Dr. Philip E. Brown
General Geology 100 - Sect 2
Room AB-20 Weeks Hall
1:20-2:10 T/Th
Fall Semester, 1998
Office: Room 365 Weeks Hall
Office Hours: 2:15-3:30 t/Th
Phone: 262-5954
pbrown@geology.wisc.edu
TA: Tara Root
Office: Room 409 Weeks Hall
Office Hours:
tara@geology.wisc.edu
| Week | starts on | Reading | Tuesday lecture | Thursday lecture | Discussion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9/2 | Chapter 1 | - | Introduction | None this Week |
| 2 | 9/8 | Chaps. 1, 15 (409-15) | The Hydrologic Cycle | Movie: Tales from Other Worlds | Mineral Basics |
| 3 | 9/15 | Chaps. 2, 5 (109-121) | Weathering/Minerals - 1 | Weathering/Minerals - 2 | Intro to ITA: Room A320 |
| 4 | 9/22 | Chaps. 5 (122-131), 15 | Soils, Erosion, Sediment | Running Water | River Discharge Exercise: Room A320 |
| 5 | 9/29 | Chapter 6 | Sedimentary Rocks | Movie - Mt. Pinatubo | Sedimentary Rocks |
| 6 | 10/6 | Chaps. 7, 3 | Metamorphism | Movie - Gifts from the Earth | Field Trip on Campus |
| 7 | 10/13 | Chaps. 4, 8 (189-202) | Igneous Processes - I | Igneous Processes - II |
Igneous Rocks |
| 8 | 10/20 | Chaps. 8 (203-214), 9 | Geologic Time | Earthquakes | Review for Exam |
| 9 | 10/27 | Chapter 9 | MidTerm Exam | Movie: A City that Waits to Die | Maps1: Topographic Maps |
| 10 | 11/3 | Chaps 10, 11 | Earth's Interior | Mt. St. Helens | Maps 2: Geologic Maps |
| 11 | 11/10 | Chaps. 12, 13 | The Sea Floor | Plate Tectonics | Volcanism & Quakes |
| 12 | 11/17 | Chaps. 13, 14 | Structures, Deformation and Mountain Building | Geologic Evolution of North America | Geologic Structures |
| 13 | 11/24 | Chapter 16 |
Groundwater |
Thanksgiving Break | No Discussions |
| 14 | 12/1 | Chapter 17 | Glaciers and Glaciation | Geology of Wisconsin | Maps 3: Glacial Geology of Dane County |
| 15 | 12/8 | Chaps. 18, 19 | Wind and Deserts | Coastal Processes and Coastlines | Review and Quiz |
| 16 | 12/15 | Chapter 20 | Solar System and Planets | FINAL EXAM | - |