Date |
Lecture/Exam |
Earth Reading |
Description |
8/27 |
1 |
Introduction and logistics |
No lecture of substance |
2 |
App. a.1, a.2 Ch. 1 |
Big Bang, expanding universe, supernovae, Nebular hypothesis,elements, nucleosynthesis (S and R processes), Homework 1: E=mc^2 calcs. (due 9/10) |
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3 |
App. a.1, a.2 Ch. 1 |
Bonding, E=mc^2, radioactivity; periodic table: isotopes, magic numbers |
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9/8 |
none |
none |
Furlough day |
4 |
Ch. 5: Minerals |
Silicate minerals, Bowen’s reaction series |
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5 |
Ch. 2 p.41-54 Ch. 6 Magma & Igneous Rocks |
Bowen’s, Density layering of Earth; Origin and components of magma, composition of magma |
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6 |
Ch. 6 Magma & Igneous Rocks |
plutonic vs. volcanic rocks
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7 |
Ch. 6 (still more igneous rocks) |
Magma environments, Phase diagrams Homework 2: Phase diagrams (due 9/29) |
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8 |
Ch. 6: Weathering and soil Ch. 7: Sedimentary rocks |
Forming sediment, mechanical weathering
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9 |
Ch. 7 (continued) |
Forming Sediment: Chemical weathering |
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10/1 |
Lecture cancelled-computer failure |
Lecture cancelled- Computer Failure
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10/6 |
Lecture cancelled- Karner Failure |
Lecture cancelled- Karner Failure |
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10 |
Ch. 6: Weathering and soil
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Products of weathering and 12 soils orders. Homework 3: 12 Soils orders |
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11 |
8: Metamorphism | Chapter 8: Metamorphic Rocks - agents of metamorphism, environments, facies, textures |
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10/15 |
None |
None |
Furlough day |
12 |
Ch. 12: Deep Time, Ch. 13.1-13.5Interlude E, Ch. 13.6-13.9Ch. | Relative Dating- principles of stratigraphy, unconformities, fossils | |
13 |
Continued | Numerical dating, Geologic Time Scale: Precambrian events | |
14 |
Continued | Phanerozoic Eon | |
10/29 |
15 |
Ch. 10: Earthquakes Interlude D: Earth’s interior |
internal structure, seismic waves, reflection and refraction, “sound” channels |
11/3 |
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Midterm 1 |
Midterm 1 : Content through end of Lecture 14 |
11/5 |
No lecture |
Ch. 11: Crustal deformation |
Structural geology, folding and faulting, orogenies, plate tectonic context, isostasy |
11/10 |
19 |
Ch. 10: Earthquakes |
San Andreas fault system |
11/12 |
20 |
Ch. 3: Drifting continents, Interlude A |
Historical context for plate tectonics, magnetism and sea-floor spreading |
11/17 |
21 |
No reading |
Geology 304 Field trip |
11/19 |
22 |
Ch. 4: Plate tectonics |
Plate boundaries, triple junctions, global scale, mantle convection, ridge push/slab pull? |
11/24 |
None |
Ch. 9: Volcanoes |
MORB, subduction volcanism, hot spots, rift volcanism, calderas, Predicting eruptions (Video: Volcano’s Deadly Warning) |
11/26 |
None |
Ch. 14: Energy resources |
Economic geology: Oil, Middle East, California coasts |
Ch. 15: Mineral resources |
Current commodity cycle, future employment opportunities |
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None |
Furlough day |
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Thanksgiving break |
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12/1 |
23 |
Interlude F, Ch. 18: Oceans |
waves, erosion, deltas, Coriolis Forcing, longshore transport, coastal landforms, human intervention |
12/3 |
24 |
Ch. 17: Streams and Floods |
Erosion and sediment transport, river systems, meanders, baselevel |
12/8 |
25 |
Ch. 19: Groundwater |
US aquifers, Sonoma County usage and issue |
12/10 |
26 |
Ch. 16: Mass movements |
Erosion at grander scale, friction and water, creep, Northern California issues |
12/17 |
FINAL EXAM |
2-3:50 |
Semi-cumulative |