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Introduction to the Earth
Historical Geology - GLY 2
Spring 2004

Dr. V.J. DiVenere
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science
C.W. Post Campus - Long Island University

Department Home Page	Library Resources
GLY 2 Home Page	GeoLinks
Course Readings	Calculators
Lab Syllabus	Brief Review of Rocks

Exam 1 Review	Exam 2 Review
Final Exam Review
Geologic Timescale	Historical Geology Summary
Maps of Folded Strata	Profiles of Folded Strata

Earth Environment and Climate	Convection and Rainfall
Sedimentary Environments	Stratigraphy and Correlation
Geologic Time	Radiometric Dating
Evolution
The Diversity of Life	Important Fossil Groups
The Carbon Cycle and Climate	Spectrum of Light new
Redbeds vs. Gray and Black Shales	Stable Isotopes

Origin of the Earth	Early Earth History
Precambrian Geology	Precambrian Life
Formation of the Appalachians and Pangea	Paleozoic Life
from Rodinia to Pangea (figure)	Vertebrate Evolution (figure)
Pangea at 245 m.y. (figure)	Mesozoic Life
Pangea Breakup and the Western Cordillera	Cenozoic Life
Pangea Breakup and Petroleum	Hominid Evolution
Cenozoic Climate	Past Ice Ages

Other Notes of Interest:

Physical Geology

Minerals	Mineral and Rock ID
Igneous Rocks	Sedimentary Rocks
Metamorphic Rocks	Geologic Structures
Earth's Interior	Tectonic Plate Boundaries
Ridges and Trenches	Development of Plate Tectonics
Surface Processes overview of streams, glaciers, shorelines, etc.