GEL 1008
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

lecture: B-313, Mon, Wed, Fri 10:00-10:50
lab: E-101 (Physical Sciences Lab), sec 1: Mon 12:00-1:40 pm

SCHEDULE (subject to change)
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week of READING

T: text sections or chapters to be read

LAB EXERCISE DUE (in lab or as directed in class)

LE: lab exercise from lab text
  • link to lab book web site
    • Textbook: Investigation exercise from the textbook
    1/5
    (Friday only, classes begin on Friday)

    Introduction to Course

    NOTES 1 | EXAM 1

    No Lab
    1/12

    Topographic Maps

    Geologic Reasoning
    T:     1.0, 1.2, 1.4, 2.0-2.10, 9.1, 9.13, 9.15

    NOTES 1 | EXAM 1

    		 LE 6: Topographic Maps (15 pts.)
    • 1 (except d2, d3, g)
      • for f, consider the entire map
      • for h, i, j, k, l, use IVCC
      • for m, use IVCC and the Peru Mall
      • for n, use the Vermillion River
    • 2f, 4
    Math You Need: Unit Conversions
    1/19 (off Fri)

    Minerals
    T:     4.0-4.13, 18.9-18.12

    NOTES 1 | EXAM 1

    Wed: Topographic Maps
    1/26

    Minerals & Rocks
    T:     1.5, 1.6

    The Rock Cycle

    FRI: EXAM 1 DUE

    NOTES 1 | EXAM 1

    		 LE 1 & LE 2: Minerals (15 pts.)
    • use the worksheet provided to record the properties of the samples provided
    2/2 

    Introduction to Sedimentary Rocks & Environments
    T:     1.5, 1.6, 1.7, 7.0-7.4, 7.7, 15.1-15.5

    Continental Environments: Rivers, Alluvial Fans
    T:     16.0-16.3, 16.5-16.11, 13.9 (part A, alluvial fans and desert washes)

    NOTES 2 | EXAM 2

    Surficial environments and processes

    LE 8: Streams and Humid-Climate Landscapes (10 pts.)
    • Problem 1
    • Construct a topographic profile along the line A-A' on page 161
    LE 10: Glaciers (10 pts.)
    • 2a(3-5), 3
    LE 11: Sea Coasts (10 pts.)
    • Problems 1(b,d,g), 2
    LE 12: Arid Climate Landscapes (10 pts.)
    • Problems 1, 5
    Math You Need:
    2/9

    Continental Environments: glaciers
    T:     14.1-14.9

    GeoScience Videos:

    Continental Environments: deserts & swamps
    T:     13.2, 13.10-13.13, 18.4

    NOTES 2 | EXAM 2
    2/16 (off Mon)

    Coastal & Marine Environments
    T:     7.2, 7.9-7.11,10.8-10.10, 14.10-14.16, 18.1
    2/23

    Coastal & Marine Environments

    Sedimentary Environments
    T:     1.5, 1.6, 7.0-7.2, 7.7-7.13, 7.15

    Fossils & Sedimentary Rocks
    T:     7.4-7.7, 9.5-9.7

    GeoScience Videos:

    NOTES 2 | EXAM 2
    3/2
    (off Fri)

    Sedimentary Environments
    T:     1.5, 1.6, 7.0-7.2, 7.7-7.13, 7.15

    THU: EXAM 2 DUE

    NOTES 2 | EXAM 2

    		 LE 4: Sedimentary Rocks (20 pts.)
    • identify the rock samples provided
    • Problem 7
    • Textbook: 7.16
    3/9 Spring Break Spring Break
    3/16

    Volcanoes & Extrusive Igneous Rocks
    T:     5.0, 5.5-5.8, 6.0-6.5, 6.7, 6.9, 6.10

    GeoScience Videos:

    NOTES 3 | EXAM 3

    		 LE 7: Remote Sensing of Volcanoes (15 pts.)
    • Problems 1(a,f,g,j), 2(a-d), 3, 4(a,b)
    • Problem 6 a, b, f, g
    Math You Need:
    3/23

    Intrusive Igneous Rocks
    T:     5.3, 5.6-5.8, 5.12-5.14

    Igneous Rock Composition & Classification
    T:     5.0-5.3, 5.8

    GeoScience Videos:

    NOTES 3 | EXAM 3

    LE 3: Igneous Rocks (15 pts.)

    • use the worksheet provided to record the properties and identify the rock samples provided

    3/30

    Metamorphism & melting
    T:     5.4, 5.5, 8.6-8.9, 8.11-8.15

    GeoScience Videos:

    Stress & Strain
    T:     8.1-8.3

    NOTES 3 | EXAM 3

    		 LE 5: Metamorphic Rocks (15 pts.)
    • use the worksheet provided to record the properties and identify the rock samples provided
    • Problem # 8 (lab book)
    4/6

    Strike & Dip

    Folding & Faulting
    T:     8.0-8.5, 8.10-8.14

    FRI: EXAM 3 DUE

    NOTES 3

    LE 14: Structural Geology (10 pts.)

    • use the materials provided in lab
    • Problems 1, 2(a&b), 5, 7

    LE 15: Geologic Maps (10 pts.)

    • Problems 1(a-e) & 4 (a-e)
    4/13

    Earth's Interior
    T:     1.3, 12.14-12.16

    Extra Credit: Virtual Earthquake (complete for 10 pts. EC)

    NOTES 4 | EXAM 4

    		 mapping and rock identification: make a map of the area in front of the college to locate and identify rocks. (20 pts.)
    4/20

    Plate Tectonics Overview & Evidence
    T:     3.0-3.4, 3.10

    Seafloor
    T:     10.0-10.7, 3.9

    Hot Spots
    T:     3.10, 5.11, 10.4, 11.7

    Seafloor & Plate Boundaries
    T:     3.3- 3.10, 10.0-10.3, 10.5

    GeoScience Videos:

    NOTES 4 | EXAM 4

    		 LE 17: Plate Tectonics (15 pts.) Math You Need:
    4/27

    Rifting, Sea-floor spreading & divergence
    T:     3.5, 3.9, 5.5, 5.9, 6.3-6.5, 8.10, 10.2, 10.3, 10.7, 10.9, 11.4, 11.6

    Convergence
    T:     3.6, 5.5, 5.10, 5.14, 8.9, 8.14, 10.5, 10.6, 11.0-11.3, 11.5, 11.12, 11.13

    • Submap A tool for mapping subduction zones

    Accretion
    T:     11.9-11.12

    NOTES 4 | EXAM 4

    		 LE 17: Plate Tectonics (15 pts.) Math You Need:
    5/4

    Offset faults
    T:     3.7, 8.10, 10.6

    A Tectonic World
    T:     3.8, 3.10, 3.11, 10.11, 10.12, 11.4, 11.7, 11.8, 11.11

    NOTES 4 | EXAM 4

    		 Plate Tectonics (20 pts.)
    12/7-12/12

    FRI (May 8)

    • class will meet at 10:00 am, to discuss the exam
    • EXAM 4 DUE at 11:59 pm
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