GEOL 101 - The Dynamic Earth
Course
Schedule for Fall 2004
(updated
1/13/2004)
This
schedule will change!! The new versions
will be distributed via the web site http://tanasi.gg.utk.edu/courses/101
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Lecture Topics |
Lab Topics |
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1/13 |
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Getting Organized: Registration and textbook questions. |
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1/15 |
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Chapter 1 |
What is geology anyway? |
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Earthquakes and plate tectonics on the 3rd rock from the sun. |
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1/20 |
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Chapter 3 |
A
Little Chemistry, Crystals & Minerals
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1/21 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 1 topic- Nonsilicate Minerals |
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1/22 |
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Chapter 2 & 4 |
Lab 1 topic- Nonsilicate Minerals |
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1/27 |
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Chapter 4 & 5 |
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1/28 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 2 topic- Silicate Minerals |
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1/29 |
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Chapter 5 |
Lab 2 topic- Silicate Minerals |
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2/3 |
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Chapter 6 |
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2/4 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 3 topic- Igneous Rocks |
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2/5 |
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Chapter 7 |
Lab 3 topic- Igneous Rocks |
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2/10 |
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Chapter 8 |
Most Sediment Ends Up in Water, Eventually Forming New Rocks (Diagenesis) |
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2/11 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 4 topic- Sedimentary Rocks |
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2/12 |
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Chapter 9 |
Cooked (Metamorphic) Rocks |
Lab 4 topic- Sedimentary Rocks |
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2/17 |
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Chapters 1-7 |
First Lecture Exam
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2/18 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 5 topic- Metamorphic Rocks |
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2/19 |
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Chapter 10 |
Lab 5 topic- Metamorphic Rocks |
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2/24 |
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Chapter 11 |
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2/25 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
LAB MIDTERM EXAM |
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2/26 |
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Chapter 11 |
LAB MIDTERM EXAM |
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3/2 |
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Review for Second Exam |
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3/3 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 6 topic- Structures: Folds and Faults |
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3/4 |
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Chapters 1-11 |
New Information!!Second Lecture Exam
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Lab 6 topic- Structures: Folds and Faults |
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3/9 |
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Spring Break! |
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3/10 |
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Spring Break! |
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3/11 |
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Spring Break! |
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3/16 |
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Chapter 19 |
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3/17 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 7 topic- Topographic Maps |
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3/18 |
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Chapter 19 |
Lab 7 topic- Topographic Maps |
Part III. Surface Processes and Features
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3/23 |
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Chapter 20 |
Putting the
Pieces of the Puzzle Together: |
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3/24 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 8 topic- Geologic Maps |
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3/25 |
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Chapter 21 |
Lab 8 topic- Geologic Maps |
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3/30 |
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Chapter 12 |
Unstable Terrain and Landslides |
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3/31 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 9 topic- Earthquakes |
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4/1 |
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Chapter 13 |
Lab 9 topic- Earthquakes |
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4/3 |
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Optional field trip (Saturday version) |
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4/4 |
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Optional field trip (Sunday version) |
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4/6 |
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Chapter 14 |
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4/7 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 10 topic- Plate Tectonics |
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4/8 |
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Ch 12-14, & 19-21 |
New Information!!Third Lecture Exam |
Lab 10 topic- Plate Tectonics |
Part IV. Planetary
Geology
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4/13 |
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web page |
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4/14 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab 11 topic- Geologic Maps |
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4/15 |
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web page |
Comets (very
large dirty snowballs) and |
Lab 11 topic- Geologic Maps |
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4/20 |
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web page |
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4/21 |
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Wednesday lab sections |
Lab Final Exam! |
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4/22 |
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web page |
Lab Final Exam! |
Final
Exam
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4/27 |
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Review for Lecture Final |
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5/4 |
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Tuesday |
Lecture Final Exam 12:30-2:30 pm |
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