Course syllabus

Introductory Geology: Physical (101)

01:460:101:01:98138

Winter Session (12/23/2204 – 01/14/2005)

Time: MTWThF [8:30-12:00]

Location: Wright-Reman Rm. 231

Instructor: Prof. B.D. Turrin (bturrin@rci.rutgers.edu)

Textbook: Earth: Portrait of a Planet by S. Marshak

SPACESHIP EARTH

Dec. 23 Chpt. 1 Cosmology and the Birth of the Earth

Chpt. 2 Journey to the Center of the Earth

Chpt. 3 Drifting Continents and Spreading Seas

Quiz 1

Dec. 27 Chpt. 4 The way the Earth Works: Plate Tectontics

Chpt. 12 Deep Time: How Old is Old?

Chpt. 13 A Biography of Earth

Quiz 2

Dec. 28 Chpt. 5 Patterns if Nature: Minerals

Chpt. 6 Up from the Inferno: Magma and Igneous Rocks

Chpt. 7 A Surface Veneer: Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks

Quiz 3

Dec. 29 Chpt. 8 Change in the Solid State: Metamorphic Rocks

Chpt. 11 Crags, Cracks, and Crumples: Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

Quiz 4

Dec. 30 Chpt. 4* The way the Earth Works: Plate Tectontics

REVIEW

1^st MIDTERM EXAM

ATMOSPHERE WEATHER & CLIMATE

Jan. 03 Chpt. 20 An Envelope of Gas: Earth’s Atmosphere and Climate

Chpt. 21 Dry Regions: The Geology of Deserts

Quiz 5

Jan. 04 Chpt. 22 Amazing Ice: Glaciers and Ice Ages

Chpt. 23 Global Change in the Earth System

Quiz 6

HYDROLOGY

Jan. 05 Chpt. 17 Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water

Chpt. 18 Restless Realm: Oceans and Coasts

Chpt. 19 A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater

2nd MIDTERM EXAM

GEOLOGIC HAZARDS

Jan. 06 Chpt. 09 The Wrath of Vulcan: Volcanic Eruptions

Chpt. 10 The Violent Pulse: Earthquakes

Quiz 7

Jan. 07 Chpt. 16 Unsafe Ground: Landslides and Other Mass Movements

Chpt. 17* Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water

Quiz 8

WATER, MINERAL & ENERGY RESOURCES

Jan. 10 Chpt. 14 Squeezing Power from a Stone: Energy Resources

Chpt. 15 Riches in Rocks: Mineral Resources

Quiz 9

Jan. 11 Chpt. 17* Streams and Floods: The Geology of Running Water

Chpt. 19* A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater

Quiz 10

Jan. 12 Catch up day

Jan. 13 REVIEW

Jan. 14 FINAL EXAM

Final Grade:

25% Exam 1,

25% Exam 2,

25% Exam 3,

25% Quizzes_(total)

Midterms and quizzes will not be cumulative covering material discussed in lectures and questions from the textbook. You are encouraged to keep all your exams and quizzes. The final exam will be cumulative and draw heavily from the midterms and quizzes.

Quizzes will be opscans, Midterms and the final will be opscans and short answers. Review returned test to insure that no mistakes were made in grading or in tabulating your score. Keep your tests until you receive the final grade and feel that the grade reflects the scores you received on the tests.