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 Dr Balog's GOL-105 Class for Virginia Western Community College 2008 Fall
Week Lecture Notes Homework Assignments Additional references, review questions
1. Understanding Earth:

A dynamic and Evolving Planet

Read chapter 1. in the book

Chapter notes

 

Internet Exercise 1.

Chapter 1,2 review question

Great site on dynamic planet

2. Plate tectonics:

A Unifying Theory

 

Read chapter 2. in the book

Internet Exercise 2. Chapter 1,2 review question

Good site for Plate tectonics

Very good site

 

3. Minerals:

The building blocks of rocks

Read chapter 3. in the book

Chapter notes

Internet Exercise 3. Great learning tool

Good site on physical properties

review questions

4. Igneous rocks and intrusive igneous activity

 

Read chapter 4. in the book

Chapter notes

  Great learning tool

 

review questions

4. Volcanism and volcanoes

 

Read chapter 5. in the book

Chapter notes

Internet exercise 4.  

Good site on volcanoes

Very good on volcanoes

 

review questions

5. Sedimentary Rocks

Read the sedimentary rock part of chapter 6 pg.153.

Chapter notes

  Good web on sedimentary rocks

Good site

review questions

 

6. Metamorphism and Metamorphic rocks

Read chapter 7 in the book

Chapter notes

  Good web on metamorphic  rocks

Good site

review questions

6.

Weathering and soil

Read the first  part of chapter 6 pg.140-153.

Chapter notes

   

 

review questions

8. Slope system

Read Chapter 11 in the book

Chapter notes

Internet Exercise 4. Ch 11. review questions

Check your knowledge

Good notes from Tulane

Soil testing labs

9. River systems

Read Chapter 12 in the book.

Chapter notes

River flooding (internet exercise)

Virtual river (internet exercise)

Ch 12. review questions

Educational,slide show

Water cycle

good notes

10. Groundwater systems

Read Chapter 13 in the book

Chapter notes

  Ch 13. review questions

Links on ground water

Good notes from Tulane

Karst terrain

Cave Formation

Good info on karst

11.

Deformation, Mountain Building, and the continetns

Read Chapter 10 in the book

Chapter notes

  Ch 10. review questions

Good notes

12. Earthquakes

Read Chapter 8 in the book

Chapter notes

Virtual Earthquakes (internet exercise)

Make your own seismogram

Ch 8. review questions

Simple explanation

Good notes from Tulane

 

13. Shoreline systems

Read Chapter 15 in the book

Chapter notes

 

 

Ch 15. review questions

Simple explanation about waves

Shorelines

Good notes from Tulane

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