Department of Biological Sciences and Geology


INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY

Prof. Roland Scal

The TEXTBOOK: Essentials of Geology (Lutgens, Tarbuck, and Tasa; 10th Edition, Prentice Hall Publ., Publisher's Geology Website provides detail on each of the subjects outlined below. PLEASE LOOK AT IT. The outlines of the chapters below are my lecture notes. You can use them to help study. The chapters that are highlighted below are ready to access. I'll be revising them as time goes by.

SYLLABUS OF LECTURE TOPICS

1. An Introduction to Geology (Plate Tectonics section) (Chapter 1)
2. Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks (Chapter 2)
3. Igneous Rocks (Chapter 3)
4. Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity (Chapter 4)

EXAM 1

5. Weathering and Soil (Chapter 5)
6. Sedimentary Rocks (Chapter 6)
7. Metamorphic Rocks (Chapter 7)

EXAM 2

8. Mass Wasting (Chapter 8)
9. Running Water (Chapter 9)
10. Groundwater (Chapter 10)
11. Glaciers and Glaciation (Chapter 11)
12. The Work of Winds and Deserts (Chapter 12)
13. Shorelines and Shoreline Processes (Chapter 13)
14. The Ocean Floor (Chapter 14)

15. Earthquakes (Chapter15)
15. The Interior of the Earth (Chapter 15)
16. Plate Tectonics(Chapter 16)
17. Mountain Building(Chapter 17)
18. Geologic Time (Chapter 18)
19. Earth History: A Brief History(Chapter 19)

EXAM 3

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INTERNET BASICS

Since you are staring at a computer hooked to the Internet take some time to "play" for a while. For new users of the NET I highly recommend that you learn all about SEARCH ENGINES, which are links to supercomputers that offer automated indexing to websites all around the world. My favorite is http://www.google.com. (If you see text highlighted in blue (or some other color), it means you can click on it, and you will automatically be connected to that site. Use the "Back" button to go back to sites you've already looked at.