COURSE OUTLINE
2004
GEOLOGY 1111
EARTH: OUR PLANET
Office Hours: Dr. Tony Fowler, 14:30-16:30 Tuesday MRN.219
Joe Wallach, Tel. 445-2999 e-mail:
Lectures: Monday 11:30-13:00
Thursday 11:30-14:30; First day, January 5, 2004
PLEASE NOTE: There May Be Some Changes to this Outline
Monday, Jan. 5 Organization of course (Text & marking scheme) (ADF & JLW)
Thursday, Jan. 8 Solar system (JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapters 2 & 3
Monday, Jan. 12 Mineralogy (JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 6 (pp. 111-125)
Thursday, Jan. 15 Igneous Rocks (ADF)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 7
Monday, Jan. 19 Sedimentary Rocks (JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 8 (pp. 157-168)
Thursday, Jan. 22 Metamorphic Rocks (JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 8 (pp. 168-176)
Monday, Jan. 26 Geochronology (ADF)
Thursday, Jan. 29 Resources (ADF)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 18
Monday, Feb. 2 Geophysics (ADF)
Thursday, Feb. 5 Earth Structure & Fundamental Concepts (JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 2 (pp. 36-38) and Chapter 1 (pp. 12-16);
Chapter 6 (pp. 131-132)
Monday, Feb. 9 Deformation (JLW)
Thursday, Feb. 12 Plate Tectonics (JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 4
GEOLOGY 1111
EARTH: OUR PLANET
Monday, Feb. 16 Glaciation and Quaternary Geology (ADF & JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 10 (pp. 215-232)
Thursday, Feb. 19 Earthquakes (JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 5
Monday, Feb. 23 STUDY WEEK
Thursday, Feb. 27 STUDY WEEK
Monday, Mar. 1 MID-TERM EXAM (ADF & JLW)
Thursday, Mar. 4 Intraplate Neotectonics (JLW)
Monday, Mar. 8 Review of Mid-Term Exam (ADF & JLW)
Thursday, Mar. 11 Oceans (ADF)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 11
Monday, Mar. 15 Remote Sensing (Vern Singhroy)
Thursday, Mar. 18 Waste Disposal (ADF & JLW)
Monday, Mar. 22 Hydrogeology (Ian Clark)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 9 (pp. 202-211)
Thursday, Mar. 25 Geomorphology (JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 9 (pp. 189-202); Chapter 19
Monday, Mar. 29 Weather & climate (JLW)
READING ASSIGNMENT Chapter 13
Thursday Apr. 1 Societal Issues (ADF & JLW)
Monday, April 5 REVIEW (ADF & JLW)
Textbook: Skinner, B.J., Porter, S.C and Botkin, D.B., 1999. The Blue Planet, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 552 pp.
The book should be available at the student society bookstore AGORA located at 145 Besserer Street. The bookstore is open from 8 am to 10 pm Monday to Friday, 12 noon-9 pm Saturday and 12:00 noon to 5:00 PM Sunday. The phone number is 562-4672 and the web address is www.agora.to.
Mark Distribution:
Mid-term Exam 30%
Quizzes 30%
Final Exam 40%