Schedule of topics:

WEEK 1 (March 29-April 2]
MONDAY: Introduction: The Earth, Chapter 1
WEDNESDAY: Major features of the Continents and Ocean Floor, Chapter 2
FRIDAY: Global tectonics, Chapter 17

WEEK 2 (April 5-9)
MONDAY: Plate tectonics: A new Paradigm, Chapter 17
WEDNESDAY: Hot spots and absolute motions, Chapter 17
FRIDAY: Plate tectonic, Continental Crust & Mountain Building, Chapter 17

WEEK 3(April 12-16)
MONDAY: Volcanism, Chapter 4
WEDNESDAY: Earthquakes and the Earth's interior, Chapter 16
FRIDAY: Earthquakes Conti., Chapter 16

WEEK 4 (April 19-23)
MONDAY : Folds, Faults and Mountains, Chapter 15
WEDNESDAY: Folds, Faults and Mountains conti., Chapter 15
FRIDAY: Midterm I

WEEK 5 (April 26-30)
MONDAY: Geologic Time,
WEDNESDAY: Geobiolgy, Life interacts with the Earht
FRIDAY: History of Life

WEEK 5 (May 3-70) No classes Department field trip
MONDAY: Field trip
WEDNESDAY: Field trip
FRIDAY: OVERVIEW OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE COURSE

WEEK 6 (May 10-14)
MONDAY: Weathering, Chapter 5
WEDNESDAY: Mass movement, River Systems, Chapter 9
FRIDAY: Stream Erosion, Deposition, Chapter 10

WEEK 7 (May 17-21)
MONDAY: Global Warming and Green House Gases*
WEDNESDAY: Heat Flow*
FRIDAY: Eolian systems, shorelines, Chapter 13

WEEK 8 (November 6-10)
MONDAY: Ground water uses and abuses, Chapter 11
WEDNESDAY: Glaciers, Pleistocen Glaciation
FRIDAY: Midterm II

WEEK 9 (November 13-15)
MONDAY: Final Project Presentaitons
WEDNESDAY: Final Project Presentations

*Dr. David Chapman will be giving these lectures