Tentative Schedule
Geology 21: Earth Surface Dynamics Tentative schedule, guaranteed to be revised | Amherst College Spring 2011 |
Meeting | Planned Topic | Notes |
WEEK 1 |
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Jan 24 | Intro and Deep Time |
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Jan 25 | Lab: Intro to Stella Modeling | Bring a laptop |
Jan 26 | Stellar Evolution and Elements |
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Jan 28 | Isotopes: Radiogenic and Stable |
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WEEK 2 |
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Jan 31 | Global Energy Balance |
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Feb 1 | Lab: Energy Balance Models | Bring a laptop |
Feb 2 | Atmospheric Circulation I |
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Feb 4 | Atmospheric Circulation II | Problem Set #1 due Friday, Feb 4 |
WEEK 3 |
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Feb 7 | Ocean Circulation I |
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Feb 8 | Lab: Thermohaline Circulation Models | Bring a laptop |
Feb 9 | Ocean Circulation II |
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Feb 11 | Ocean Chemistry I |
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WEEK 4 |
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Feb 14 | Ocean Chemistry II |
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Feb 15 | Lab: Climate Models | Bring a laptop |
Feb 16 | Microbes and Metabolism |
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Feb 18 | Guest Lecture (Adam Maloof, Princeton University) |
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| Problem Set #2 due Friday, Feb 18 |
WEEK 5 |
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Feb 21 | Diversity & Evolution I |
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Feb 22 | Lab: Fossils and Evolution |
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Feb 23 | Diversity & Evolution II |
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Feb 25 | Test | Test #1 in class on Friday, Feb 25 |
WEEK 6 |
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Feb 28 | Weathering and Soils |
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Mar 1 | Lab: Soil Pit |
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Mar 2 | Glaciers I |
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Mar 4 | Glaciers II |
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WEEK 7 |
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Mar 7 | Rivers I |
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Mar 8 | Lab: Surficial Geology of Amherst Area – Maps |
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Mar 9 | Rivers II |
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Mar 11 |
| Problem Set #3 due Friday, Mar 11 |
WEEK 8 |
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Mar 14-18 | Spring Recess – no class |
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WEEK 9 |
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Mar 21 | Coastal Processes/Environments |
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Mar 22 | Lab: Coastal Dynamics |
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Mar 23 | Continental Shelf |
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Mar 25 | Sea Level |
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WEEK 10 |
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Mar 28 | Sedimentary Basins |
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Mar 29 | Lab: Wave Tank and Flume |
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Mar 30 | Sed Environments |
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Apr 1 | Test | Test #2 in class on Friday, April 1 |
WEEK 11 |
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Apr 4 | Carbon Cycle I |
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Apr 5 | Lab: Surficial Geology of Amherst Area – Field Trip |
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Apr 6 | Carbon Cycle II |
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Apr 8 | Origins and Early Earth |
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WEEK 12 |
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Apr 11 | Oxygen |
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Apr 12 | Lab: Carbon cycle models |
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Apr 13 | Snowball Earth |
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Apr 15 | Cambrian Explosion | Problem Set #4 due Friday, Apr 15 |
WEEK 13 |
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Apr 18 | Paleozoic I |
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Apr 19 | Lab: Fossils and Environments |
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Apr 20 | Paleozoic II and P-Tr Extinction |
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Apr 22 | Mesozoic I |
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WEEK 14 |
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Apr 25 | Mesozoic II and K-T |
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Apr 26 | Lab: K/Pg Boundary Event Stratigraphy |
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Apr 27 | Cenozoic I |
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Apr 29 | Cenozoic II | Problem Set #5 due Friday, Apr 29 |
WEEK 15 |
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May 2 | Pleistocene I |
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May 3 | Lab: Final Project |
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May 4 | Pleistocene II |
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May 6 | Test | Test #3 in class on Friday, May 6 |
Problem Set Schedule
Due Date | Topic |
1. Friday, February 4 | U-Pb and Pb-Pb Geochronology |
2. Friday, February 18 | Ocean Chemistry |
3. Friday, March 11 | Postglacial Rebound and Mantle Viscosity |
4. Friday, April 15 | The Huronian Succession and the Rise of Oxygen |
5. Friday, April 29 | Paleomagnetic Records and the Breakup of Pangea |
