GEOL-111 (Sections F01 & 02)  and GEOL-111A (Section F01)  - Fall 2011

week

day

Topic

Assign-ment

Notes

Text chapter

lab #

lab topic 

1

Tues

Sep

6

Introduction

1

Thurs

Sep

8

History of the earth and geological time

1

8

2

Tues

Sep

13

Atoms, bonding and crystals

2

2

1

Field trip

Thurs

Sep

15

Minerals

2

2

3

Tues

Sep

20

Minerals

2

2

Thurs

Sep

22

Minerals

1

2

2

4

Tues

Sep

27

Rocks and magma

3

3

2

Minerals

Thurs

Sep

29

Intrusive igneous rock

3

3

5

Tues

Oct

4

Volcanic rocks

3

4

Thurs

Oct

6

Weathering

4

4

6

Tues

Oct

11

Sedimentary rocks

4

5 & 6

3

Igneous rocks

Thurs

Oct

13

Metamorphic rocks

2

4

7

7

Tues

Oct

18

Review 

Thurs

Oct

20

Midterm test

8

Tues

Oct

25

Glaciation and glacial deposits

5

12

4

Sedimentary and metamorphic rocks

Thurs

Oct

27

Other unconsolidated deposits

5

9

Tues

Nov

1

Plate tectonics

6

19

Thurs

Nov

3

Plate tectonics

6

19

10

Tues

Nov

8

Plate tectonics

 3

7

19

5

Unconsolidated deposits

Thurs

Nov

10

Plate tectonics

11

Tues

Nov

15

Plate tectonics

4

7

19

Thurs

Nov

17

Earthquakes 

8

16

12

Tues

Nov

22

Earthquakes 

5

8

16

6

Geological maps

Thurs

Nov

24

Geology of BC  

13

Tues

Nov

29

Geology of  Vancouver Island

Thurs

Dec

1

Review