GLG 101 Home Page Michael Ort Fall, 2009

The syllabus is available here.

Lectures:

Lecture 1: Intro to Geology

Lecture 2: Plate Tectonics

Note that the weekly quiz is due on Wednesday, Sept. 9, for chapter 2.

Lecture 3: Minerals and Rocks

The weekly quiz is due on Monday, Sept. 14.

Lecture 4: Igneous Rocks

The weekly quiz is due on Monday, Sept. 21 (turn it in when you come in for the exam).

Lectures 5: These are two files, one for Wednesday’s lecture by Dr. Riggs and one for mine on Friday

The weekly quiz is due on Monday, Sept. 28.

Lecture 6: This is on chapter 7, Sedimentary Rocks.

The weekly quiz is due Monday, Oct. 5.

Lecture 7: This is on chapter 8, Metamorphic Rocks.

The weekly quiz is due Monday, Oct. 12.

Lecture 8: This is on chapter 9, Geologic Time.

The weekly quiz is due Monday, Oct. 19.

Lecture: This is on chapter 10, Crustal Deformation.

The weekly quiz is due Monday, Oct. 26.

Lecture: This is on chapter 11, Earthquakes.

The weekly quiz is due Monday, Nov. 2.

Lecture: This is on chapter 12, Earth’s Interior.

The weekly quiz is due Monday, Nov. 9.

On Monday, Nov. 16, we will finish with Earth’s Interior and start on climate change. Two lectures are posted, the preamble followed by a discussion of Earth’s thermostat.

We have the third exam on Friday, Nov. 20. We will make time for some review on Wednesday in class – come prepared with your questions.