SCHEDULE FOR GEO302E: EARTH, WIND & FIRE
Spring 2008


Professor: Gary Kocurek

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UNIT/DATE

TOPIC

READING

UNIT I
1/14
EARTH AS A DYNAMIC SYSTEM
Lecture Outline - Unit I
(Word doc file) or HTML version
Chapter 1
UNIT II
1/16-1/25
TIME AND THE UNIVERSE

Lecture Outline - Unit II: Topics 1, 2, 3 (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Lecture Outline - Unit II: Topic 4 (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Universe: Chapter 19 (The Solar System)
Time: Chapter 17
UNIT III
1/28-2/6
EVOLUTION OF THE GEOSPHERE
Lecture Outline - Unit III: Topics 1, 2, 3
(Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF
Chapter 3
2/8 EXAM I Study Sheet
2/11-2/13 Evolution of Earth surface Lecture Outline - Unit III: Topics 4-6 (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF Mass Wasting & Subsidence: Chapter 7
Soils, Weathering & Erosion: Chapter 6
UNIT IV

2/15-2/20

Energy & Mineral  resources

Lecture Outline  Unit V (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF


Earths Resources

Chapters 13 and 14

UNIT V
2/22-2/29
EVOLUTION OF THE  HYDROSPHERE

Lecture Outline - Unit V Topics 1-2 (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Chapter 8
3/3 EXAM II
 
Study Sheet
UNIT V
3/5-3/7

EVOLUTION OF THE HYDROSPHERE continued

Lecture Outline - Topic 3 Oceans (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Lecture Outline - Topic 4 & 5 (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Chapter 8
3/10-3/14 SPRING BREAK  
UNIT VI
3/17-3/21

SURFICIAL PROCESSES

Lecture Outline - Topic 1 Rivers & Flooding (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Rivers & Flooding: Chapter 9
Shorelines: Chapter 10
UNIT VII
3/24-4/4
EVOLUTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE plus

Desertification

Deforestation

Lecture Outline - Evolution of the Atmosphere  (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Lecture Outline - Deforestation  (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Lecture Outline - Desertification  (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Chapter 11  (starting with climate)
 

Desertification: Chapter 12

Soils, Weathering & Erosion: Chapter 6

4/7 EXAM III Study Sheet
UNIT VIII
4/9-4/16
EVOLUTION OF THE BIOSPHERE Lecture Outline (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF Chapters 18 and 19 (Precambrian one)
UNIT IX
4/18-4/25

TECTONIC PROCESSES

Lecture Outline (Word doc file) or HTML version or PDF

Volcanoes: Chapter 5 
Earthquakes:
Chapter 4
4/28-5/2 Sustainability: :POPULATION VS. RESOURCES  
5/8

2 - 5 p.m.

EXAM IV - DURING FINAL EXAM TIME Study Sheet
 

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