| Geography 111 - Principles of Geology
Schedule: Tuesday, Thursday 1:00-2:15 Location: Lecture Hall III Office hours: T, Th 2:30-3:30 or by appointment |
Instructor: Dr. Andrew Miller
Office: SS 211A Telephone: 410-455-3151 e-mail: miller@umbc.edu |
| Required text: Tarbuck and Lutgens, 1999,Earth (6th ed.) Prentice Hall | |
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| Dates | Topic | Assigned readings | Links |
| Sept. 2 | Introduction | Chapter 1 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 7-9 | Chemical bonds and properties of the rock-forming minerals | Chapter 2 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 14-16, 21-23 | Magma, igneous rocks and volcanic activity | Chapter 3 , Chapter 4 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 28 | Chapter 5 | Notes Bookmarks | |
| Sept. 30 | Sediments and sedimentary rocks | Chapter 6 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 5 | FIRST EXAM | ||
| Oct. 7 | Weathering and erosion | Chapter 5 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 12-14 | Sediments and sedimentary rocks | Chapter 6 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 19 | Metamorphic rocks | Chapter 7 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct.21 | Geologic time | Chapter 8 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 26 | Mass wasting | Chaper 9 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 28, Nov. 2 | Rivers | Chapter 10 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 4 | Video on Mt. Pinatubo eruption | ||
| Nov. 9 | Groundwater | Chapter 11 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 11 | SECOND EXAM | ||
| Nov. 16-18 | Deformation of rock and geologic structure | Chapter 15 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 23 | Earthquakes | Chapter 16 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 25 | THANKSGIVING | ||
| Nov. 30 | Earth's interior structure | Chapter 17 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Dec. 2 | The ocean floor and sea-floor spreading | Chapter 18 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Dec. 7-9 | Plate tectonics | Chapter 19 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Dec. 14 | Mountain building and evolution of continents | Chapter 20 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Dec. 16 | FINAL EXAM, 1-3 p.m. (Thursday) |