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GEOLOGY
1330 Spring,
2003
PHYSICAL
GEOLOGY 2:30-4pm
TT
INSTRUCTOR: Dr. William R.
Dupré; Rm. 331, S&R 1; 743-3425; wdupre@uh.edu
OFFICE
HOURS: drop in
anytime or make an appointment
TEXT: Required: Understanding Earth (3rd edition-w/ CD), 2001, Press & Siever
Study Guide for Exam 1
Study Guide for Exam 2
Important Course
Information - Read carefully!!
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Week
|
TENTATIVE LECTURE
TOPICS |
READING ASSIGNMENT* |
|
Jan
14-16 |
Some Basic Geologic Principles |
Chapter 1&3 |
|
Jan 21-23 |
Minerals, Building Blocks of the
Earth |
Chapter 2 |
|
Jan
28-30 |
Minerals to Magmas: Igneous Rocks |
Chapter 4 |
|
Feb
4-6 |
Volcanoes-Weathering |
Chapter 5-6 |
|
Feb
10 |
Last
Day to Drop w/o a Grade |
|
|
Feb
11 |
Exam 1
|
|
Feb 13-18
|
Sedimentary
Rocks
|
Chapter 7 |
|
Feb
20 |
Metamorphism
and Metamorphic Rocks |
Chapter 8 |
|
Feb
25-27 |
Telling Geologic Time |
Chapter 9 |
Mar 3-8 |
Spring Break |
|
|
Mar
11-13 |
Deformation of the Earth |
Chapter 10 |
|
Mar 18-20 |
Earthquakes
and the Interior of the Planet |
Chapter 18&19 |
|
Mar
25 |
Exam 2
|
|
|
Mar
27-Apr 1 |
Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics |
Chapter 20&21 |
April 1 |
Last
Day To Drop Or Withdraw |
|
|
Apr
1-3 |
The Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater |
Chapter 12 |
|
Apr 8-10 |
Rivers and Flooding |
Chapter 13 |
Apr 15-17
|
Living in
the Texas Coastal Zone
|
p. 375-389 |
|
Apr
22 |
Earth Resources |
Chapter 22 |
|
Apr
24 |
Exam 3 |
|
May 6 |
Make-up Exam (2:30 pm) |
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