Geology 200
Spring 2004
Instructor: Harold Andrews, Rm SCI272, ext 3028
THE EARTH & LIFE THROUGH TIME
| Date | Lecture | Reading in textbook | |
| Introduction | Chap. 1 | ||
| Jan. 29 | |||
| Feb. 2 5 |
Historical perspective The nature of sedimentary rocks |
2, 4 2, 4 |
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| 9 12 |
Sedimentary rocks in sequence Geologic time |
2, 4 5 |
|
| 16 19 20 |
NO CLASS (President’s Day) Early earth evolution The origin of life (Monday schedule) |
6, 7 8, 9 |
|
| 23 26 |
Precambrian - the dim past HOUR EXAM |
8, 9 | |
| Mar. 1 4 |
Cambrian - life explodes The process of evolution |
10 3 |
|
| 8 11 |
Ordovician - life diversifies Silurian - reefs and salt |
11 12 |
|
| 15 18 |
Devonian - age of fish Carboniferous - crinoids and coal |
12 12, 13 |
|
| 22 & 25 | SPRING VACATION | ||
| 29 Apr. 1 |
Formation of the Appalachian Mountains Permian - life's near extinction |
13 13 |
|
| 5 8 |
HOUR EXAM Mesozoic - chalk and redbeds |
14 |
|
| 12 15 |
Mesozoic - age of reptiles Extinction of the dinosaurs |
14 14 |
|
| 19 22 |
NO CLASS (Patriot's Day) Cenozoic - the Cordillera (Mon. schedule) |
15 |
|
| 26 29 |
Cenozoic - age of mammals Pleistocene - the ice age |
15 16 |
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| May 3 6 |
Human evolution To be determined |
16, 17 | |