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Spring 2013 Syllabus University of South Carolina GEOL 230 Geology of the National Parks Class Schedule: Date # Lecture Topic Featured Parks Reading Q Tue, 01/15 1 Introduction to the Course Syllabus 1* Thu, 01/17 2 Introduction to the NPS http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/to ur/index.cfm: Choose any three parks and read their field notes Fri, 01/18 Last Day to change classes without a W Tue, 01/22 3 Earth System Science http://www.earthscienceliteracy.org/es_l Thu, 01/24 4 Dots, Wiggles, Shapes: Making Meaningful Stories from Geologic Observations Tue, 01/29 5 Building Blocks: From Minerals to Tectonic Plates iteracy_6may10_.pdf: ALL http://www.agiweb.org/environment/pu blications/mapping/mappingbook.pdf: Pages 1-31 http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/rxmin /index.html: Top four links, simplified rock classification chart; http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynam ic.html: Top four links Thu, 01/31 6 Measures of Time Grand Canyon http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/fossils/contents. html: all ,TB: Ch. 1 3 Tue, 02/05 7 Rocks: Igneous Yosemite TB: Intro. to Part IV, Ch. 28, Box 25.1 Thu, 02/07 8 Rocks: Sedimentary Grand Canyon, Zion TB: Ch. 1, 2 4 Tue, 02/12 9 Rocks: The Fossil Record Petrified Forest and Badlands TB: Ch. 8, 9 Thu, 02/14 10 Rocks: Metamorphism and Deformation Acadia TB: Intro. to Part V, Ch. 24 5 Tue, 02/19 11 Tectonics: Rifts Death Valley TB: Ch. 48 Thu, 02/21 12 Tectonics: Ocean Plates and Subduction Olympic TB: Ch. 30, Box 35.1 6 Tue, 02/26 13 Tectonics: Thrust Belts Great Smoky Mountains TB: Ch. 55 Thu, 02/28 14 Tectonics: Mafic Volcanics Hawaii Volcanoes TB: Ch. 40 7 Tue, 03/05 15 Tectonics: Felsic Volcanics Yellowstone TB: Ch. 43 Thu, 03/07 16 Review and Exam All Parks from All readings since 1/15 Q8, Part I E1* Tue, 03/12 No Class - Spring Break Thu, 03/14 No Class - Spring Break Tue, 03/19 17 Weathering, Erosion, and Soil Bryce Canyon. Capitol Reef TB: Intro. to Part I, Ch. 3, 4 Thu, 03/21 18 Evaporites and Aeolian Great Sand TB: Ch. 12, 9 Processes Dunes, Indiana http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/par Dunes, White ks/indu/index.cfm, Sands http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/par ks/whsa/index.cfm Tue, 03/26 19 Wetlands and Organic Sediments Everglades TB: Ch. 19, Box 20.1 Thu, 03/28 20 Carbonates Guadalupe Mountains and Virgin Islands TB: Intro. to Part II, Ch. 17, 18 10 Tue, 04/02 21 Caves Mammoth Cave and Wind Cave TB: Ch. 14, 15 Thu, 04/04 22 Glaciers, Alpine Glacier Bay TB: Intro. to Part III, Ch. 31 11 2 Page 4 of 5
Spring 2013 Syllabus University of South Carolina GEOL 230 Geology of the National Parks Date # Lecture Topic Featured Parks Reading Q Tue, 04/09 23 Glaciers, Continental Cuyahoga Valley, Voyageurs TB: Ch. 13, 22 Thu, 04/11 24 Coastlines Fire Island, http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/par 12 Channel Islands, ks/fiis/index.cfm, Kenai Fjords, http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/par Cumberland ks/kefj/index.cfm, Island http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/par ks/cuis/index.cfm, VIDEO (18 min.): http://www.nps.gov/chis/photosmultime dia/a-treasure-in-the-sea.htm Tue, 04/16 25 Rivers and Floodplains Congaree TBA Thu, 04/18 26 Geoarchaeology and Geologic Mesa Verde, TB: Ch. 7, 13 Heritage Chesapeake and http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/par Ohio Canal, ks/choh/index.cfm, Russell Cave http://www.nature.nps.gov/geology/par ks/ruca/index.cfm Tue, 04/23 27 Climate Change TBA http://cleanet.org/cln/index.html, Thu, 04/25 28 Summary, Review, and All Parks from All readings since 3/19 14 Evaluations Part II Fri, 05/03 29 Final Exam All Parks from Part II All readings since 3/19 E2* *Quizzes and exams marked “*” cannot be dropped or replaced Final Note This syllabus has been pre-planned to the best of my ability, but the lecture topics, sequence, readings, and quiz schedule are subject to change as the semester unfolds. I will clearly announce any such changes in class. I will not penalize you or your grade if there is a sudden change less than two class periods ahead of time. Page 5 of 5
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