Department of Geosciences

UMass - Amherst

GEO-101 - The Earth

-- FALL 2007 LECTURE NOTES* --

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(Lecture notes, will be updated on this page as the semester progresses)

Prelude - Introduction & Scientific Method - - PDF - - 9/7

Chapter 1 - Cosmology & the Birth of Earth - - PDF - - 9/10, 9/12

Chapter 2 - Journey to the Center of the Earth - - PDF - - 9/14, 9/17

Chapter 3 - Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas - - PDF - - 9/17, 9/19

Chapter 4 - Plate Tectonics - How the Earth Works - - PDF - - 9/21, 9/24

Chapter 5 - Earth Minerals - Patterns in Nature - - PDF - - 9/26

Exam 1 - Prelude - Chapter 5 (10/3 @ 9:05 A.M.) - Review Sheet - - - PDF

Chapter 6 - Magma & Igneous Rocks - Up From the Inferno - - PDF - - 9/28, 10/01, 10/09

Chapter 7 - Sediments, Soils, and Sedimentary Rocks - - PDF - - 10/09, 10/10, 10/12

Chapter 8 - Metaphorphism: A Process of Change - - PDF - - 10/15, 10/17, 10/19

Chapter 9 - The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions - - PDF - - 10/22, 10/24, 10/26

Exam 2 - Chapter 6 - Chapter 9 (11/2 @ 9:05 A.M.) - Review Sheet - - - PDF

Chapter 10 - A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes - - PDF - - 10/29, 11/5, 11/7, 11/9

Chapter 11 - Crustal Deformation & Mountain Building - - PDF - - 11/14, 11/19, 11/21

Chapter 12 - Deep Time: How Old Is Old? - - PDF - - 11/26, 11/28

Chapter 17 - Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water - - PDF - - 11/30, 12/03

Chapter 19 - A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater - - PDF - - 12/03, 12/05, 12/07

Chapter 16 - Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements - - PDF - - 12/10

Chapter 14 & 23 - Energy Resources & Global Change - - PDF - - 12/12

Exam 3 - Chapters 10,11,12,17,19,16,14,23 (12/14 @ 9:05 A.M.) - Review Sheet - - - PDF

Exam 3 - Answer Key - - PDF

FINAL EXAM - - Covers all material - - Friday 12/21 @ 10:30 A.M. Location: Morrill 1N Room 329