C.W. Post
Department of Earth and Environmental Science  

The Dynamic Earth - Lab
Honors - GLY 301
Fall 2008

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Instructor:

Dr. Vic DiVenere

Office:

Pell Hall 229C (knock on 227)

Office Hours:

1:30 to 4:30 Tues, 4:30 to 5:00 Wed, or by appointment

Phone:

299-2034

Email:

divenere@liu.edu

Department of Earth and Environmental Science:

Room 133 Life Science, 299-2318

Lab Manual:

Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, Richard M. Busch, Editor, 8th ed.

Grading:

The lab grade is 25% of the overall course grade. The lab grade will be based on:

Attendance/Lab Exercises

40%

Lab Midterm

30%

Lab Final Exam

30%

You may work with a partner but don’t rely completely on your partner because you need to understand the material for the lab exams. You may miss one lab without penalty (except that the material will likely appear on a lab exam). You may make up one lab during office hours. Lab manuals will be turned in for a grade at the lab midterm and again at the lab final.

Tentative Lab Schedule

Lab

Topic

Lab Manual Chapter
Date

1

Minerals

3
9/3

2

Igneous Rocks

5
9/10

3

Sedimentary Rocks

6
9/17

4

Metamorphic Rocks

7
9/24

No Lab - Rosh Hashanah

10/1

5

Earthquakes

16
10/8

Lab Midterm Exam

 
10/15

6

Plate Tectonics
supplemental
10/22

7

Isostasy, Magma Oritgin, and Hotspots
1 & 2
10/29
8
 Introduction to Topographic Maps
9
11/5

9

Groundwater Processes

12
11/12
10
 Stream Processes and Floods
11
11/19

No Lab - Thanksgiving
11/26

11

Coastal Processes

15
12/3

Lab Final Exam

 
12/10