Revised SCHEDULE, FALL 2000,
v. 2, 5 October
| 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 | |
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