| 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 texts: Tarbuck and Lutgens, 1999,Earth (6th ed.) Prentice Hall; |
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| Dates | Topic | Assigned readings | Links |
| Aug. 31-Sept. 5 | Introduction | T&L,
Chapter 1
Alvarez, Preface + ch. 1-3 |
Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 7-12 | Chemical bonds and properties of the rock-forming minerals | Chapter 2 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 14-21 | Magma, igneous rocks and volcanic activity | Chapter 3 , Chapter 4 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 26 | Weathering and erosion | Chapter 5 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 28 | Sediments and sedimentary rocks | Chapter 6 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 3 | FIRST EXAM | ||
| Oct. 5 | Sediments and sedimentary rocks | Chapter
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Alvarez, ch. 4 |
Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 10 | Metamorphic rocks | Chapter 7 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 12-17 | Geologic time | Chapter 8; Alvarez, ch. 4, 5 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 19 | Mass wasting | Chaper 9; Alvarez, ch. 6 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 24-26 | Rivers | Chapter 10 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 31 | Rivers/Glaciers and ice ages | Chapter 12; Alvarez, ch. 7 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 2 | Glaciers and ice ages - note change in date of exam! | ||
| Nov. 7 | SECOND EXAM | ||
| Nov. 9-14 | Deformation of rock and geologic structure | Chapter 15 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 16 | Earthquakes | Chapter 16 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 21 | Earth's interior structure | Chapter 17 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 23 | THANKSGIVING | ||
| Nov. 28 | The ocean floor and sea-floor spreading | Chapter 18 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 30-Dec. 5 | Plate tectonics | Chapter 19 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Dec. 7-12 | Mountain building and evolution of continents | Chapter 20 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Dec. 19 | FINAL EXAM, 1-3 p.m. (Tuesday) |