Geology 101

Spring 2008 Lecture Notes

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Lecture 1 (1/22): Introduction / Course Syllabus / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 2 (1/24): Cosmos / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 3 (1/29): Elements, Isotopes, Ions and Bonds / On-Line / PDF Download

Periodic Table Link Go to: http://periodic.lanl.gov/default.htm

For Fun, try these questions on the Periodic Table ...they really help!

Periodic Chart Questions

Lecture 4 (1/31): Minerals / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 5 part 1 (2/5): Rocks / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 5 part 2 (2/5): Igneous Rocks / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 7 (2/7): Earth Differentiation / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 8 (2/12): Age of the Earth / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 9 (2/14): Earth's Geodynamo System / On-Line / PDF Download

The Unofficial Review Page for Exam I (2/19) / PDF Download

Lecture 10 (2/21): Earth's Plate Tectonic System / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 11 (2/26): Earth's Plate Tectonic System II / On-Line / PDF Download

The results for Exam I are posted on SAS Gradebook / (2/26)

(https://secure.fas.rutgers.edu/apps/gradebook) / (2/26)

Lecture 12 (2/28): Volcanoes / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 13 (3/04): Earthquakes / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 14 (3/04&06): Crustal Deformation / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 15 (3/06): Metamorphic Rocks / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 16 (3/11): Sedimentary Rocks / On-Line / PDF Download

Spring Break - No Class

Lecture 17 (3/25): Stratigraphy I / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 18 (3/27): Stratigraphy II / On-Line / PDF Download

The Unofficial Review Page for Exam II (Exam is Tues, 4/1) / PDF Download

Exam II -Tues, 4/1

Lecture 19 (4/3): Oceans - Continents / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 19b (4/3): Timescale / On-Line / PDF Download

Lecture 20 (4/8): Archean - Proterozoic/ On-Line / PDF Download

No Class (4/10)

Lecture 21 (4/15): Phanerozoic / PDF Download

Lecture 22 (4/17): Earth's Atmosphere and Climate (BT Lecture) / PDF Download

Lecture 23 & 24 (4/22 & 4/24): Phanerozoic Climate and Global Warming / PDF Download

Lecture 25 (4/26): New Jersey / PDF Download

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