San Diego Mesa College

Physical Geology 100

Fall 2021

Purely Online - Canvas

R. Ray Rector

 

Professor E-mail

PROF's CURRICULUM VITAE

 

COURSE INFORMATION

Course Start Message

Prof's Video Greeting

Course Syllabus

Class Schedule

Canvas Course Link

Class Plagiarism Policy

 

COURSE STUDY MATERIALS

Required Free Course Textbook - SLCCC

Optional Pay Textbook - Tarbuck

Tarbuck Textbook Study Materials

Earth Revealed HW Video Link

Videoed Slide Show Tutorials

Physical Geology - LumenLearning

Free Gotbooks E-Textbook

Geology Resource Links

 

PROF"S LECTURE SLIDE PRESENTATIONS

Introduction to Your Geology Course

Origins of Earth

Plate Tectonics - Part I

Plate Tectonics - Part II

Continents and Seafloors

Minerals

Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

Geologic Dating

Earthquakes

Crustal Deformation and Mountain Building

Shorelines

Climate Change

Topographic Maps

Geologic Maps

 

LECTURE OUTLINES

Intro to Earth Geology and Uniformitarianism (Ch 1)

Plate Tectonics (Ch 2, 13 and 14)

Minerals and Resources(Ch 3 and 23)

Igneous Rocks and Magma (Ch 4)

Volcanoes and Eruptions (Ch 5)

Weathering, Soils, and Erosion (Ch 6 and 15)

Sedimentary Rocks(Ch 7)

Metamorphic Rocks (Ch 8)

Geologic Dating and Earth History (Ch 9)

Crustal Deformation and Structural Geology (CH 10)

Earthquakes and Faulting (Ch 11)

Earth's Interior (Ch 12)

Divergent Plate Tectonism and Seafloor Origin (Ch 13)

Convergent Plate Tectonism and Continent Evolution (Ch 14)

Surface Water (Ch 16)

Groundwater (Ch 17)

Glaciers (Ch 18)

Coasts and Beaches(Ch 20)

 

ASSIGNMENT FORMAT EXAMPLE

Assignment Format Example

 

EXAM STUDY GUIDES

Midterm Study Guide

Final Study Guide

 

Geology Resource Links

 

 

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