Lecture: MWF 11:15-12:05 (#56790) (Room 136)
Labs: W 1:25-3:20 (#56792) or F 1:25-3:20 (#56794) (Room 225)
Honors Colloquium: Geo-Sci H03 TBD (1 credit; #80905)
Office: Morrill 4 South, Room 252
Phone: 545-1948
Office Hours: MW 3:30-5:00, and by appointment
Office: Morrill 4 South, 160 (Biogeochemistry Lab)
Office Hours: TuTh 2:30-3:30, and by appointment
Geologic Time Scale
Geologic Time
Nature of the Sedimentary Record
Tectonics and the Sedimentary Record
Why Go to the Beach In February?
The Formation of the Earth
The Archean Eon and the Origin of Life
The Proterozoic Eon and the Growth of life
The Paleozoic Era
The Mesozoic Era
DATE - TOPIC - READINGS
Jan. 28 What is Historical Geology? Chapt. 1 (1-6)
30 Geologic Roots Chapt. 1 (11-13), Chapt. 4 (66-67)
Feb. 1 Evolution and the Fossil Record Chapt. 5 (85-91), Chapt. 7
Geologic Doctrines Assignment due
4 Evolution and the Fossil Record
6 Evolution and the Fossil Record Evolution Assignment due
8 Absolute Dating Methods & the Geologic Timescale Chapt. 4, Chapt. 5 (91-98)
11 Absolute Dating Methods & the Geologic Timescale
13 Absolute Dating Methods & the Geologic Timescale
15 ESSAY: DEVELOPMENT OF THE GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE
18 HOLIDAY - President's Day (NO Classes)
19 Follow Monday schedule: Plate Tectonics (jigsaw project) Chapt. 1 (9-11), Chapt. 3
20 Plate Tectonics (jigsaw project)
22 Plate Tectonics (jigsaw project)
24 * * (Sunday) Field Trip to the Beach on Cape Cod * * Take a look at the PHOTOS!
25 Nature of the Sedimentary Record & Depositional Systems Chapt. 6
Plate Tectonics Group Report due
27 Nature of the Sedimentary Record & Depositional Systems
29 Nature of the Sedimentary Record & Depositional Systems
Mar. 3 Principles of Stratigraphy and Correlation Chapt. 5
Cape Cod Fieldtrip Report due
5 Principles of stratigraphy and correlation
7 ESSAY: NATURE OF THE SEDIMENTARY RECORD
10 The Formation of Earth Chapt. 1 (6-9)
12 The Archean Eon and the Origin of Life Chapt. 8
14 The Archean Eon and the Origin of Life
15-23 SPRING BREAK
24 The Archean Eon and the Origin of Life
26 The Proterozoic Eon: Growth of Continents & Evolution of Life Chapt. 9
28 The Proterozoic Eon: Growth of Continents & Evolution of Life
31 Snowball Earth Hypothesis extra reading
Apr. 2 ESSAY: ARCHEAN AND PROTEROZOIC HISTORY & CONTRASTS
4 The Cambrian Explosion Chapt. 12 (232-234)
7 The Early Paleozoic Era (Cambrian-Silurian Periods)Chapts. 10, 12, 13
9 The Early Paleozoic Era(Cambrian-Silurian Periods)
11 The Early Paleozoic Era(Cambrian-Silurian Periods)
14 The Late Paleozoic Era (Devonian-Permian Periods) Chapts. 11, 12, 13
16 The Late Paleozoic Era(Devonian-Permian Periods)
18 The Late Paleozoic Era(Devonian-Permian Periods)
21 HOLIDAY - Patriot's Day (NO Classes)
23 End-Permian Mass Extinction Chapt. 12 (244-245)
25 The Mesozoic Era (Triassic Period) Chapts. 14, 15
28 Cyclicity in the Rock Record: Milankovitch theory Chapt. 17 (362-366)
30 Guest Lecture by John Hubert:Triassic-Jurassic Rift Basins of the Northeast
May 2 The Mesozoic Era (Jurassic & Cretaceous Periods) Chapts. 14, 15
3-4 * * (Sat.-Sun.) Field Trip to Ordovician & Devonian of NY * *
5 The Mesozoic Era (Jurassic & Cretaceous Periods)
7 The End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction Chapt. 17
9 The Cenozoic Era (Paleogene & Neogene Periods) Chapts. 16, 18
12 The Cenozoic Era (Pleistocene & Holocene) Chapt. 17
14, 17 READING DAYS
15-22 FINAL EXAMS * * FINAL EXAM TBA * * Chapts. 10-18
24 Undergraduate Commencement