PHYSICAL GEOLOGY

Geology 110

Fall, 2011

 

 

Announcements

 

Lecture Syllabus

 

Lab Syllabus

 

Important Dates

 

Test 1: Friday, October 7

        Test 2: Friday, November 11

        Final Exam: (Cumulative): Wednesday, December 14, 10:30 a.m.

 

        Office Hours:

               Monday: 9-1

               Tuesday: 9-1

               Wednesday: 9-10:30

           

                      

Lectures for Test 1:

        Why Study Geology?

        Introduction

        Minerals

          Igneous Rocks

          Volcanoes I:

          Volcanoes II

          Sedimentary Rocks

          Metamorphic Rocks

          Soils

 

Lectures for Test 2:

Weathering

Geology of Virginia

          Geologic Time

          Plate Tectonics

          Interior of the Earth

          Rock Deformation

          Earthquakes

 

Lectures for Final Exam:

          Rivers

          Groundwater

          Glaciers

          Shorelines/Coastal Processes

          Mass Wasting

Energy Resources

          Geology and Virginia History

 

 

Web Links:

        Google Earth-Geology of Virginia

Geologic Hazards

 

Lab Links

Example of Lab II test from 2008

 

Kmz files for plate tectonics

                    First file

                    Second file

 

Kmz files for landforms:

          Fluvial:

          Glacial:

          Landform assignment:

 

                    Glacial Landforms

 

News

        Geology in the News

        General News

        Are Natural Hazards and Disaster Losses in the US Increasing?