Spring Semester 2006 – Earth Through Time (Geol 102)
Revised Lecture Schedule Begins on March 3
Lecture Schedule
Lectures – 109 Leonard Hall; Lecture Professor – Dr. Joseph Hartman
204 Leonard Hall, joseph_hartman@und.nodak.edu, 777-5055
TEXT – Historical Geology – Evolution of Earth and Life Through Time,
Wicander and Monroe (2004), Fourth Edition, Thomson Learning, Inc.–Brooks/Cole, 427 p.S
SYLLABUS
Test schedule is preliminary and subject to change with notice. See Grading Web page.
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Date
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Lc#/Day
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Topic/Reading
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| Jan. 12 | 1-W | Course structure, grading procedures, and establishing a routine. What do we know? First-day survey. Who we are! Reading: Preface p. xvi-xx; examine Appendixes A, B, and C and Glossary |
| 1-14 | 2-F | Topics covered:
- Establishing a routine, good study habits. - First-day survey. Who we are as a class. - The Northern Sumatra Earthquake – 9.0 - Earth history through a whole lot of geologic time: Earth's beginning, early Precambrian Reading: Ch. 1, emphasis on p. 1-4, 10-13; Reading: Ch. 4, emphasis on p. 56-63, 68-70 |
| 1-17 | M |
No class. Martin Luther King Day observance |
| 1-19 | 3-W |
Earth history through a whole lot of geologic time Topics covered: - Precambrian geology and early life from photosynthetic bacteria to Ediacaran multiceullar life - Precambrian-Cambrian transition, examples of life and events through geologic time - Telling relative geologic time Questions 1 and 2 asked. Reading: Ch. 1, emphais p. 8-9, 13, Figs. 1.7-1.8; Reading: Ch. 3, emphasis, p. 32-54 LAB this week: Geologic time, telling time on Earth. |
| 1-21 | 4-F |
Earth history through a whole lot of geologic time Topics covered: - Telling "absolute" time - Geological reasoning Reading: Ch. 1, emphais p. 8-9, 13, Figs. 1.7-1.8; Reading: Ch. 3, emphasis, p. 32-54 |
| 1-24 | 5-M |
Overview of the study of Earth's structure: Topics covered: - Interior structure, plate tectonics, development of plate tectonics (continental drift), and big picture thinking Reading: Ch. 1, emphais p. 8-9, 13, Figs. 1.7-1.8; Reading: Ch. 3, emphasis, p. 32-54 LAB this week: Plate tectonics |
| 1-26 | 6-W |
Overview of the study of Earth's structure: Topics covered: - Plate tectonics, plate margins, earthquakes, volcanoes, economic geology Reading: Ch. 1, emphais p. 8-9, 13, Figs. 1.7-1.8; Reading: Ch. 3, emphasis, p. 32-54 |
| 1-28 | 7-F |
Earth materials (rocks and minerals and how they form) Topics covered: Overview of rock cycle, rock categories, cooling histories Reading: Ch. 2, p. 15-30 |
| 1-31 | 8-M |
Earth materials (rocks and minerals and how they form) Reading: Ch. 2, p. 15-30 LAB this week: Earth Materials |
| Febr. 2 | 9-W |
Stratigraphy (interpreting rock layers) Topics covered: Steno laws and geologic principles, lithostratigraphy Reading: Ch. 5, emphasis p. 72-78; review geologic time (Chs. 1 and 4) Sedimentary rocks Reading: Ch. 6, emphasis p. 102-110 |
| 2-4 | 10-F | Test 1 (in class)
Open notes only (no textbooks) test on Lectures 1-8 (Chapters 1-5) |
| 2-7 | 11-M |
Stratigraphy (interpreting rock layers) Topics covered: Biostratigraphy, biozones and fossils Reading: Ch. 5, emphasis p. 72-78; review geologic time (Chs. 1 and 4) Sedimentary rocks Reading: Ch. 6, emphasis p. 102-110 |
| 2-9 | 12-W |
Stratigraphy (interpreting rock layers), Topics covered: Chronotratigraphy; interpreting time in the geologic record Reading: Ch. 5, emphasis p. 72-78; review geologic time (Chs. 1 and 4) |
| 2-11 | 13-F |
Interpreting ancient environments and Basic Paleontology Topics covered: Sedimentary structures, Which way is up, and What's paleontology Reading: Ch. 6, emphasis p. 94-101; Ch. 7, p. 114-119. |
| 2-14 | 14-M |
Fossils and fossil preservation (becoming a fossil), Part 1 Topics covered: Taphonomy, biostrationomy, fossilization Reading: Ch. 5, p. emphasis 79-86; be aware of Appendix B |
| 2-16 | 15-W |
Fossils and fossil preservation (becoming a fossil), Part 2 Topics covered: Processes and examples (lagerstatte deposits) Reading: Ch. 5, p. emphasis 79-86; be aware of Appendix B |
| 2-18 | 16-F |
Fossils and fossil preservation, Part 3 Topics covered: Trace fossils Reading: Ch. 5, p. emphasis 79-86 Evolution, the basis of interpreting past life and historical perspective Reading: Ch. 5, emphasis p. 100-109, 119-125 |
| 2-21 | M | No class. President's Day observance |
| 2-23 | 17-W |
Evolution, the basis of interpreting past life and a historical perspective on evolutionary thought, and the Modern Synthesis Reading: Ch. 7, emphasis p. 114-120, 128-134 |
| 2-25 | 18-F | Test 2 (in class)
