lecture: D229, Mon & Wed
11:00-11:50
seminars: B328, 1: Thu 11:00-11:50, 2: Fri: 11:00-11:50
lab: E101, open lab (you should plan to be in the lab approximately 2 hours per
week)
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| week of | READING T: chapters to be read from "Historical Geology" |
SEMINAR TOPIC | LAB
EXERCISE DUE L: lab chapter (handouts for rock and fossil identification are attached) |
| 1/14 | T 1: The Dynamic and Evolving Earth | rock description | |
| 1/21 (off Mon) |
T 2: Earth Materials - Minerals and Rocks |
rock origins | |
| 1/28 | T 2: Earth
Materials - Minerals and Rocks T 6: Sedimentary Rocks |
rock origins | rock
descriptions & origins - 15 pts. (L: Chapter 1 ) |
| 2/4 | T 5:, p. 89-93: Fossils | fossil origins | fossil
descriptions - 15 pts. L 4: p. 142-147 |
| 2/11 | T5: Rocks,
Fossils, & Time project introduction |
correlation | |
| 2/18 (off Mon) |
T5: Rocks,
Fossils, & Time T 6: Sedimentary Rocks |
transgression & regression | Stratigraphy
- 20 pts. rock core description and correlation L3: p. 112-118, parts A, B, C |
| 2/25 | T 3: Plate Tectonics |
TIME SCALE EXAM plate tectonics and rocks |
Facies mapping - 15 pts. L 3: (101-106) ex. 3-2, 3-3, 3-4 |
| 3/4 (off Fri) | T 3: Plate
Tectonics T 6: Sedimentary Rocks WED: MID-TERM EXAM (take home) |
match rocks to environments of formation - 30 pts | |
| 3/11 |
SPRING BREAK |
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| 3/18 | MON: MID-TERM EXAM
DUE MON: The Archean Eon
WED: T 4: Geologic Time |
Interpretation of the Earth’s History | |
| 3/25 |
MON: T 4: Geologic Time WED: Proterozoic Eon |
Fossil Identification & Group Work | Time and
Ordering of Events - 15 pts. L: ex. 2-1, parts A-D & F (p. 70-73, 75-76) |
| 4/1 |
MON: Cambrian & Ordovician WED: Silurian & Devonian |
Interpretation of the Earth’s History | Radiometric Dating - 15 pts. L: ex 2-5, 3 (p. 80-81) & ex 2-9 (p. 86-87) |
| 4/8 |
MON: Mississippian - Permian WED: Triassic & Jurassic |
Paleozoic Rocks of Illinois | Early
Paleozoic fossils - 15 pts. (handout) L: Chapter 4, p. 147-149, 156-198 Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy |
| 4/15 |
MON: Cretaceous WED: Paleogene & Neogene |
Mass Extinctions |
Late
Paleozoic fossils - 15 pts. (handout) L: Chapter 4, p. 142-150, 156-198 Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy |
| 4/22 |
MON: Pleistocene & Holocene WED: T 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 18, 19 |
patterns of life through time | Mesozoic
fossils - 15 pts. (handout) L: Chapter 4, p. 142-150, 156-198 Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy |
| 4/29 |
T7: The Diversity of Life |
cladistics | Cenozoic
fossils - 15 pts. (handout) L: Chapter 4, p. 142-150, 156-198 Handbook of Illinois Stratigraphy |
| 5/6 | T 7: Evolution |
natural selection | cladogram - 10 pts. |
| 5/9-5/14 | FINAL EXAM (Wednesday, 5/12) | ||