C.W. Post
Department of Earth and Environmental Science
Honors Core
History of the Earth - GLY 302
Class Notes
Dr. V.J. DiVenere
Dept. of Earth and Environmental Science
C.W. Post Campus - Long Island University
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GLY 301 Notes
Lab Syllabus
Course Readings
Songs Playlist
Central Park Field Trip
Exam 1 Review
(2004)
Exam 2 Review
(2005)
Final Exam Review
(2005)
Earth History Summary
Brief Review of Rocks
Maps of Folded Strata
Profiles of Folded Strata
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
Geologic Timescale
Origin of the Earth
Evolution of the Atmosphere
Precambrian Geology
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