GEOL 1010-001/002
Spring 2012
Joseph R. Smyth (first half of semester) Benson 341B
Eric Small Tilton (second half of semester), Benson
222C
Section 002 09:00 - 09:50, MWF, BESC 180
Section 001 11:00 - 11:50, MWF, BESC 180
Office Hours, Wed at 10:00
Text: Grotzinger,
Jordan
Understanding Earth (Sixth Edition) (2010) Freeman
ISBN 978-1-4292-1951-8
Understanding Earth (Fifth Editon, 2007) will be adequate and used copies should be
available for much less than the sixth.
Syllabus revision date 7 February, 2012
Jan. 18 Introduction Earth Systems, Chapter 1 PowerPoint
Jan. 20 Systems and Plate Tectonics, Chapter 1&2
Jan. 23 Plate Tectonics Chapter 2 Power Point
Jan. 25 Plate Tectonics, Chapter 2
Jan. 27 Earth Materials, Chapter 3 PowerPoint
Jan. 30 Earth Materials Chapter 3
Feb. 1 Igneous Rocks, Chapter 4 Intrusives
Feb. 3 Snow Day
Feb. 6 Igneous Rocks, Chapter 4 Intrusives
Feb. 8 & Sedimentary Rocks Chapter 5 PowerPoint
Feb. 10 Sedimentary Rocks Review Term&Essays1
Feb. 13 Review and Class Test 1
Sample Test Answers
Feb. 15 Metamorphism Chapter 6 PowerPoint GeolEnvirs
Feb. 17 Deformation: Folds and Faults, Chapter
7 Power Point
Feb. 20 Clocks in the Rocks: Geologic Time Chapter 8 Power Point
Feb. 22: Solar System and formation
of planets; Chapter 9 Power Point
Feb. 24 Solar System and formation of planets;
Chapter 9
Feb 27 Evolution of the Continents, Chapter 10Power Point
Feb. 29
Geobiology, Chapter 11 PowerPoint
Mar. 2 Geobiology,
Chapter 11
Mar. 5 Volcanoes,
Chapter 12 PowerPoint
Mar. 7 Volcanoes & Review
Mar. 9 Review and Class Test 2 Sample Test Answers
Mar. 12
Earthquakes , Chapter 13 PowerPoint
Mar.
14 Earthquakes , Chapter
13 PowerPoint
Mar. 19 Climate, Chapter 15 PowerPoint
Mar. 21 Climate Chapter 15 PowerPoint
Mar
23 Weathering,
soils, and mass wasting Chapter 16 PowerPoint
Mar 26-30 Spring Break
Apr. 2 Weathering, soils, and mass wasting PowerPoint
Apr.
4 Groundwater
and Hydrologic Cycle, Chapter 17 PowerPoint
Apr. 6 Groundwater and Hydrologic Cycle, Chapter
17 PowerPoint
Apr. 9 - Streams,
Chapter 18 PowerPoint
Apr. 11 – Streams &
Apr. 13 – Class Test 3 Sample Test
Apr. 16: Streams,
Chapter 18 PowerPoint
Apr. 18:
Deserts, Chapter 19 PowerPoint
Apr. 23: Glaciers, Chapter
21 PowerPoint
Apr. 25 Glaciers
Apr. 30 – Climate change and human impacts, Chapter 23 PowerPoint
May 2 – Review
May 4 Class Test 4 Sample Test
This is a high resolution radar elevation image of the state suitable for framing.
Colorado State Map (Big 225 Mbyte)
