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GES 111 - Principles of Geology |
Instructor: Dr. Andrew Miller
Office: Sondheim 211-I Telephone: 410-455-3151/443-904-4484 e-mail: miller@umbc.edu |
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Dates |
Topic |
Assigned readings |
Links |
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Jan. 30-Feb. 1 |
Introduction |
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Feb. 1-6 |
Plate tectonics |
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Feb. 8-13 |
Minerals and material properties |
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Feb. 15-22 |
Magma, igneous rocks and volcanic activity |
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Feb. 27 |
Weathering and soil |
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Mar. 1 |
FIRST EXAM |
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Mar. 6-8 |
Sediments and sedimentary rocks |
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Mar. 13 |
Metamorphic rocks |
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Mar. 15 |
Geologic Time |
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Mar. 20-22 |
SPRING BREAK |
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Mar. 27 |
Geologic time |
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Mar. 29 – April 5 |
Deformation of rock and geologic structure |
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Apr. 10 |
Earthquakes |
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Apr. 12 |
SECOND EXAM |
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Apr. 17-19 |
Earth's interior structure |
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Apr. 19-24 |
Ocean floor and sea-floor spreading |
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Apr. 24 - May 1 |
Mountain building and evolution of continents |
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May 3 |
Mass wasting |
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May 8-10 |
Rivers |
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May 15 |
Glaciers |
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May 17 |
FINAL EXAM, 6:00-8:00 p.m. (Thursday) |
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Please note: this syllabus is subject to some rearrangement of
dates.
During the week of March 27 and 29 I have to be at a conference out of
state
and a National Science Foundation panel meeting, and on Tuesday April 3
I will
also be off-campus. I am working to arrange a guest lecturer for at
least one
or two of these dates and will probably show a video on one of these
dates as
well. I will give you ample notice of any changes in the syllabus that
may
affect the sequence of reading assignments and topics covered on exams.