General Information

Syllabus

fall 2010 syllabi/Fall 2010 Geology lecture and lab Syllabus.docx

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Here are the slides and info for the guest lecture for Mr. Bells Soils class

PDF handout of slides for soils class

Power point slides for Soils class

Lecture Slides and Notes

Geology 1, lecture 1- Introduction to geology 

Plate Tectonics- huge lecture, 20 pages on .pdf

Here is a Very cool animation of the plates motion over time
Animations from Science on a Sphere  http://sos.noaa.gov/index.html

Here are cumulative Earthquakes 1980-1995

Here is one of the age of the Sea Floor

Should I major in Geology??

Now is the time to major in Geology!

Check out this link to the occupational outlook for geoscientists

http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos312.htm

South Dakota School of mines- Best Education Investment in the Nation  http://sdmines.sdsmt.edu/roi

interesting Short Video of giant Crystal Cave in mexico

Resources for your report

Yosemite Field trip Write up instructions for the report

Here is the rubric sheet I will be using to grade your report- print it out and make sure your report has all these things!  Geology/Yosemite info/yosemite report rubric sheet.pdf

The Geology of Yosemite

Geology of Merced River Canyon
 

The Geology of the Merced River Canyon and Yosemite

Geologic report of the Furgeson Rock Slide

Guidelines for writing your report can be found at http://www.geosociety.org/pubs/geoguid5.htm
Some Rules of Style for writing geology papers
Good info on the Geology of the park from the USGS  http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/parks/yos/index.html
Good info from Gary Hayes of MJC  http://virtual.yosemite.cc.ca.us/ghayes/roadside.htm

Geology/yosemite map.pdf

Here is a Report on the Vernal Pools in Merced County- Good info on Soils

Here are some other reports, to help you ...

Geologic Impact Report for Merced Wal Mart- Good section on geology and Soils

Minerals of California.pdf

Guidelines for writing a geologic report in San Luis Obispo County

Here is the Reference for the paper in the Stoddard Room of the Merced County public Library
This paper has LOTS of info, and it is so old you need a special access permission from the  Merced County library.

Virtual Earthquake Site
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/virtualearthquake/

Informative and Useful Stuff

Make your own globe!
Geology/globe_e_ltr.pdf

Make your own Mt. Fuji
Geology/mt-fuji_e_ltr.pdf
Geology/mt-fuji_i_e_ltr.pdf

Link to the Mineralogy Database

A Scanned in paper on Legendary Oil Geologist King Hubbert

Interesting Avi files of the basements of museums

The UCMP Hall of Fossils                          Opening Cases in the UCMP
                                       
 

Assembled Sabertooth at UCMP                  The Tar Pits (Page Museum)

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