QC GEOL 101 SUMMER 2004
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Who's who
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Field
Lecturer: Dr. Hugh Rance
Lab Instructors: Angelo Lampousis, Kirti Mehta
Textbook: Essentials of Geology 8th Edition by Lutgens/Tarbuck
Guide to Final comprehensive test
Lecture topic sequence:
1.
An Introduction to Geology
2.
Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks
3.
Igneous Rocks
4.
Volcanoes and Other Igneous Activity
5.
Weathering and Soils
11.
Glaciers and Glaciation
6.
Sedimentary Rocks
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Field trip
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7.
Metamorphism and Metamorphic Rocks
8.
Mass Wasting: The Work of Gravity
9.
Running Water
10.
Groundwater
12.
Deserts and Wind
13.
Shorelines
14.
The Ocean Floor
15.
Earthquakes and Earth's Interior
16.
Plate Tectonics
17.
Mountain Building
18.
Geologic Time
19.
Earth History: A Brief Summary
geocol & timescale
Glossary