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| Historical Geology | |||
| HISTORIC GEOL | |||
| CLASS CODE: | GEOL 112 | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | PHYSICAL SCIENCE & ENGINEERING | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | GEOLOGY | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | A study of the geological history of the earth and the evolution of it's life forms. For geology and related majors. Students who take Geol 112 may not receive credit for Geol 103. Students taking Geol 112 are required to take Geol 112L. | ||
| TAUGHT: | Winter, Fall | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | 1. Uniformitarianism 2. Geological column, Stratigraphy and facies 3. Geological time scale 4. Absolute and relative dating 5. Fossils, paleoecology, environments 6. Fossils, evolution 7. Correlation 8. Plate tectonics 9. Geosynclinal theory 10.Origin of Earth and Life 11.Cryptozoic Eon, shields 12.Cambrian system: Appalachian, lithology, stratigraphy, history 13.Cambrian: Cordilleran, lithology, stratigraphy, history 14.Cambrian life 15.Ordovician: Appalachian, lithology, stratigraphy, history 16.Ordovician: Cordilleran, lithology, stratigraphy, history 17.Ordovician life 18.Silurian: Appalachian, Interior, lithology, stratigraphy, history 19.Silurian: Cordilleran, lithology, stratigraphy, history 20.Silurian life 21.Devonian: Appalachian, lithology, stratigraphy, history 22.Devonian: Cordilleran, lithology, stratigraphy, history 23.Devonian life 24.Mississippian: Appalachian, Interior, lithology, stratigraphy, history 25.Mississippian: Cordilleran, lithology, stratigraphy, history 26.Mississippian life 27.Pennsylvanian: Appalachian, lithology, stratigraphy, history 28.Pennsylvanian: Cordilleran, lithology, stratigraphy, history 29.Pennsylvanian life 30.Permian: East, lithology, stratigraphy, history 31.Permian: West, lithology, stratigraphy, history 32.Permian life 33.Triassic: East, West, lithology, stratigraphy, history 34.Triassic life 35.Jurassic: west, South, lithology, stratigraphy, history 36.Jurassic life 37.Cretaceous: West, South, lithology, stratigraphy, history 38.Cretaceous life 39.Tertiary: Quarternary, West, South, lithology, stratigraphy, history 40.Fossil man |
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| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | 1. Demonstrate an understanding of stratigraphic principle. 2. Know significant stratigrapic units of North America. 3. Know geologic time scale and how it developed. 4. Identify with name and age. 80 Common guide fossils. 5. Know the Theory of Evolution and evidence to support it. 6. Know the Theory of Plate Tectonics and how it relates to the history of the earth. 7. Know the general geologic history of North America. 8. Know the concept of facies and relate to geologic history. 9. Know representative life forms for each geologic period. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | Concurrent registration in Geol 112L. Students would be required to attend weekend field trips to Utah or Southeastern Idaho to apply basic principles of historical geology and study fossil localities. | ||
| PREREQUISITES: | Geol 101, 104, 110, or 111. | ||
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2002 | ||