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| COURSE MEETING TIMES lecture: B-313, MON - FRI, 8:00-9:50 |
SCHEDULE (subject to change) |
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| dates | READING T: text chapters to be read textbook web page |
SEMINAR TOPIC | LAB
EXERCISE L: lab chapter |
| 5/19 | T1: Philosophy & Fundamental Concepts | maps | L4: Topographic Maps: # 1, 2, 3 About topographic maps |
| 5/20 | T3: Minerals & Rocks The Four Earth Systems |
minerals | L2: Minerals See handout sheet for lab due Flourite: Illinois' State Mineral |
| 5/21 | T2: Internal Structure of the Earth & Plate Tectonics | rocks | L3: Rocks See handout sheet for lab due |
| 5/22 | Exam 1: T1-3 T5: Natural Hazards: An Overview Natural Hazards links Natural Hazards maps |
natural hazards | L5: Geologic Maps: # 1
Local Geology |
| 5/23 | T6: Earthquakes & Related Phenomena USGS Earthquake info Earthquake links Central US EQ Consortium T7: Volcanic Activity |
Hazard City: Volcanoes & Earthquakes (meet in ) | L15: Seismic Risk & Earthquakes: #3, 5, 6 L16: Volcanoes & Eruptions: #3, 8 |
| 5/27 | T8: Rivers & Flooding Real Time Data corps of engineers data |
Hazard City: Floods (meet in) | L9: River Processes: # 1-8 L10: Floods: # 2, 3, 4, 6 |
| 5/28 | T9: Slope Processes, Landslides & Subsidence | Hazard City: Landslides (meet in ) | L8: Slope Stability & Landslides: #1 L14: Coastal Erosion: # 5, 6, 7 |
| 5/29 | T10: Coastal Hazards | managing and living with hazards (meet in ) | Identifying local hazards (meet in ) |
| 5/30 | Exam 2: T4-9 (100 pts.) T12: Water Resources |
water & groundwater | L11: Groundwater: # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 (or possible water supply field trip) |
| 6/2 | Field trip: Troy Grove Quarry, leave promptly at 8:00 am | ||
| 6/3 | T13: Water Pollution T17: Waste Management |
Hazard City: Groundwater Contamination (meet in ) | L12: Water Pollution: # 1, 2, 3 (or possible water supply field trip) |
| 6/4 | T14: Mineral Resources | Hazard City: Coal Property Evaluation (meet in ) | L17: Nonfuel Mineral Resources: #1, 3, 4, 7 |
| 6/4 or 5 | Field trip: DePue & local area, leave promptly at 8:00 am | ||
| 6/5 | T15: Energy Resources T16: Soils & Environment |
cookie mining | L18: Petroleum & Natural Gas: #3, 6 L19: Coal: # 1 |
| 6/6 | Exam 3: T12-15 (100 pts.) | Hazard City: Landfill Siting (meet in ) | project work |
| 6/9 | T17: Geology, Society, and the Future | land use planning and completion of term projects | |
| 6/10 | present final reports | ||