tectonics/sea-floor
spreading/interactions
Ch. 16
8 Crustal deformation/faults, folds Ch. 17
9 Earthquakes/cause and effect/ Earthquakes: the movie Ch. 15
10 Earthquakes/case study - Alaska, 1964 Ch. 15
11 Mountains/origins/ Exam 4 Review Ch. 17
12 EXAM 4