PHYSICAL GEOLOGY (ES2) COURSE OUTLINE
Text: Physical Geology by Tarbuck and Lutgens
Lab Manual: Exercises in Physical Geology by Kenneth Hamblin
PLANET EARTH
The structure of the earth
Internal structure, composition, and characteristic behavior of materials
The surface of the earth
The nature of continental and oceanic crust.
Composition, evolution, and features.
MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY
Mineralogy
Structure, composition, geography, and economic importance.
Significance of occurrence.Petrology
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks and processes.
Processes, chemistry, structure, and significane of occurrence.
PLATE TECTONICS
volcanism, crustal deformation and structural geology
EARTH SYSTEMS / GEOMORPHOLOGY
Landform Evolution
as a result of exogenic processes
as a result of endogenic processes
...and the underlying structural geology
Rivers
development, processes, features
erosion and deposition
Mass Wasting
development, processes, features
Groundwater
development, processes, features
erosion and deposition
Glaciers
development, processes, features
erosion and deposition
Shorelines
development, processes, features
erosion and deposition
manipulation by man
Eolian Processes
development, processes, features
erosion and deposition
GEOLOGIC TIME
Hutton, interpretation of the rock record, the geologic column
FIELD TRIP AND ORIGINAL RESEARCH