GLY 102-001 Historical Geology

Fall 1998 Class Notes

DISCLAIMER: These are SKELETAL lectures notes, made available as a supplement to lectures, not a substitute for coming to class. Basically, the material posted here is the outlines that I show in class BEFORE filling in the details. You need to know the parts that are filled in during class, as well as the parts included here.

RECOMMENDATIONS: Print these out and bring them to class (they will help you take better notes). Read these before class to know where I expect to be going, then read through the book to try and find related material. Look things up in your textbook that you don't understand right away.

CAVEAT: Material covered during class period WILL vary from these notes and WILL be covered on exams. Bottom Line: Memorizing these notes is in no way a guarantee of success in this course! Lots of very important material is presented in class and in your textbook, and you are responsible for all of it. 'Nuff said?

Notes for August 27 - Sept 1 - Introduction: Dead Science Guys (Chapters 1-2). Posted August 30.
Notes for Sept 1-3 - More Introduction: Messinian Salinity Crisis (Chapters 1-2). Posted August 30.
Notes for Sept 8-10 - Geologic Time (Chapters 3-4). .Posted September 7.
Notes for Sept 10-October 8 - Stratigraphy (Chapters 4-5). Posted September 10.
Notes for October 13-20 - Evolution (Chapter 6). Posted October 14.
Notes for October 22-November 5 - Plate Tectonics (Chapter 7). Posted October 14.
Notes for November 10 - 17 - Early Earth History (Chapters 8-10).
Notes for November 24 - Dec 1 - Paleozoic Earth History (Chapters 11-14).
Notes for December 1 - Dec 10 - Mesozoic and Cenzoic Earth History (Chapters 15-19).