Honors History of the Earth Notes

C.W. Post
Department of Earth and Environmental Science

Honors Core
History of the Earth - Honors - GLY 302
Class Notes

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

GLY 302 Home Page	GLY 301 Notes
Lab Syllabus	Department Home Page
Songs Playlist	Central Park Field Trip

BlackBoard - Slide Shows & Quizzes
Lab Midterm Review	Lab Final Review
Midterm Exam Review	Final Exam Review

Earth History Summary	Brief Review of Rocks
Maps of Folded Strata	Profiles of Folded Strata

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

History of The Earth
Origin of the Earth	Geologic Timescale
Precambrian Geology	Evolution of the Atmosphere
Snowball Earth	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