GEOLOGY 204

 

GEOLOGIC EVOLUTION OF THE EARTH

 

Jan. 19

Geologic Time and Geologic Record

Chap. 1 & 3

Jan. 21

Stratigraphic Concepts

Chap. 4

Jan. 24

Relative Time Scale and Geochronometry

Chap. 2, 4 & 5

Jan. 26

Clastic Rocks

Chap. 8 & 10

Jan. 28

Biochemical and Chemical

Chap. 12

Jan. 31

Environments and Facies

Chap. 4

Feb. 2

Climate and Facies

Chap. 16

Feb. 4

Earth Interior

Chap. 6

Feb. 7

Plate Tectonic Dynamics

Chap. 7

Feb. 9

Mountain Building and Continental Drift

Chap. 7

Feb. 11

Discussion: Pinter, and Brandon, 1997, How erosion builds mountains: Scientific American

 

Feb. 14

Thrust Belts

Chap. 7

Feb. 16

Tectonic Basins

Chap. 7 & 8

Feb. 18

EXAM Preparation

 

Feb. 21

Midterm Exam

 

Feb. 23

Passive Margins, Cratons, Arches and Basins

Chap. 7

Feb. 25

Geology and Geography of North America

 

Feb. 28

The Solar System

Chap. 8

Mar. 2

Early Life

Chap. 9

Mar. 4

Discussion: Hazen, 2001, Lifeās rocky start, Scientific American 77

 

Mar. 7

Cryptozoic Earth

Chap. 8

Mar. 9

Cryptozoic Earth (cont.)

Chap. 8

Mar. 11

Discussion: Hoffman and Schrag, 2000, Snow ball Earth: Scientific American

 

Mar. 14

Cambro-Ordovician Epeiric sea

Chap. 10 & 11

Mar. 16

Paleozoic Orogenies I - Taconian

Chap. 11

Mar. 18

Middle Paleozoic Sedimentary Record

Chap. 12

 

SPRING BREAK MARCH 19-27

 

Mar. 28

Paleozoic Orogenies II- Acadian

Chap. 12

Mar. 30

Late Paleozoic Sedimentary Record

Chap. 13

Apr. 1

Paleozoic Orogenies III- Appalachian

Chap. 13

Apr. 4

Gondwana Geology & Pangea Supercontinent

Chap. 13

Apr. 6

The Paleozoic a review

Chap. 10-13

Apr. 8

Exam preparation

 

Apr. 11

Midterm Exam

 

Apr. 13

Break up of Pangea and Creation of the Tethys

Chap. 14

Apr. 15

Coal and Oil

Chap. 12 & 13

Apr. 18

Mesozoic Sedimentary Record

Chap. 14

Apr. 20

The Cretaceous: Hothouse Climate

Chap. 14

Apr. 22

Discussion: Alley and Bender, 1998, Greenland Ice Cores: Froze in Time; Scientific American

 

 

Apr. 23 & 24 TWO DAYS FIELD TRIP

 

Apr. 25

Cenozoic and Alpine Tectonics

Chap. 15

Apr. 27

Cordillera Orogeny I

Chap. 14

Apr. 29

Cordillera Orogeny II

Chap. 15

May 2

Basin And Range

Chap. 15

May 4

Pleistocene and Us

Chap. 16 & 17

May 6

Review

 

May 13Ź

12:25 FINAL EXAM Rm. 140 Weeks