GEOL 210-001, 3 credits
TR 9:30-10:45 in Sims 201
Much more information on Blackboard
Instructor: Dr. Diana Boyer
Office: Sims 212B
e-mail: boyerd@winthrop.edu (best)
Phone: 803-323-4949
Office hours: Wed 9:30-11, Thurs 1-2 and by appointment
Text: EarthÕs Evolving Systems: the history of planet Earth, 2018, Ronald Martin, Jones and Bartlett Learning, Burlington, MA, 615 p., 2nd edition-required
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Tentative schedule of topics* |
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Assignments* |
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Jan 9 |
Introduction Geology and systems |
Chap 1 |
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Jan 11 |
Geologic time, plate tectonics |
Chap 2 |
Why study Hist. Geol. |
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Jan 16 |
Rocks and minerals |
Chap 3 |
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Jan 18 |
Sedimentary rocks and environs |
Chap 4 |
Writing assign (#1) |
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Jan 23 |
Fossils |
Chap 4 |
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Jan 25 |
Evolution |
Chap 5 |
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Jan 30 |
Extinction |
Chap 5 |
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Feb 1 |
Stratigraphy and time |
Chap 6 |
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Feb 6 |
Formation of Earth, Hadean |
Chapter 7 |
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Feb 8 |
In class paper presentations |
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Feb 13 |
Exam 1 |
Chap 1-7 |
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Feb 15 |
Archean and 1st life |
Chap 8 |
Period paper (#2) |
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Feb 20 |
Proterozoic |
Chap 9 |
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Feb 22 |
Cambrian Big Bang |
Chap 10 |
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Feb 27 |
Ordovician Silurian |
Chap 11 |
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March 1 |
Devonian Carboniferous |
Chap 11-12 |
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March 6 |
Permian |
Chap 12 |
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March 8 |
Permian, Triassic |
Chap 12-13 |
Writing assign (#3) |
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March 12-16 |
Spring Break |
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March 20 |
Exam 2 |
Chap 7-12 |
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March 22 |
Triassic |
Chap 13 |
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March 27 |
Jurassic-Cretaceous |
Chap 13 |
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March 29 |
Cretaceous |
Chap 13 |
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April 3 |
Paleogene |
Chap 14 |
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April 5 |
Paleogene |
Chap 14 |
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April 10 |
Neogene |
Chap 15 |
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April 12 |
Exam 3 |
Chap 13-15 |
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April 17 |
Holocene |
Chap 16 |
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April 19 |
Review |
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April 24 |
Study Day |
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April 27 |
Final Exam Friday 11:30 am |
All material |
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*subject to change based on how fast we move through the material