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University of WashingtonGEOLOGY
The outdoors is our classroom
Mr. Lehman
5 credits from the UofW costs$570.00
But you can get your 5 credits for only $285.00 !!!
Sweeeeeeet!
But what do I get for my $285?
Besides 5 awesome Husky credits, I mean
Topic Outline for College Geology
I. LIVING WITH A VOLCANO
IN YOUR BACK YARD
A. Geologic history of the Cascade RangeB. The Hazards of Mt. RainierC. Living With VolcanoesD. FIELD WORK: The Osceola Lahar, looking for evidence
II. From Atoms to Minerals:
the crystalline nature of Earth’s crust
A. Geochemistry: atoms to moleculesB. Atomic structure & the properties of mineralsC. The geometry of mineralsD. Identifying common minerals
III. IGNEOUS ROCKA. Melting and tectonic environmentsB. Plutonic bodies in the Cascades
C. Bowen’s reaction series
D. Identifying igneous rocks
DUDE!! THAT’S PLUTONIC!!
WHAZZAT!!??
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F. FIELD WORK: Looking for Western Cascades in Preston
IV. VOLCANIC ZONES OF THE WESTERN U.S.
A. Western CascadesB. High Cascades
C. Flood basalts of PNW
D. Supervolcano!!
E. The Long Valley Caldera
V. WEATHERING of ROCK
A. Mechanical and Chemical WeatheringB. Soil formation, dynamics, and analysisC FIELD WORK: Analyzing a local
site for potential residential development
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VI. SEDIMENTATION & SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
A. Energy & mode of transport
B. Revealing past environments
C. Classification of sedimentary rock
D. FIELD WORK: Cougar Mt & Eocene geology of Western Washington
VII. METAMORPHICS: MAGIC ROCKS
A. Transformation: tectonics and the rearrangement of atoms
B. What metamorphics reveal about the evolution of North America
VIII. THE FOURTH DIMENSION: GEOLOGIC TIMEA. Thinking DEEP in
timeB. Stratigraphic relationships
C. Relative timeD. Radioactive isotopes
E. Interpreting the Colorado Plateau
IX. WARPING THE WEST COAST
X. EARTHQUAKES: ROCK & ROLL
A. Folds and Faults of Washington
B. Geologic structure of the western U.S.
A. Tectonics of Washington
B. Four sources of quakes in western Washington
C. Analysis of the Nisqually earthquake
XI. GLACIER
S
A. Glacial cycles
b. Cascade glacier systems
e. fieldwork: glacial deposits @ discovery park
c. Glaciation of puget sound
d. Glacial outburst floods
XII. R I V E R S
A. Fluvial environments
b. Evolution of landscapes through Fluvial processes
c. Evolution of the columbia
XIII.TECTONICS: THE UNIFYING THEORY OF GEOLOGY
A. The origin and evolution of Washington state
B. Plate dynamics: Cascadia subduction zone
C. Field Work: Miocene flood basalts… piecing together the geologic history of Washingington state
ROCKS
RULE