Reading/Topic Schedule
Date Topic & Readings
Jan 23 Geology 210 Introduction - Bloom pp 3-18
Jan 24 Scale and age of landforms - Bloom pp 19-33
Jan 26 Plate tectonics and Landform Evolution - Bloom pp 37-47
Jan 31 Mountain Belts - Bloom pp 37-47
Feb 2 Folds, Faults and Landforms - Bloom pp 67-87
Feb 7 Volcanic systems and Landforms - Bloom pp 92-112
Feb 9 Landslides & Material Behavior ; Avalanches Bloom pp 169-194
Feb 14 Earthquakes and Landforms
Feb 16 Streams and Landforms; Alluvial Valleys Bloom pp. 198-226
Feb 21 Fluvial Systems Bloom pp 231-253
Feb 23 Cenozoic Climate Change - Bloom pp 49-62
Feb 28 Glacial Systems - Erosion & Deposition Bloom pp 355-373, 373-413
March 2 First Hour Exam (Samples of Hour exams from previous years)
March 7 Weathering Processes - Bloom pp 119-132
March 9 Chemical Weathering & Soils - Bloom pp 134-143
March 11-20 - Mid-Term Break
March 21 - No class - NEGSA Meetings
March 23 - Soils & Clay Minerals; Soil Fertility & Clay Mineralogy
March 28 - Soil Classification and Soil Orders
March 30 - Northeastern US Forest Soils
April 4 - Dry Climate Soils and Soil Carbonate; Stable Isotopes in Soil Systems
April 6 - Soils & Water Heath, p. 1-5
April 11 - Second Hour Exam (click here for examples of recent exams)
April 13 - Darcy's Law, Flow and Potential Heath, p.6-21
April 18 - Flow Nets and Aquifer Properties Heath, p. 22-29
April 20 - Aquifer Tests and Aquifer Boundaries ; Pump Tests and Water Wells Heath, p. 40-60
April 25 - Groundwater Quality; Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Groundwater
April 27 - Hydrocarbons - Remediation; Regulatory Framework
May 2 - DNAPL Pollution
May 4 - Stable Isotope Hydrogeology; Climate Change and Global Water Supply
Tuesday May 9, 9-11 am Final exam - Click here for recent final exams