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Introduction to Geology

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Lectures

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Lecture 1: What is Geology and the Scientific Method?

Lecture 2: Cosmology and Earth

Lecture 3: Minerals, Physical Properties

Lecture 4: Mineral Use and Rocks (trying the .pdf format) Need Adobe Acrobat Reader?

Exam 1

Lecture 5: Igneous Rock

Lecture 6: Sedimentary Rock

Lecture 7: Weathering and Soil

Lecture 8: Metamorphic Rock

Exam 2

Lecture 9 & 10: The Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics

Lecture 11 Earthquakes

Lecture 12 Volcanoes

Lecture 13 Mass wasting

Exam 3

Lecture 14 Weather vs. Climate

Lecture 15 Rivers & Flooding (Cedar River June 2008)

Lecture 16 Groundwater

Lecture 17 Glaciers

Lecture 18 Global Climate Change

Final Exam:

Handouts and Lab

The syllabus

Exam 1

Study Guide #1 (What is geology & Cosmology?)

Study Guide #2 (Minerals)

Exam 2

Study Guide #3 (Igneous Rocks)

Study Guide #4 (Sedimentary Rocks)

Study Guide #5 (Weathering and Soils)

Study Guide # 6 (Metamorphic Rocks)

Exam 3

Study Guide #7 (Earth's Interior and Plate Tectonics)

Study Guide #8 (Earthquakes)

Study Guide #9 (Volcanoes)

Study Gu de #10 (Mass wasting)

Exam 4 (Weather and Water)

Study Guide #11 (Weather and Climate)

Study Guide #12 (Rivers)

Study Guide #13 (Groundwater)

Final Exam

Study Guide #14 (Glaciers)

Study Guide #15 (Global Climate Change)

The Final also includes Study Guides (1-13)

Lab Visualizations and Links

Lab

Minerals 1 (not all 1-30)

Minerals 2 (all 1-30)

Igneous Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

Links

NPR Science Friday Podcasts

- New Climate Solutions Sought as CO2 levels rise 11/2/2007

- New Discoveries in Deep-Sea Bio diversity 10/12/2007

- Fuels of the Future: How Far Down the Road? 10/5/2007

- Climate Change and National Parks - 4/20/2007

 

International year of the Earth

The PALEOMAP Project

IPCC - International Panel on Climate Change

Earthpark-USA-Iowa

IHOPE (Integrated History of People on Earth)

Interesting articles

Alaska islanders flee surging sea

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