GEO 1330: PHYSICAL GEOLOGY COURSE OUTLINE

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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

 

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Study Guide for Exam 1

Study Guide for Exam 2

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Extra Credit Assignments

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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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