SYLLABUS

GY 130 – INTRODUCTORY GEOLOGY

Blocks 7 & 8

Date		Lecture	Lab	Readings
M	Mar 29	Introductions Nature of Science	Field Trip – Uintah Street (1:15)
Tu	Mar 30	Perspectives and Paradigms; Feminist Critiques	Observing minerals	Keller, Shiva Merchant, Ch. 1
W	Mar 31	Deep Time: Stratigraphic Principles, Radiometric Dating, Earth Systems Time Scales		Gould NASA Ch. 2
Th	Apr 1	Field Trip – Local Column (8:00 a.m.) Precambrian nonconformity through Laramide orogeny
F	Apr 2	Field Trip – Local Column (8:00 a.m.) Mesozoic, Cenozoic units, local environmental issues
SHORT-TIME SCALE EVENTS:
M	Apr 5	Volcanic eruptions: occurrences, products, landforms, prediction	Silicate minerals	Ch. 4
Tu	Apr 6	Igneous processes: melts, Bowen’s reaction series	Igneous rocks	Ch. 3, 7
W	Apr 7	Earthquakes: history, seismology, case studies, prediction	Alaska seismogram seismometer	Ch. 6
Th	Apr 8	Surface processes – water: runoff, groundwater, shorelines	Topographic maps	Ch. 9, 12
		Hazard paper – due Monday, April 12, 9:00 a.m. (late penalty)
F	Apr 9	Field Trip – Denver (8:00 a.m.) Paleozoic through Cenzoic stratigraphy, Laramide structures 1820 Long Expedition
M	Apr 12	Weathering, Soils, Wind	Topo maps	Ch. 8
DECADE-TO-CENTURY TIME SCALE EVENTS:
Tu	Apr 13	Sedimentary processes, environments; records of life as a geological force	Sedimentary rocks	Ch. 4, 7
W	Apr 14	Field Trip – Cripple Creek (8:00) Weatherine, floods, gold mining, Florissant fossils
Th	Apr 15	Patterns of Circulation Biogeochemical cycles: CONS Topo Maps		Ch. 11, 13, 14
F	Apr 16	Anthropomorphic impacts in a nutshell
M	Apr 19	Field Trip – Canon City (8:00 a.m.) Mesozoic units, Laramide structures, Precambrian basement
HUNDRED-THOUSAND TO MILLION YEAR TIME SCALE EVENTS
Tu	Apr 20	Glaciation and climatic change, Topo maps		Ch. 10
W	Apr 21	HOME TURF POSTERS DISPLAYED AND PREVIEWED (9:00 sharp through noon)

Th Apr 22 – Su Apr 25 – ENJOY BREAK!

Date		Lecture		Lab	Readings
MILLION TO BILLION YEAR TIME SCALE EVENTS
M	Apr 26		Principles of Evolution, Population Growth	Paleontology (Map problem set due Wed. 6:30 a.m.)
Tu	Apr 27		Orogeny and metamorhism Ductile vs. Brittle deformation	Metamorphic rocks	Ch. 7, 4, 6
W	Apr 28		Field Trip – Loveland mapping project (6:30 a.m.) Map due Monday, May 3 at 6:00 a.m.
Th	Apr 29		Physiography of the U.S., synthesis of regional geology	Lecture (cont.)
F	Apr 30		Historical geology of the U.S.	ROCK-MINERAL-FOSSIL LAB EXAM
M	May 3-		EXTENDED FIELD TRIP -
F	May 7		Northern New Mexico and San Luis Valley
	Mon:		Wet Mountains, Spanish Peaks, Sangre de Cristos, San Luis Valley; camp at Rio Grande Wild and Scenic Recreation Site near Questa, NM
	Tues:		Rio Grande Rift, Harding pegmatite, Pueblo culture, volcanic stratigraphy of Jemez Mountains; camp at Bandelier National Monument, 505-672-3861
	Wed:		Volcanic deposits of the Jemez Mountains, Pennsylvanian fossils, hike in Bandelier; camp again at Bandelier
	Thur:		Historic Spanish trail, Brazos uplift, Taos Plateau volcanics, San Juan Mountains, camp in Summer Coon Volcano about 10 miles north of Del Norte, CO.
	Fri:		Sand Dunes National Monument, northern San Luis Valley, Poncha Pass, Arkansas River valley; return to campus about dinner time.
M	May 10		Geophysics: Formation of the earth, internal structure, gravity, magnetics	Geologic maps	Ch. 6
T	May 11		Plate Tectonics	Maps (cont.)	Ch. 5, 7
W	May 12		Field Trip – (8:00 a.m.) Geologic Mapping group review in Bear Creek, individual projects in Garden of the Gods
Th	May 13		Field Trip – (8:00 a.m.)
F	May 14		Field Trip – (8:00 a.m.)	Maps due Monday May 17, 3:00 p.m. (late penalty)
M	May 17		Resource “Management” Gaia x Machina Paradigms	Video (1:30) Stella (?)	Ch. 19, Lovelock and critics
Tu	May 18		Ecofeminism, Deep Ecology, Aikido: The Human Connections		King Gunn-Allen Shiva Ecofeminist in Action
W	May 19		FINAL PAPER/PROJECT – due at noon (late penalty)