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LECTURE SUBJECT |
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LECTURER |
Grotzinger et al. |
LABS & FIELDTRIPS |
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Course Organization and Introduction |
08/27 |
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No Lab first week |
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Lecture 1: Building a Planet & Plate Tectonics |
09/01 |
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Ch. 1+2 |
No Lab second week |
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Lecture 2: Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks |
09/03 |
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Ch. 3 |
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Lecture 3: Rocks: Records of Geologic Processes |
09/08 |
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Ch. 3 |
(1) Properties of Minerals and Rocks |
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Lecture 4: Igneous Rocks: Solids from Melts |
09/10 |
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Ch. 4 |
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Lecture 5: Volcanism |
09/15 |
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Ch. 12 |
(2) Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks |
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Lecture 6: Weathering, Soils and Erosion |
09/17 |
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Ch. 16 |
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Lecture 7: Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks |
09/22 |
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Ch. 5 |
(3) Sedimentary Rocks |
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Lecture 8: Metamorphic Rocks |
09/24 |
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Ch. 6 |
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FIELD TRIP I: California Rocks and Geology |
Sunday 09/27 |
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Meet at 7:45 AM at McCone Hall entrance |
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Lecture 9: The Rock Record and the Geologic Time Scale |
09/29 |
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Ch. 8 |
(4) Geology of the Berkeley Hills |
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Lecture 10: Folds, Faults, and Other Records of Rock Deformation |
10/01 |
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Ch. 7 |
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Midterm I |
10/06 |
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Lect. 1-9, Labs 1-4 |
No Lab This Week |
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Lecture 11: Tectonics: Evolution of the Earth's Continents |
10/08 |
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Ch. 10 |
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FIELD TRIP II: California Rocks and Geology |
Saturday 10/10 |
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Meet at 7:45 AM at McCone Hall entrance |
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Lecture 12: Earthquakes I |
10/13 |
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Ch. 13 |
(5) Maps and Geologic Structures |
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Lecture 13: Earthquakes II |
10/15 |
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Ch. 13 |
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Lecture 14: Exploring Earth's Interior |
10/20 |
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Ch. 14 |
(6) Measuring Earthquakes |
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Lecture 15: Mass Wasting |
10/22 |
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Ch. 16 |
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Lecture 16: The Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater |
10/27 |
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Ch. 17 |
(7) Earth's Magnetic Field and Tectonics |
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Lecture 17: Rivers: Transport to the Oceans |
10/29 |
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Ch. 18 |
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Lecture 18: Winds and Deserts |
11/03 |
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Ch. 19 |
No Lab This Week |
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Midterm II |
11/05 |
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Lect. 9-17, Labs 5-8 |
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Lecture 19 Glaciers |
11/10 |
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(8) Strawberry Creek Tour and Fluvial Processes |
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Lecture 20 Oceans |
11/12 |
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Ch. 20 & 21 |
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Lecture 21: Landscapes: Tectonic and Climate Interactions |
11/17 |
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Ch. 22 |
(9) The Dust Bowl |
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Lecture 22: Energy & Mineral Resources from the Earth |
11/19 |
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Ch. 23 |
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Lecture 23: Earth Systems and Cycle |
11/24 |
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No Lab Thanksgiving Week |
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Thanksgiving HOLIDAY |
11/26 |
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Lecture 24: Student Choice |
12/01 |
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(10) Optional Makeup Lab - Hydrocarbon and Mineral Resources |
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Lecture 25: Student Choice |
12/03 |
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Course Evaluations and Advice on Final Exam |
12/08 |
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Final Exam |
TBD |
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Room: TBD |
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