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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 1,2 review question | |
| 2. | Plate tectonics:
A Unifying Theory
Read chapter 2. in the book |
Internet Exercise 2. | Chapter 1,2
review question
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| 3. | Minerals:
The building blocks of rocks Read chapter 3. in the book |
Internet Exercise 3. | Great learning tool |
| 4. | Igneous rocks and intrusive igneous
activity
Read chapter 4. in the book |
Great
learning tool
|
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| 4. | Volcanism and volcanoes
Read chapter 5. in the book |
Internet exercise 4. |
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| 5. | Sedimentary Rocks Read the sedimentary rock part of chapter 6 pg.153. |
Good web on
sedimentary rocks
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| 6. |
Metamorphism and Metamorphic rocks Read chapter 7 in the book |
Good web on metamorphic rocks | |
| 6. |
Weathering and soil Read the first part of chapter 6 pg.140-153. |
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| 8. | Slope system Read Chapter 11 in the book |
Internet Exercise 4. | Ch 11. review questions |
| 9. | River systems Read Chapter 12 in the book. |
River flooding (internet exercise) | Ch 12. review questions |
| 10. | Groundwater systems Read Chapter 13 in the book |
Ch 13. review questions |
| 11. |
Deformation, Mountain Building, and the continetns Read Chapter 10 in the book |
Ch 10. review questions |
| 12. | Earthquakes
Read Chapter 8 in the book |
Virtual Earthquakes (internet exercise) |
Ch 8. review questions
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| 13. | Shoreline systems Read Chapter 15 in the book |
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Ch 15. review questions |
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