Open notes only (no textbooks) test on Lectures 9-16 (Chapters 6-7) |
| 2-28 | 19-M |
Evolution, forming new species and evolutionary patterns Topics covered: Isolating mechanisms Reading: Ch. 7, emphasis on p. 120-123, 128-130, 133 |
| March-3 | 1-Fri |
Introduction to the Second Half The Big Bang and the formation of the Solar System and Early Earth Reading: Ch. 8, emphasis on p. 136-151 |
| Mar-6 | 2-Mon |
Early Earth: The physical process of the Hadean and Archean Eons Reading: Ch. 8, emphasis on p. 136-151 |
| Mar-8 | 3-Wed |
Early and Middle Earth: Evidence of life in the Archean and Proterozic Eons Reading: Ch. 8, emphasis on p. 136-151 |
| Mar-10 | 4-Fri | A more recognizable Earth: The Proterozoic Eon and the making of continents Reading: Ch. 9, emphasis on p. 153-164, 169-170, 172 |
| Mar-13 | Mon-Fri | No classes. Spring Break |
| Mar-20 | 5-Mon |
The Proterozoic Eon and Red Beds Reading: Ch. 9, emphasis on p. 153-164, 169-170, 172 |
| Mar-22 | 6-Wed |
The Proterozoic Eon and the divesification of life Reading: Ch. 9, emphasis on p. 153-164, 169-170, 172 |
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Mar-24 |
7-Fri |
The Proterozoic Eon and the evolution of multicellular life; The Ediacaran Reading: Ch. 9, emphasis on p. 160-169, 171-172 |
| Mar-27 | 8-Mon |
Cambrian radiation (marine invertebrates, animals without backbones) Reading: Ch. 12, p. 216-233 |
| Mar-29 | 9-Wed |
Cambrian radiation (marine invertebrates, animals without backbones and the life of the Paleozoic) Reading: Ch. 12, p. 216-233 |
| Mar-31 | 10-Fri |
Cambrian radiation and the Burgess Shale (marine invertebrates, animals without backbones) Development of modern ecosystems followed by mass extinctions Reading: Ch. 12, p. 216-233 |
| Apr-3 | 11-Mon |
Life of the early Paleozoic; Development of modern ecosystems Reading: Ch. 12, p. 216-233 |
| Apr-5 | 12-Wed |
Test 3 (since last Test) (Take-Home Test), Please do your own work. Type your answers to short-answer questions on a separate page. More life of the Paleozoic; Development of modern ecosystems followed by mass extinction (The Ordovician and the Tippecanoe) Reading: Ch. 12, p. 216-233 Review of the Phanerozoic world plate positions, North America's configuration, and Paleozoic periods Reading: Ch. 10, emphasis p. 174-187, 192 |
| Apr-7 | 13-Fri |
Test 3 (Take-home test due at beginning of class, no exceptions) No discussion of Test questions in hallway, etc. Paleozoic periods and Early Paleozoic geology and the development of sedimentary sequences Reading: Ch. 10, emphasis p. 174-187, 192 |
| Apr-10 | 14-Mon |
Late Paleozoic geology of North America and the formation of Pangaea Reading: Ch. 11, emphasis on appropriate pages through p. 194-214 |
| Apr-12 | 15-Wed |
Paleozoic mountain building in eastern North America Reading: Ch. 10, emphais on p. 187-192 Western North American geology and tectonics Reading: Ch. 11, emphais on appropriate pages through p. 200, 204-214 |
| Apr-14 | Fri |
Good Friday Observance |
| Apr-17 | Mon |
Easter Observance |
| Apr-19 | 16-W |
Vertebrate life of the Paleozoic Invasion of the land by reptiles. Reading: Ch. 13, emphasis on p. 234-245, 253 Plant life of the Paleozoic and the Permo-Triassic Extinction Event Reading: Ch. 13, emphasis on p. 245-253 |
| Apr-21 | 17-F |
Geology of the Mesozoic Era, breakup of Pangaea, sedimentation and mountain building in western North America Reading: Ch. 14, emphasis on p. 255-262, 263-276 |
| Apr-24 | 38-M |
Evolution of life in the Mesozoic Era: Life after ecosystem collapase Invertebrates, plants, and dinosaurs part 1 Reading: Ch. 15, p. 278-292 |
| Apr-26 | 18-W |
Evolution of life in the Mesozoic Era: The world of dinosaurs Reading: Ch. 15, p. 283-292 |
| Apr-27 |
Paleo Tour of Leonard Hall (for interested students, credit available) Meet at 204 Leonard Hall at 7:15 p.m. (tour will take about 1 hour) North Dakota Acaemy of Science (Grand Forks, April 27) |
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| Apr-28 | 19-F |
Evolution of life in the Mesozoic Era: The origin of mammals and the K/T boundary mass extinction Reading: Ch.15, p. 293-300 North Dakota Acaemy of Science (Grand Forks, April 28) |
| May-1 | 20-M |
Cenozoic life and the diversification of mammals Reading: Ch. 18, emphasis on p. 353-369 |
| May-3 | 21-W | Cenozoic geology of the Dakotas and the West
Reading: Ch. 16, p. 302-326 Quaternary geology and climate change (modern glaciations) Reading: Ch. 17, p. 328-346 |
| May-5 | 22-F | Primate and hominid evolution of Hominids - Life and Death Struggles
Reading: Ch. 19, p. 371-385 Reading and Review Day Leonard Hall Room 109 at 9:00 a.m. for interested students |
| May-12 | Fri. | Final Exam (Test 4),
109 Leonard Hall Room, 8:00 a.m. (2 hours) |
| May-17 | T | Final grade reports due at Twamley by noon |
| Have a lovely summer. |