Physical Geology Introduction Physical Geology - University of Houston


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Dr. John C. Butler
Physical Geology - Honors Section
Room 315 SR I 8:30-10:00 AM, T/TH
Fall Semester, 1997

Office: Room 304 Science Research I
743-3411
jbulter@uh.edu

Something Extra

I would like each of you to take a few minutes to respond to part I of the overall assessment of this course. For each question you will select a response from a set of possible responses. When you are finished, click on the Submit button and your responses will be e-mailed to me. Ready?


"Earth is a unique place, home to more than a million life forms, including ourselves. No other planet yet discovered has the same delicate balance of conditions necessary to sustain life. Geology is the science that studies Earth -- how it was born, how it evolved, how it works, and how we can help preserve it." [Press and Siever, Second Edition]

Reading List

The reading list should be followed throughout the semester. Use the reviews in the text (and in the Study Guide) to check mastery of the information. On each test several questions will be taken from the review material presented in the text.

You should review this page at least once a week. Who knows.....there might be something "extra" posted.

Copies of the text portion of the slides are being placed on the Internet. At the beginning of each chapter you will have the opportunity to download a file containing this information. You may wish to print these out before class and use them as the framework for your notes. It will take a few days but I will try and get these posted shortly. I will have to make sure that this will work from the library but it should.

You can download a text document that should work with any word processor or you can download one that will work with Microsoft Word. The Word document will preserve the large and bold type whereas you would have to add that for the text document.

Date Topic Text Home Work
Part 1Understanding the Earth System
8/26 Building A Planet Chapter 1
8/28 Building A Planet Chapter 2Exercise 1
9/2 Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks Chapter 2
9/4 Minerals: Building Blocks of Rocks Chapter 2 Exercise 2
9/9 Igneous Rocks Chapter 3
9/11 Igneous Rocks Chapter 4Exercise 3
9/16 Volcanism Chapter 5
9/18 EXAMINATION I(Chapters 1 - 5)
9/23 Weathering and Erosion Chapter 6 Exercise 4
9/25 Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks Chapter 7
9/30 Metamorphic Rocks Chapter 8
10/2 Rock Record and Geologic Time Chapter 9Exercise 5
10/7 Faults, Folds, Deformation Chapter 10
Part 2Surface Processes
10/9 Mass Wasting Chapter 11Exercise 6
10/14 The Hydrologic Cycle & Groundwater Chapter 12
10/16 Rivers: Transport to the Oceans Chapter 13Exercise 7
10/21 EXAMINATION II (Chapters 6-13)
10/23 Winds and Deserts Chapter 14
10/30 Glaciers: the Work of Ice Chapter 15
11/4 Oceans and Coasts Chapter 16Exercise 8
11/6 The Sea Floor Chap 17
Part 3Internal Processes, External Effects
11/11 Earthquakes Chapter 18 Exercise 9
11/13 Exploring Earth's InteriorChapter 19
11/18 Plate Tectonics: the Unifying Theory Chapter 20Exercise 10
11/20 EXAMINATION III(Chapters 14-20)
11/25 Plate Tectonics: the Unifying Theory Chapter 21 Essay DUE
Part 4Conserving Earth's Bounty
12/2 Energy & Mineral Resources Chapter 22
12/4 Earth Systems Chap. 23,24Exercise 11
12/??/96 Final Examination

Since August 25, 1997

Copyright by John C. Butler, July 29, 1995