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Overview |
Handout: volcanoes and earthquakes prediction |
| 2 |
T, t, and C; begin minerals |
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| 3 |
Introduction to minerals and lab 1: mineral ID |
Predictions due |
| 4 |
Introduction to minerals and lab 1: mineral ID (cont.) |
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| 5 |
Igneous rocks and lab 2: rock ID |
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| 6 |
Sedimentary rocks and lab 2: rock ID |
Lab 1 due |
| 7 |
Metamorphic rocks and lab 2: rock ID |
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| 8 |
Lab 2: unknown rock ID |
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| 9 |
Relative vs. absolute dating; paleontology |
Lab 2 due |
| 10 |
Seeing and depicting rocks; field techniques
Special guest lecturer
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| 11 |
Quiz 1: rocks and minerals |
Handout: lab 3 preparation sheet; field trip Saturday |
| 12 |
Rock deformation |
Map problem set |
| 13 |
Putty lab and lab 3: rock structures |
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| 14 |
Field techniques and topo map introduction |
Lab 3 due; field trip makeup paper due |
| 15 |
Lab 4: topographic maps |
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| 16-19 |
Lab 5: geologic mapping |
Lab 4 due in Ses #16
Lab 5 due in Ses #19
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| 20 |
Quiz 2: structure and mapping |
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| 21 |
Lab 6: plate tectonics |
Geologic time quiz |
| 22 |
Lab 6: plate tectonics and lecture |
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| 23 |
Earthquakes |
Lab 6 due |
| 24 |
Earthquakes (cont.) |
Earthquakes problem set, due in Ses #26 |
| 25 |
Volcanoes |
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| 26 |
Lab 7: rheology |
Campus preview weekend |
| 27 |
Lab 8: Stokes and Darcy flows |
Lab 7 due |
| 28 |
Quiz 3: plate tectonics through volcanoes |
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| 29 |
Lab 8: Stokes and Darcy flows (cont.) |
Reading assignment, due in Ses #30 |
| 30 |
Continent formation discussion |
1 day after Ses #31 is drop date; lab 8 due |
| 31 |
Geo movie |
Field trip Sunday |
| 32 |
Formation of continents; weathering and rivers |
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| 33 |
Glaciers |
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| 34 |
Lab 9: glaciers |
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| 35 |
Quiz 3.5: continents through glaciers |
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| 36 |
Coastlines, deserts and dunes |
Lab 9 due; take-home assignment |
| 37 |
Climate and tectonics |
No more tests; one assignment |
| 38 |
Comparative planetology |
Take-home assignment due |
| 39 |
Comparative planetology and awards |
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