Solid Earth System

Spring 2016 Instructors: Bill Menke and Einat Lev

Text: Stephen Marshak, Earth: Portrait of a Planet, 5t Edition, WW Norton, 978-0393937503, 2015

Lectures:

  1. Lecture 1: Introduction
  2. Lecture 2: Composition of the Solar System
  3. Lecture 3: Plate Tectonics 1
  4. Lecture 4: Plate Tectonics 2
  5. Lecture 5: Plate Tectonics 3
  6. Lecture 6: Minerals and Rocks
  7. Lecture 7: Igneous Rocks and Relative Time
  8. Lecture 8: Relative Age and Absolute Age
  9. Lecture 9: Rain and Streams
  10. Lecture 10: Weathering aned Erosion
  11. Lecture 11: Sedimentary Environments
  12. Lecture 12: Ocean Sediments 1
  13. Lecture 13: (none)
  14. Lecture 14: Ocean Sediments 2
  15. Lecture 15: Ice Ages
  16. Lecture 16: Fossil Fuels
  17. Lecture 17: Formation of Ores
  18. Lecture 18: Mineral Commodities
  19. Lecture 19: Geothermal Power
  20. Lecture 20: Summary

Case Studies:

  1. Earthquakes
  2. Floods
  3. Floods_cpt
  4. Fieldtrip Followup

Homework

  1. Fieldtrip
  2. HW 1
  3. HW 2
  4. HW 3
  5. HW 4
  6. HW 5
  7. Term Paper

Labs: (Lab Requirements)

  1. Lab 1: Physiography of the Earth

  2. Lab 2: Tectonic Plates
    1. Volcano Locs

  3. Lab 3: Examining Rocks

    1. Rock Mineral Intro

  4. Lab 4: Geologic Time
    1. Relative Age_Diagram
    2. Geological Timescale Tables

  5. Lab 5: River Discharge Patterns
    1. Hudson River Header
    2. Hudson River Data
    3. Hudson River Map
    4. Neuse River Header
    5. Neuse River Data
    6. Neuse River Map
    7. Salt River Header
    8. Salt River Data
    9. Salt River Map
    10. Excel Hint 1
    11. Excel Hint 2

  6. Lab 6: Patterns of Erosion
  7. Lab 7: Remote Sensing
  8. Lab 8: Ocean Sediments
    1. Tutorial
    2. Vema 3408 Track Map
    3. Profile 10031600
    4. Profile 10051600
    5. Profile 10070330
    6. Profile 10081100
    7. Profile 10090430
    8. Profile 10100700
    9. Profile 10111630
    10. Profile 10121700
    11. Profile 10131900
    12. Profile 10140200
    13. Profile 10151700
    14. Profile 10162100
    15. Profile 10181400
    16. Profile 10192300
    17. Profile 10211130
    18. Profile 10230830
    19. Profile 10241800
    20. Profile 10260200
    21. Profile 10271100

  9. Lab 9: Geology of an Oil Field
    1. Tutorial
    2. Rift Basin Tutorial
    3. Basin Map
    4. Core Lithologies
    5. Oil Field Seismic Profile
    6. World Map
    7. Regional Map

  10. Lab 10: Geology of a Mine
    1. Gold Resources
    2. Sample Spreadsheet
    3. Strike and Dip
    4. Table1
    5. Fig 1
    6. Fig 2
    7. Fig 3
    8. Fig 4
    9. Fig 5
    10. Fig 6
    11. Fig 7

  11. Lab 11: Examining Ore Minerals