GEOL 100: Earth In Action Spring 2006 Course Schedule 



{1:} 1/12 -- 
Organization Meeting 
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{2:} 1/17 -- 
Plate Tectonics I
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{3:} 1/19 -- 
Plate Tectonics II
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{4:} 1/24 -- 
Plate Tectonics III 
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{5:} 1/26 --  
Earthquakes I
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{6:} 1/31 -- 
Earthquakes II and Earthquake Damage 
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{7:} 2/2 -- 
Special Lecture I: Earthquake Prediction; 
Special Lecture II: "Earthquake Weather";
Special Lecture III: Abnormal damages caused by the 1994 Northridge earthquake 
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{8:} 2/7 -- 
The Deep Structure of the Earth 
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{9:} 2/9 -- 
The Magnetic and Gravity Fields of the Earth;
About Exams 1 and 2
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{10:} 2/14 -- 
Exam 1 of 6 (Covers Session 1--9)
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{11:} 2/16 -- 
Exam 2 of 6 (Covers Session 1--9)
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{12:} 2/21 -- 
Minerals, Rocks and Igneous Rocks
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{13:} 2/23 -- 
Volcanos 
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{14:} 2/28 -- 
Sedimentary Rocks
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{15:} 3/2 --  
Metamorphic Rocks
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{16:} 3/7 -- 
Weathering and Soil
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{17:} 3/9 -- 
Geologic Time;
About Exam 3 and 4
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{18:} 3/14 -- 
Exam 3 of 6 (Covers Session 10--17)
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{19:} 3/16 -- 
Oceans I;
Exam 4 of 6 (Covers Session 10--17)
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{20:} 3/28 -- 
Oceans II and Shorelines
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{21:} 3/30 -- 
Geologic Structures
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{22:} 4/4 -- 
Mass Wasting 
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{23:} 4/6 -- 
Streams 
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{24:} 4/11 --
Lakes and Winds
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{25:} 4/13 -- 
Ground Water I
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{26:} 4/18 -- 
Ground Water II and Deserts
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{27:} 4/20 --
Glaciers and Ice Ages;
Special Lecture IV: Unsolved yet Important Problems in Geology
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{28:} 4/25 --
Geological Resources
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{29:} 4/27 --
Earth's systems;
North American Geology;
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{30:} 5/2 -- 
Special Lecture V: Obligations and Practice of a Geoscientist

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{31:} 5/4 -- 
Buffer time and about Exams 5 and 6

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{32:} 5/8 (9:40 to 11:30 AM in Thompson 101) -- 
Exams 5 and 6 (Covers Session 19-32).
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