GEOLOGY 50 INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY
FALL 2001
DR. ANDERSON
OFFICE BEURY 219, PHONE 204-8249
EMAIL andy@astro.temple.edu

TEXT: TARBUCK AND LUTGENS, THE EARTH, 7th EDITION
            GEOLOGY 50 LABORATORY MANUAL
DAY

8/28,30     LIGHT, THE STARS + GALAXIES                                CH. 1
                ELEMENTS, ATOMS, ISOTOPES + IONS             

9/4,6         CHEMICAL BONDS + MINERAL STRUCTURES           CH. 2

9/11,13     SiO₄ TETRAHEDRA + CRYSTALLIZATION                   CH. 3

9/18,20     BOWEN REACTION SERIES + IGNEOUS ROCKS       CH. 4

9/25,27     METAMORPHIC ROCKS AND PROCESSES               CH. 7

10/2,4       WEATHERING-EROSION-TRANSPORT-DEPOSITION     CH. 5,10

10/9,11     SEDIMENTARY ROCKS         REVIEW                         CH. 6

10/16        MID TERM EXAM

10/18        RIVERS + SHORELINES                                             CH. 10,14

10/23,25   GROUNDWATER + GLACIERS                                    CH. 11,12

10/30,1     EARTHQUAKES + THE EARTH'S INTERIOR                 CH. 15,16,17

11/6,8       MAGNETISM + CONTINENTAL DRIFT                           CH. 18,19

11/13,15    SEAFLOOR SPREADING, PLATE TECTONICS             CH. 18,19,20

11/20,22    RELATIVE GEOLOGIC TIME; THANKSGIVING             CH. 8

11/27,29    ABSOLUTE GEOLOGIC TIME, THE PLANETS               CH. 8,22

12/4,6        REVIEW, STUDY DAY on the 6th

12/13         FINAL LECTURE EXAM THURSDAY, 8:30-10:30

note: you must be registered in and complete a lab for this course

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