GEL 101 - Physical Geology

Power Point Presentations - Course Notes

Course Syllabus

Chapters 1&2 - Introduction

Chapter 5 - Mineralogy

 Chapter 6 - Magma and Igneous Rocks

Chapter 9 - Volcanic Eruptions

Study Challenge #1
Chapter 7 - Weathering
Chapter 7 - Sedimentary Rocks
Chapter 8 - Metamorphic Rocks

Chapter 12 - Geologic Time

Study Challenge #2

Chapter 10 - Earthquakes

Chapter 11 - Structural Geology
Chapters 3 and 4 - Plate Tectonics

Study Challenge #3
Chapter 17 - Running Water
Chapter 22 - Glaciers and Ice Ages
Final Study Challenge

 
Course Description - Composition, structure and surficial features of the Earth, with emphasis on the processes which affect the development and modification of these features.  Lecture and laboratory.

Liz Fracchia '03 studying foliation in 
anorthosite near Poko-Moonshine.

Erica Exner '03 and Rohan Roy '03
mapping the Cumberland Head Argillite at
Point Au Roche State Park.
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