Welcome to Physical Geology

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San Elijo Campus

Geology 101, section 1659


at Marble View, Kaibab National Forest

Class meets Mondays & Wednesdays, 9:30 to 10:50 AM,
Room 406, San Elijo Campus

Office Hours:
Mondays (+ sometimes) Wednesdays), 11:00 AM to noon, SAN 503


Course Syllabus (PDF):


Course Schedule


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PLAGIARISM !!!

Ugly Word, Even Uglier Deed!!!
(read the syllabus!)

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Tarbuck and Lutgens 10th edition

Recommended text:
Earth, An Introduction to Physical Geology
Tarbuck, Lutgens & Tasa, 10th Edition, Prentice-Hall.
ISBN-13: 978-0-321-66304-7
ISBN-10: 0-321-66304-7


The web site for this book, and its predecessor. ( www.prenhall.com/tarbuck )
requires login
Web site of 8th edition
no login required
Optional Regional Geology Resource Books:

The Rise and Fall of San Diego: 150 Million Years of History Recorded in Sedimentary Rocks, Patrick L. Abbott, 1999, Sunbelt Publications.
ISBN: 0-932653-31-6

Roadside Geology Along Sunrise Highway, Michael J. Walawender, 2011, San Diego Association of Geologists.
ISBN: 978-0-916251-19-2
Web sites of some of the videos shown in class:
to the Earth Revealed video study guides

Volcanoes of the Deep Sea Homework (for future reference)
Other VERY Important Links:

Powerpoint Presentations (Flash & PDF versions)

based on Earth 10th Edition, by Tarbuck & Lutgens
(many illustrations in the PowerPoints ©Prentice-Hall, Inc.)
(ALL photos on this page ©CG-Squared Productions - i.e. - Me!)
Course intro
Course Introduction
Chapter 1
Introduction (Chapter 1)

Outline
Plate Tectonics
Plate Tectonics (Chapter 2)

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Chapter 3
Matter and Minerals (Chapter 3)

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Chapter 4
Igneous Rocks (Chapter 4)

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Chapter 5
Volcanic Activity (Chapter 5)

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Chapter 6
Weathering and Soil (Chapter 6)

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Chapter 7
Sedimentary Rocks (Chapter 7)

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Chapter 8
Metamorphic Rocks (Chapter 8)

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Chapter 9
Geologic Time (Chapter 9)

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Chapter 10
Crustal Deformation (Chapter 10)

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Chapter 11
Earthquakes (Chapter 11)

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Chapter 12
Earth's Interior (Chapter 12)

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Chapter 13
Divergent Boundaries (Chapter 13)

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Chapter 14
Convergent Boundaries (Chapter 14)

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Chapter 15
Mass Wasting (Chapter 15)

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Chapter 16
Running Water (Chapter 16)

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Chapter 17
Groundwater (Chapter 17)

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Chapter 18
Glaciers (Chapter 18)

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Chapter 19
Deserts and Winds (Chapter 19)

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Chapter 20
Shorelines (Chapter 20)

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Chapter 21
Global Climate Change (Chapter 21)

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Chapter 22
Earth's Evolution Through Time (Chapter 22)

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Chapter 23
Energy and Mineral Resources (Chapter 23)

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Chapter 24
Planetary Geology (Chapter 24)

Outline

Summaries of each of the Tarbuck & Lutgens chapters, in haiku form


self-running PowerPoint
PDF
The GRAND Canyon
Geology of the Grand Canyon
(Flash)
work in progress - 155 slides!
Check out my geology web site E-mail address:
pfarquharson AT miracosta.edu
(NOT a clickable link)

Welcome !!!
revised 21 January 2012