• Fall 2007

Lecture: Science Building 115, MWF 10:00-10:50 AM


Instructor
Dr. Jerry D. Harris
OfficeScience Building 104
Phone: 652-7758
jharris@dixie.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays, 8:00-9:00 AM or by appointment

















Textbook (mandatory)

Essentials of Geology, Ninth Edition

by Frederick K. Lutgens & Edward J. Tarbuck
Published by Prentice Hall, Inc., 2006
ISBN 0-13-149749-9












Optional for this class: notes packet available in the Dixie State College bookstore, or...

Below are links to the student versions of the PowerPoint presentations used in class (see the syllabus for the days on which each subject will be covered). These student versions include all the graphics from the presented versions but lack all the text (you have to fill those in yourself -- that is, you can take your class notes directly on these). The versions below are identical to the ones made into the notes packet in the bookstore -- the only differences are:

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!

Lecture # & Subject
PowerPoint Format
PDF
Format
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
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
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.