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| 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: Press and Siever, 1997, Understanding earth (2nd ed.) W.H. Freeman |
| Dates | Topic |
Textbook readings | Links |
| Sept. 1-3 | Introduction | Ch. 1, Ch. 24, pp. 611-616, 624-625 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 8-10 | Chemical bonds and properties of the rock-forming minerals | Ch. 2, Ch. 3 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 15-17 | Magma, igneous rocks and volcanic activity | Chapters 4, 5 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Sept. 22 | Mt. Pinatubo video | ||
| Sept. 24 | Volcanoes and volcanic activity | ||
| Sept. 29 | Weathering and erosion | Chapter 6 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 1 | Sediments and sedimentary rocks | Chapter 7 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 6 | FIRST EXAM | ||
| Oct. 8 | Sediments and sedimentary rocks | Chapter 7 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 13 | Metamorphic rocks | Chapter 8 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 15 | Geologic time | Chapter 9 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 20 | Deformation of rock | Chapter 10 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 22 | Earthquakes | Chapter 18 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 27 | Earth's interior | Chapter 19 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Oct. 29 | The ocean floor | Chapter 17, pp. 435-455 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 3 | Plate tectonics | Chapter 20 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 5 | SECOND EXAM | ||
| Nov. 10-17 | Plate tectonics and mountain building | Chapters 20, 21 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 19 | Mass wasting | Chapter 11 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 24 | Hydrologic cycle and groundwater | Chapter 12 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Nov. 26 | THANKSGIVING | Looking for some interesting topics ? Look here. | |
| Dec. 1-3 | Rivers | Chapter 13 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Dec. 8 | Glaciers and ice ages | Chapter 15 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Dec. 10 | Coastal processes | Chapter 17, pp. 418-435 | Notes Bookmarks |
| Dec. 15 | FINAL EXAM, 1-3 p.m. (Tuesday) |