GEOSCI 205, THE DYNAMIC PLANET
TTH 3-4 1528 CC LITTLE
Jeff Alt 3502 CC Little
The Changing Earth, Monroe and Wicander, 4th ed
Thompson-Brooks/Cole ISBN 0-495-01020-0
Class No Date
Topic
Chapter, pages
1
Sept 6 Introduction,
Scan through Ch 1
Building Blocks Ch 3, 60-71,
Rock-forming
minerals 78-79, Table 3.4
2
8 Igneous Rocks Ch4, 88-92, 95-99,
100-106
3
13 Volcanism and Volcanoes Ch 5,
114-117, 119-121, 124-125, 127-128
Fig 5.15, Fig 5.16
4
15
Movie: Volcano! Nature's Inferno Classroom Video
5
20
Sedimentary rocks Ch 6 153-165;
Metamorphic
rocks Ch 7 174-175, 177-182, 186, 190-191
6
22
Age of Earth, Relative ages Ch 7, 472-491
7
27
Radioactive decay: absolute ages Ch 7, 491-499
8
29
Plate Tectonics Ch 2, 28, 30-39, 42-53
9
Oct 4
EXAM
10
6
Plate Tectonics Ch 2, 28, 30-39, 42-53
11
11
Plate Tectonics Ch 2, 28, 30-39, 42-53
12
13
Earthquakes Ch 8, 198-210; 215-220
18 Earth's Interior
Ch 8, 221-228
13
20
Study Break
14
25
Mid-Ocean Ridges and Ocean Basins Ch 9,
237-246; Fig. 9-15; Classsroom Video
15
27
Deformation and Mountain Building Ch 10,
260-263, 264-277, 280-286
16
Nov 1 The Origin of Everything,
Origin of Earth Ch 1, 11-15, Fig 1-7, Lecture Notes
17
3
The early Earth: the Hadean/Archean Ch 19,
532-556
18
8
EXAM
19
10
Precambrian/Phanerozoic (Visible Life) Ch 19,
532-556; Classroom Video
20
15
Evolution of Earth: The Paleozoic(ancient life)
Ch 20
21
17
Evolution of Earth: The Paleozoic(ancient life)
Ch 20, 21
22
22
Evolution of Earth: The Mesozoic (Middle life)
Ch 22
24 Thanksgiving
23
29
Evolution of Earth: The Cenozoic(recent life)
Ch 23
24
Dec 1 Climate, past present and
future Ch 6, 142-144 Chemical weathering; Lecture
Notes
25
6
Climate, past present and future Ch 23,
692-696; Ch 14, 406-408, Lecture Notes
26
8
Finish up and review
27
13
FINAL EXAM (Classes End)