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• Fall 2007 • Lecture: Science Building 115, MWF 10:00-10:50 AM |
Instructor |
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| Dr. Jerry D. Harris
Office: Science Building 104 Phone: 652-7758 jharris@dixie.edu Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 8:00-9:00 AM or by appointment |
Textbook (mandatory)
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Essentials of Geology, Ninth Edition
by Frederick K. Lutgens & Edward J. Tarbuck |
Optional for this class: notes packet available in the Dixie State College bookstore, or...
Download a PDF of the course syllabus. (You will need the free program Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file.)
You can either view (on-screen, without downloading) a presentation or download it to your computer:
VIEW A PRESENTATION: Simply left-click (or the only click on a Mac) on the appropriate link below. This will open the presentation in a new window. However, this will only work if you (a) have Microsoft PowerPoint on your computer already, or (b) if you do not have PowerPoint, you can download a free viewer program for Windows here or for Macintosh here -- note that this is for PowerPoint 98; I use PowerPoint 2003 for Windows, so I am not positive that this viewer will work!). If you have problems printing them, please contact Dr. Harris for assistance.
DOWLOAD A PRESENTATION: On a PC, right-click on the link and choose the "Save as..." option in the menu that pops up. (I have no idea how to do this on a Mac -- I think clicking and holding the mouse button down on the link will bring up a similar pop-up menu.) You may then proceed to download the presentation to your computer where you can open it with PowerPoint. This may be your easiest option for printing purposes.
In either case, however, many of the files (especially the PowerPoint ones) are rather large and may take some time to open or download. I highly recommend using a computer with a very fast (read: not dial-up) Internet connection to do either!
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Lecture # & Subject
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PowerPoint Format
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PDF
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| 1 - Introduction + What is science? | ||
| 2 - Origin of the Solar System | ||
| 3 - Rocks and Minerals | ||
| 4 - The Rock Cycle 1: igneous rocks | ||
| 5 - The Rock Cycle 1: igneous rocks & volcanoes |
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| 6 - The Rock Cycle 2: sedimentary rocks | ||
| 7 - The Rock Cycle 3: metamorphic rocks | ||
| 8 - Geologic time | ||
| 9 - Uniformitarianism & catastrophism | ||
| 10 - Plate tectonics 1 | ||
| 11 - Plate tectonics 2: structural geology | ||
| 12 - Plate tectonics 3: earthquakes | ||
| 13 - Geologic surface processes: water | ||
| 14 - Geologic surface processes: groundwater | ||
| 15 - Geologic surface processes: ice and wind | ||
| 16 -Geologic surface processes: soils, weathing& erosion, mass wasting |
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| 17 - A brief introduction to life through time 1 | ||
| 18 - A brief introduction to life through time 2 | ||
| 19 - Earth and climate | ||
| 20 - Earth and humans: natural resources and the environment |
Background picture: Pegmatite boudins in marble. Photo by Marli Miller.