Revised SCHEDULE, FALL 2000,

Date	Exercise	Reading Assignment
22 Aug	Orientation; Go over handouts	Class Description Handout: N. Am. physiographic provinces handout
24 Aug	Basic map skills, incl. profiles from contour maps.	Maltman, 1998, Ch 1 (especially fig 1.6)
29 Aug	Structure contour maps I	Maltman, 1998, Ch 2,3
31 Aug	Structure contour maps II; isopach maps
5 Sep	Strike and dip	Maltman, 1998, Ch 4
7 Sep	Local Field trip	Handouts
12 Sept	Strike and dip
14 Sept	Local Field trip
19 Sept	Tracing rocks across topography; 3 point problems	Handouts
21 Sept	Geologic cross-sections I	Handouts
26 Sept	Geologic cross-sections II
28 Sept	TEST I (25 % of grade) Key
3 Oct	Geologic cross-sections III	Maltman, 1998, Ch 5
5 Oct	Geologic cross-sections IV
10 Oct	Outcrop Patterns	Maltman, 1998, Ch 6
12 Oct	Unconformities	Maltman, 1998, Ch 7
17 Oct	Local Field Trip; Map Production	Maltman, 1998, Ch 15; handouts
19 Oct	Geology of folded & thrusted strata I; tectonic maps	Maltman, 1998, Ch 8, 11
24 Oct	Geology of folded & thrusted strata II
26 Oct	Test II (25 % of grade)
31 Oct	Faulted Rocks
2 Nov	Surficial Geology Maps	Maltman, 1998, Ch 10.5, 12; Handouts
7 Nov	No Class: Election Day
9 Nov	Lake Monongahela; Landslide maps; Soils maps	Maltman, 1998, Ch 13, Ch 11.5
14-16 Nov	No Class: Kite at GSA in Reno
21-23 Nov	No Class: Thanksgiving Break
28 Nov	Metamorphic Rocks	Maltman, 1998, Ch 10.1, 10.3
30 Nov	Plutonic Igneous Rocks	Maltman, 1998, Ch 10.2, 10.4
5 Dec	Volcanic Landforms and Rocks
7 Dec	Test 3 (25 % of GRADE) 10:00-12:30 (Regular class time) Link to Key
Source/Readings