General Geology 100

 

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

 

 

Geology 100-2: Introductory Physical Geology


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

Review for Exam

Igneous Rocks

Project Parts 1 & 2 Due

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

Project Parts 3 & 4 Due

12 11/17 Chaps. 13, 14 Structures, Deformation and Mountain Building Geologic Evolution of North America Geologic Structures
13 11/24 Chapter 16

Mass Wasting

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 -