G 201: GEOLOGY: Physical Geology	Instructor: Georg Grathoff TAs: Mackenzie Keith, Scott Waibel, Hollie Oakes-Miller, Chris Ricker
Spring 2008 CH 53 MWF 9:00-9:50am
	tel.: 725-3391
Text:	email: GrathoffG@pdx.edu
Geology: An Introduction to Physical Geology	office: Cramer Hall 17Q
by Chernicoff & Whitney (4^th ed.)	Office hours:

The focus of this course will be to understand and evaluate the physical processes that form rocks and shape the earth’s surface throughout geologic time in the context of plate tectonics. Special emphasis will be given to the Pacific Northwest and the National Parks.

Schedule: Topics Reading

Week 1 of 3/31	M: Introduction and Plate Tect WF: Plate Tectonics Minerals	Ch 1,12 Ch. 2
Week 2 of 4/7	M: The Birth of a theory W Minerals F: NO CLASS
Week 3 of 4/14	M: Minerals W: Igneous Rocks F: Igneous Rocks cont	Ch.3
Week 4 of 4/21	MW: Volcanoes and Volcanism F: Mt. St Helens	Ch 4
Week 5 of 4/28	MW: Weathering and Soils F: Sedimentary Processes & Rocks	Ch. 5 Ch.6
Week 6 of 5/5	M: Sedimentary Proc. & Rocks W: MIDTERM bring scantron F: Metamorphic Rocks	Ch.7
Week 7 of 5/12	M: Metamorphic Rocks W: Geologic Time F: Yosemite and Glacier NPs	Ch.8
Week 8 of 5/19	M: The Geology of Oregon W: Quiz on Geol of Oregon and Geologic Time and lecture on Earthquakes F: No class: watch Earthquake video, which is video number 9 of the Earth Revealed series. (http://www.learner.org/resources/series78.html#) In order to watch you will need to sign up/register for it, which is free.	Ch. 10
Week 9 of 5/26	MEMORIAL DAY NO CLASS W Earthquakes cont F: Earth’s interior	Ch.11
Week 10 of 6/2	M: Structural Geology W: Structural Geology F: REVIEW	Ch.9

Final: Tues, June 10^th 8:00 to 9:50.

Grading:

2 exams (100 pts each)

3 quizzes (10 pts each) day for quiz announced in class

Website for course with Powerpoint slides on Geology homepage under current course.

NOTE: It is required to take the lab (G204) together with the class.