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Planet Earth
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| Place: | Hill 114 |
| Instructor: | Donald Monteverde
dmonte@rci.rutgers.edu |
| Office: |
Wright Lab 233D, Busch Campus (732-445-2044)
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| Office hours: |
Appt only |
| Department Office: |
Wright Labs Room 250 |
| Administrative Assistant | Jovani Reaves
Tel: 732 445-2044 |
| Text: |
Portrait of a Planet, 2nd Edition, by Stephen Marshak & i-clicker remote
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| Grading: | No cumulative final exam is given. Students who cannot take Test 4 at the scheduled time MUST contact Professor in advance and reschedule
Final grade: average of four exams, occasional quizzes and homework.
Please note NO MAKEUP EXAMS without written permission of appropriate university official as per departmental policy (see other side for department policy).
Textbook – Earth Portrait of a Planet, Third Edition by Stephen Marshak, WW Norton, Publisher ALSO NEEDI-CLICKER |
| Departmental policy: | "No make-up exams will be given without written documentation from a Rutgers University official." |
Syllabus
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Topic
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Suggested
readings
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Introduction to Class |
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Prelude |
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Cosmology and Birth of the Earth |
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Chapter 1 |
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Journey to the Center of the Earth |
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Chapter 2 |
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Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas |
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Chapter 3 Interlude A |
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The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics |
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Chapter 4 |
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The Way the Earth Works: Plate Tectonics |
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Chapter 4 |
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1st Exam |
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A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes |
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Chapter 10 |
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Patterns in Nature: Minerals |
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Up From the Inferno: Magma + Igneous Rocks |
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The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions |
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A Surface Veneer: Sedimentary Rocks |
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Change in the Solid State: Metamorphic Rocks |
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Chapter 8, Interlude C |
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2nd Exam |
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A Violent Pulse: Earthquakes |
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Chapter 10 |
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Crags Cracks etc: Crustal Deform 1 |
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Chapter 11 |
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Crustal Deform 2/ Seeing Inside the Earth |
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Chapter 11
Interlude D |
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Memories of the Past, Deep Time 1 |
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Chapter 12
Interlude E |
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How Old is Old? Deep Time 2 |
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Chapter 12
Interlude E |
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Economic geology |
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Chapter 14, 15 |
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Streams + Floods: Running Water |
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Chapter 17 |
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3rd Exam |
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A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater |
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Chapter 19 |
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Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts 1 |
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Chapter 18 |
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Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts 2 |
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Chapter 18 |
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No Class (Tuesday is a Thursday schedule) |
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Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages |
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Chapter 22 |
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Global Change |
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Chapter 23 |
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4th Exam |
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Policy on Classroom Etiquette
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