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GEOL G206 - Advanced Physical Geology Laboratory

Course Schedule, Fall 2005
Subject to change throughout the semester.

Class Number

Month

Date

Events

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Readings:

In Lab Manual;
in Lecture text

1

AUG

29

  

Lesson 1 : Earth Materials & Processes

 lab 1;
ch.1 (p.6-11)
& ch.15 (p.382-384)
& ch.17 (p.382-384)
 

SEP

 05 NO CLASS Labor Day   

2

SEP

12

   Lesson 2:  Plate Tectonics lab 2;
ch.1(p.12-21),
& ch.14
(p. 284-295)
& ch.15
(p.321-327)
& ch.16
& ch.17
(p.375-382)

3

SEP

19

   Lesson 3: Mineralogy lab 3;
ch.2

4

SEP

26

  

Intro to Rocks; Review Minerals

 lab 4;
ch.1 (p.12 & fig on p.13)

5

OCT

03

  

Igneous Rocks

 lab 5;
ch. 3 & 4

6

OCT

10

  

Sedimentary Rocks : Siliclastic Rocks

 lab 6 (p.94-106);
ch. 5 & 6

7

OCT

17

 Exam 1: Earth Materials, Plate Tectonics 

 

  

8

OCT

24

   Sedimentary Rocks : Carbonate Rocks lab 6 (p.94-106);
ch. 5 & 6

9

OCT

31

   Metamorphic Rocks; Rocks & Plate Tectonics review lab 7;
ch. 7

10

NOV

07

  

Geologic Dating
 

 lab 8,
Intro & Part 8A (p.128-134)
&, Part 8C
(p.137-139);
ch.18
(p. 387-392 &
p.398-409)

Field

NOV

 12 Field Study of Sedimentary Rocks   lab 6 (p.106-113);
ch.19 "Late Paleozoic History
(p. 421-422, fig 19.11 on p.423)

11

NOV

14

  Exam 2: Rocks

 Maps in 2 dimensions
Read the following sections in lab 9:
Intro, topographic quadrangles and declination, map symbols..., scales..., PLSS, UTM, Compass Bearings.		 lab 9 (part of p.144-158);
Appendix B (p.438-441)

12

NOV

21

  

Topographic Maps  adding the third dimension
Read the rest of the headings in lab 9:
intro to topo maps, contour lines, reading elevations, relief and gradient, GPS, topographic profiles..., Aerial Photographs.

 lab 9
(part of p.144-158 &
p.162-168);
Appendix B (p.438-441)

13

NOV

28

   Streams: Processes and Geomorphology lab 11;
ch.9

14

DEC

 05   Glaciers: Processes and Geomorphology lab 13;
ch.11

15

DEC

12

   Groundwater: Processes and Geomorphology  lab 12;
ch.10

Finals Week

DEC

19

Exam 3: Dating, Maps and Geomorphology

Note time: 3:30 - 5:30 pm

Labs 8, 9, 11, 12, 13