101 Fall 2002

EPS 101

How the Earth Works---An Introduction to Geoscience

Syllabus Fall, 2002 Section 001, MWF @ 9:00

Professor John Geissman, Room 203 (x3433 or x0887) jgeiss@unm.edu

Office Hours: Monday (10-12), Tuesday(9-11), Wed (10-12),Thursday (9-11), with open door policy. These times are set aside for you to talk about any facet of the course and geoscience in general. Note that I may step out for coffee immediately after class. Java lovers are welcome to join me!

Text: Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 7th edition, by Tarbuck & Lutgens. The reading assignments refer to this book. The book also contains the GEODe III CD, which contains many excellent additional resources. I strongly recommend you to make frequent use of the CD! In addition, the Publisher has established a Web site for the text (http://www.prenhall.com/tarbuck) that contains review exercises, additional resources, etc. Please use it!!!

Examinations/Papers: Each of the three hourly exams will cover material from the previous exam up through the class before the exam; the final exam (2 hours) will principally cover the last quarter of the entire course, although . Exams will contain short and long-answer questions, with some multiple choice questions.

Any material presented in lecture or covered in the associated reading is fair game on the exams. Examples of exams from previous semesters are reached through links below and I very strongly urge you to look the examples that are pertinent to each of the examinations. Although I do not hand out study guides per se, I note that my brief outlines for each topic (see links below) should be very useful -- your class notes should serve as your study guides. NOTE: THERE WILL BE NO MAKEUP EXAMS!! If you miss an exam, you will receive a score of zero.

Homework: There is no homework in this class, but you are required to do one (1) short paper (between five and ten double-spaced pages of text, supporting information extra) on subject of interest. Click here for samples of good papers from previous classes.

CRITICAL DATES: Please keep in mind that the last day to change grading options is September 13th, the last day to drop without a grade is September 27th, and the last day to withdraw with a WP or WF is November 8th, without dean's approval, and December 6th, with dean's approval.

Schedule (with possibility for minor change!):

Date	Topic	Chapter	Useful/interesting links
Aug. 19:	Introduction	1	http://www.geosociety.org/ http://earth.agu.org/ http://inet2.agiweb.org/agi/ http://epswww.unm.edu/
21	Overview of Earth Processes, Geology as a SCIENCE Internal Structure (outline for this section)	1	http://geoinfo.nmt.edu/tour/home.html http://www.natcenscied.org/
23	Overview of Earth Processes, Geologic Time, “Environmental” issues	1	http://sse.jpl.nasa.gov/features/planets/earth/earth.html http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/rxmin/rock.htm
26	Minerals (outline for this section)	2	http://www.webelements.com/ http://www.minerals.net/
28	Minerals	2	http://web.wt.net/~daba/Mineral/
30	Minerals, material properties	2	http://webmineral.com/determin.shtml
Sept 2	No Class, Labor Day
4	Igneous Rocks, General Origin (outline for this section)	3	http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/igneous.htm
6	Igneous rocks, Extrusive (Heat Flow outline)	3,4	http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/ http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/index.htm
9	Igneous rocks, Extrusive, Intrusive	3,4
11	Igneous Rocks, Intrusive related features	4	http://seis.natsci.csulb.edu/basicgeo/IGNEOUS_TOUR.html
13	Friday, FIRST EXAM		http://www.unc.edu/depts/unc_caps/TenTraps.html http://homeworktips.about.com/library/weekly/aa110697.htm 1st Hourly Exam Samples: (example) (example) (example) (example)
16	Weathering (outline for this section)	5	http://enterprise.cc.uakron.edu/geology/natscigeo/Lectures/weath.htm
18	Weathering, transportation of detritus	5
20	Soil formation and erosion	5	http://www.desertmuseum.org/asdmpress/natural_history.html http://www.cjnetworks.com/~sccdistrict/soilpro.htm
23	Sedimentary rocks, overview (outline for this section)	6	http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/sedimentary.htm
25	Sedimentary rocks, differences	6	http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/sedimentary.htm
27	Sedimentary rocks, stratigraphy and geologic time	6	http://vishnu.glg.nau.edu/rcb/RCB.html
30	Metamorphic rocks, General origin (outline for this section)	7	http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1080/metamorphic.htm
Oct 2	Metamorphic rocks, crustal processes	7
4	Geologic time (relative) (outline for this section)	8	http://www.agiweb.org/ http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html
7	Geologic time (absolute)	8	http://geology.cr.usgs.gov/capabilities/gronemtrac/geochron/geochron.html
9	Geologic time, earth processes, “predictions” in geology	8	http://www.ymp.gov/ http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/earthq3/safaultgip.html http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Volcanoes/Cascades/framework.html
11	No Class, Fall Break
14	Monday, SECOND EXAM		http://www.unc.edu/depts/unc_caps/TenTraps.html http://homeworktips.about.com/library/weekly/aa110697.htm 2nd Hourly Exam Samples: (example) (example) (example) (example)
16	Structural Geology (outline for this section)	15
18	Structural Geology, brittle failure, earthquakes	15,16	http://www.consrv.ca.gov/dmg/pubs/cg/teacher/faults.htm http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/
21	Structural Geology, ductile behavior	15,16
23	Structural geology, geologic maps, field interpretations	15	http://geology.wr.usgs.gov/docs/parks/gmap/gmap1.html
25	Global tectonics, Introduction (outline for this section)	18,19	http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html
28	No Class, JWG out
30	No Class, JWG out
Nov 1	Global tectonics, Earthquakes	18,19	http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/quakexe/quakes http://aslwww.cr.usgs.gov/ http://www.discovery.com/exp/earthquakes/earthquakes.html http://www.seis.utah.edu/Welcome.html http://www.asc-india.org/seismic/afghanseis.htm
4	Global tectonics, plate motions	18,19
6	Global tectonics, Earth interior	17	http://www.seismology.harvard.edu/Projects.html
8	Global tectonics, plate reconstructions	19,20	http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html http://www.hartrao.ac.za/geodesy/tectonics.html http://www.scotese.com/pangeanim.htm
11	Global tectonics, the marine realm	18,19	http://www-odp.tamu.edu/
13	North American geology, overview	20	http://vishnu.glg.nau.edu/rcb/RCB.html
15	Friday, Third Exam (examples)		http://www.unc.edu/depts/unc_caps/TenTraps.html http://homeworktips.about.com/library/weekly/aa110697.htm 3rd Hourly Exam Samples: (example) (example) (example) (example)
18	Energy Resources	21	http://www.agiweb.org/ http://www.api.org/ http://energy.usgs.gov/
20	Mineral resources	21	http://minerals.usgs.gov/
22	Groundwater, Albuquerque area	11	http://water.usgs.gov/ http://water.usgs.gov/pubs/FS/FS-031-96/ - HDR08
25	Glaciers and eustasy	12	http://www-bprc.mps.ohio-state.edu/GDG/gdgfront.htm
27	Nuclear waste storage (outline for this section)		http://www.ymp.gov/ http://www.wipp.carlsbad.nm.us/index.htm http://www.rfcab.org/index.html
29	No Class, Thanksgiving
Dec 2	Climate Change (paleoclimatology), Earth cycles (outline for this section)		http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/
4	Climate and Volcanism		http://www.etl.noaa.gov/review/aq/post/ http://denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/research/so2/article.html
6	Overview, Geoscience and YOU!!!!!		http://www.geo.nsf.gov/ http://www.geosociety.org/
7-13	Final Exam Week		4th Hourly Exam Samples: (example) (example) (example) (example)