Schedule for GEOS 101
Section 15751
Pete Kresan

Fall, 1998

9:00-9:50 MWF ECON 110

August | September | October | November | December

Date

 

Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

August

24

Introduction – Pattern / Process

 
 

26

Model for our Planet

Chapter 1

 

28

Minerals and their Properties

Chapter 2

 

31

Minerals / Crystals

Chapter 2

September

2

Silicate Minerals

Chapter 2

 

4

Introduction to Rocks

Chapter 3

 

7

NO CLASS - Labor Day

 
 

9

Igneous Rocks

Chapter 4

 

11

EXAM #1 / Silicate Magmas

Chapter 4

 

14

Silicate Magmas

Chapter 4

 

16

Volcanism

Chapter 5

 

18

Volcanism

 
 

21

Geotime

Chapter 9

 

23

Geotime

Chapter 9

 

25

Weathering and Erosion

Chapter 6

 

28

Weathering and Erosion

Chapter 6

 

30

Soils

Chapter 6

October

2

Sedimentary Rocks

Chapter 7

 

5

Sedimentary Environments

Chapter 7

 

7

Exam #2 / Metamorphic Rocks

Chapter 8

 

9

Metamorphic Rocks / Deformation

Chapter 8

 

12

Geologic Structure

Chapter 10

 

14

Earthquakes

Chapter 18

 

16

Earthquakes

Chapter 18

 

19

Earth's Interior Structure

Chapter 19

 

21

Earth's Interior Composition

Chapter 19

 

23

Earth's Interior Magnetism

Chapter 19

 

26

Exam #3 / Ocean Basins

Chapter 17, pgs. 435-453

 

28

Plate Tectonics

Chapter 20

 

30

Plate Tectonics

Chapter 20

November

2

Plate Tectonics

Chapter 20

 

4

Plate Tectonics

Chapter 20

 

6

Mountain Building

Chapter 21

 

9

Mass Wasting

Chapter 11

 

11

NO CLASS - Veterans Day

 
 

13

Groundwater

Chapter 12

 

16

Groundwater

Chapter 12

 

19

Exam #4 / River Systems

Chapter 13

 

20

River Systems

Chapter 13

 

23

River Systems

Chapter 13

 

25

River Systems

Chapter 13

 

27

NO CLASS - Thanksgiving

 
 

30

Beaches and Shorelines

Chapter 17, p. 418-435

December

2

Winds and Deserts

Chapter 14

 

4

Glaciers

Chapter 15

 

7

Glaciers

Chapter 15

 

9

Exam #5

 

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