Geology 104
Syllabus
Spring 2007

Links to lecture outlines will be activated progressively throughout the semester.

# Date Topic Reading
PART I: INTRODUCTION
1 Jan. W 17 Earth Stories
2 M 22 Earth Materials pp. 13-15, 106, 188-9, 324-5, 339-41, 506-10, lab manual chap 3
3 W 24 Earth Processes pp. 37-39, 58, 144, 291-2, 432, 515
4 M 29 Earth Time inside front cover, pp. 5, 293, 300-1, lab manual chap. 4
         
PART II: COLORADO PLATEAU PROVINCE
5 W 31 Grand Canyon pp. 2-6, Chapter 1
6 Feb. M 5 Grand Canyon "
7 W 7 Zion, Cedar Breaks, Bryce Chapters 2 & 3
8 M 12 Canyonlands, Arches, Capitol Reef Chapters 4, 5, & 6
9 W 14 Snow day - this topic omitted - Mesa Verde, Bandelier, Monument Valley, Petrified Forest Chapters 7 & 8
PART III: INTERIOR PROVINCES (Great Plains, Interior Low Plateaus,Interior Highlands, Superior Upland, Central Lowlands)
10 M 19 Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt, Devils Tower Chapters 9 & 10
         
    W 21  EXAM I  
         
11 M 26 Carlsbad, Mammoth Cave, Hot Springs Chapters 14, 16, & 52
 12    W 28 Voyageurs, Isle Royale, Indiana Dunes  Chapters 20 & 21
       
     PART IV: APPALACHIAN PROVINCES
13 Mar. M 5 Cape Cod, Acadia Chapter 24
14 W 7 Shenandoah, Great Smoky Mountains, Blue Ridge Parkway Chapters 54 & 55
         
    PART V: WESTERN PROVINCES (Rocky Mountains, Columbia Plateau, Basin & Range)
15 M 12 Rocky Mountain, Glacier Chapters 25 & 26
16 W 14 Yellowstone Chapter 43
17 M 26 Grand Teton, Craters of the Moon Chapter 44
18   W 28  Big Bend, Death Valley Chapters 48 & 53
   Apr.  M 2  EXAM II  
         
     PART VI: PACIFIC PROVINCES (Sierra, Pacific Border, Cascades, Alaska)
19  Apr. W 4 Yosemite, Sequoia, King's Canyon, Devil's Postpile Chapters 28 & 49
20 M 9 Mt. Rainier, Crater Lake, Mt. St. Helens Chapters 35 & 36
21 W 11 Point Reyes, Pinnacles, Olympic Chapter 30
22    M 16 Hawaii Volcanoes, Haleakala Chapters 40 & 41
23 W 18 Katmai, Denali, Wrangell-St. Elias Chapters 32, 34, & 38
         
     PART VII:  COASTAL PLAIN AND REEFS
24 M 23 Padre Island, Cape Hatteras
25 W 25 Everglades, Florida Keys Chapter 19
26 M 30 Virgin Islands, Dry Tortugas Chapter 17, 18, & 20
May W 2 EXAM III



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