lecture: D229, Mon & Wed
11:00-11:50
seminars: B328, 1: Thu 11:00-11:50, 2: Fri: 11:00-11:50
lab: A101, open lab (you should plan to be in the lab approximately 2 hours per
week)
| week of | READING T: chapters to be read from "Historical Geology" |
SEMINAR TOPIC | LAB EXERCISE DUE (on
Wednesday) L: lab chapter (handouts for rock and fossil identification are attached) |
| 1/7 | T 1: The Dynamic
and Evolving Earth T 2: Earth Materials - Minerals and Rocks |
rock description | |
| 1/14 | T 2: Earth
Materials - Minerals and Rocks T 6: Sedimentary Rocks |
rock origins | |
| 1/21 (off Mon) | T 2: Earth
Materials - Minerals and Rocks T 6: Sedimentary Rocks |
rock origins | rock
descriptions & origins - 15 pts. (L: Chapter 1 ) |
| 1/28 | T 5:, p. 85-87: Fossils | fossil origins | fossil
descriptions - 15 pts. L 4: p. 142-147 |
| 2/4 | T5: Rocks,
Fossils, & Time project introduction |
correlation | |
| 2/11 | T 6: Sedimentary
Rocks L: Chapter 3, p. 101-106, ex. 3-2, 3-3, 3-4 L: Chapter 3, p. 126-133, ex. 3-9, 3-10 |
transgression & regression | Stratigraphy
- 20 pts. rock core description and correlation L3: p. 112-120, parts A, B, C |
| 2/18 (off Mon) |
T 3: Plate Tectonics | plate tectonics and rocks | Facies mapping - 15 pts.
L 3: (101-106) ex. 3-2, 3-3, 3-4 |
| 2/25 | L: Chapter
2, p. 86-87, ex. 2-9 L: Chapter 5, p. 232-235, Map B, ex. 10 |
MID-TERM EXAM | match rocks to environments of formation - 30 pts |
| 3/3 | MID-TERM EXAM
(continued) The Archean Eon |
Interpretation of the Earth’s History | |
| 3/10 (off Fri) |
T 4: Geologic Time T 5: Rocks, Fossils & Time |
Interpretation of the Earth’s History | Time and
Ordering of Events - 15 pts. L: Chapter 2, p. 70-76, parts A-F ex 2-9 (p. 86-87) Radiometric Dating - 15 pts. |
| 3/17 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| 3/24 | Proterozoic Eon Cambrian & Ordovician |
Paleozoic Rocks of Illinois | Early
Paleozoic fossils - 15 pts. (handout) L: Chapter 4, p. 147-150, 156-198 Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy |
| 3/31 | Silurian &
Devonian Mississippian - Permian |
TIME
SCALE EXAM Mass Extinctions |
Late
Paleozoic fossils - 15 pts. (handout) L: Chapter 4, p. 142-150, 156-198 Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy |
| 4/7 | Triassic &
Jurassic Cretaceous |
Mesozoic
fossils - 15 pts. (handout) L: Chapter 4, p. 142-150, 156-198 Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy |
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| 4/14 | Paleogene &
Neogene Pleistocene & Holocene |
patterns of life through time | Cenozoic
fossils - 15 pts. (handout) L: Chapter 4, p. 142-150, 156-198 Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy |
| 4/21 | Life through time:
T 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19 T 7: Evolution |
cladistics | cladogram - 10 pts. |
| 4/28 | T 7: Evolution | natural selection | |
| 5/5-8 | FINAL EXAM (Monday, 5/5) | ||