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GEL 1008
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

lecture: A-321 Mon & Wed 10:00-10:50
seminar: B-328 1: Tue 10:00-10:50, 2: Tue 11:00-11:50 3: Fri 10:00-10:50
lab: A-101 (Biology Lab) open (you should be there approximately 2 hrs. per week)

SCHEDULE (subject to change)

week of READING

C: text chapters to be read
Inter: Interlude

 SEMINAR TOPIC LAB EXERCISE DUE (Friday at my office or in the Bio Lab unless otherwise noted)
link to lab book web page (links to www exercises)
LE: lab exercise from lab text
1/7 Prelude: And Just What Is Geology maps (Fri)  
1/14 C 5: Minerals
 Inter. A: Rock Groups
Inter. B: The Rock Cycle

maps (Tue)

properties of minerals (Fri)

 LE 6: Topographic Maps (15 pts.)
  • Problems 1-26 (except 5, 6, 22, 25 d.)
  • for 15-18 & 26, use IVCC
  • for 20, use IVCC and the Peru Mall
  • for 25, consider the entire map
1/21
(off Mon)		 C 6: Magma & Igneous Rocks
 

properties of minerals (Tue)

properties of igneous rocks (Fri)

 LE 1 & LE 2: Minerals (20 pts.)
  • use the worksheet provided to record the properties of the samples provided
  • p. 32 problem 3
1/28 C 9: Volcanic Eruptions

C 7: Sediments & Soils (p. 165-180)

properties of igneous rocks (Tue)

aerial images (Fri)

 LE 3: Igneous Rocks (15 pts.)
2/4

EXAM 1: C 5, 6, 7, 9, Prelude, Interludes A & B, Maps (Mon 2/4)

Inter. E: Hydrologic Cycle

Find a watershed: http://www.epa.gov/surf/

 aerial images (Tue)

rivers (Fri)

 LE 7: Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images (15 pts.)
  • Problems 1-3
2/11 C 17: Streams & Floods

C 18: Oceans & Coasts

 rivers (Tue)

coastal & desert features (Fri)

 LE 8: Streams and Humid-Climate Landscapes(15 pts.)
  • Problems 1(a,b,c), 2, 5(b,c,d,e)
  • draw a topographic profile along the line A-A' on page 163 and label the floodplain and any terraces present
2/18
(off Mon)		 C 21: Dry Regions coastal & desert features (Tue)

sedimentary & metamorphic rocks (Fri)

 LE 11: Sea Coasts (20 pts.)
  • Problems 1, 2, 3(a-d)

LE 12: Arid Climate Landscapes

  • Problems 1, 2, 3(c&d), 5(a&b)
2/25

C 7: Sedimentary Rocks (p. 170-205)

C 8: Metamorphism

 sedimentary & metamorphic rocks (Tue)

mapping and rock identification (Fri)

 LE 4: Sedimentary Rocks (15 pts.)
  • use the worksheet provided to record the properties and identify the rock samples provided
  • Problem 4 b,d (answer on worksheet)

LE 5: Metamorphic Rocks (15 pts.)

  • use the worksheet provided to record the properties and identify the rock samples provided
  • Problem 6 (answer on worksheet)
3/3

EXAM 2: 7, 8, 17, 18, 21, Interludes B & E (Mon 3/3)

C 11: Crustal Deformation (p. 328-346)

 mapping and rock identification (Tue)

structural features (Fri)

  
3/10
(off Fri)		 C 10: Earthquakes

animation of Sumatran earthquake propagation
http://mahi.ucsd.edu/shearer/SUMATRA/

 structural features (Tue)

 

 mapping and rock identification: use the map of the area in front of the college to locate and identify rocks. (20 pts.)
3/17

SPRING BREAK
3/24 Inter. C: Seeing Inside the Earth

C2: Journey to the Center of the Earth

C 3: Drifting Continents & Spreading Seas

Plate Tectonics notes

earthquakes

 LE 14: Structural Geology (20 pts.)
  • check out a kit in the bio lab
  • Problems 1, 2(a&b), 5, 7, 8(a,c - name the structural feature centered in southeast Illinois) (for 8, use the Geologic Map of Illinois)

LE 15: Geologic Maps

  • Problems 1(a-e) & 4
3/31 C 4: Plate Tectonics

C 11: Mountain Building (p. 346-359)

 plate tectonics LE 16: Earthquakes (15 pts.)
  • Problems 1, 2, 3(a,b,c), 4
  • virtual earthquake (turn in virtual seismologist certificate for 10 pts. extra credit) note: Do NOT go to the NEW version.
4/7

EXAM 3: C 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, Interlude C (Mon 4/7)

C 16: Landslides & Other Mass Movements

 slopes LE 17: Plate Tectonics (15 pts.)
  • Problems 1, 2, 3, 4(a)
4/14 C 12: Deep Time geologic history  
4/21

C 19: Groundwater

 groundwater LE 13: Geologic Age (15 pts.)
  • Problems 1, 2, 5
  • LE 15: Problem 5 b, e, f

Extra Credit: LE 15, Problem 5 g (5 pts.)
4/28 C22: Glaciers and Ice Ages

EXTRA CREDIT DUE FRIDAY 5/54

 LE 10: Glaciation (15 pts.)
  • Problems 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

(or DUE 5/2)

 LE 9: Groundwater (15 pts.)
  • Problems 1, 2, 3, 4
FINALS EXAM 4: C 12, 16, 19, 22 (Wed, 5/7)
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