2013 Schedule

History of Geology
James S. Aber

The tentative schedule for GO 521 is presented in the tables below. On-campus students meet on Tuesdays at 1 o'clock in SH 110. The dates below refer to these meetings. Weekly web lectures and readings are given along with assignments during the semester.

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First Block
Week Topic Web lecture Reading * Special
Jan. 15 No meeting on-campus Prefaces Set up e-mail
Jan. 22 Ancient & Medieval geology al-Biruni IBS 1 & 2
Jan. 29 Renaissance geology Agricola IBS 3
SM 1-9
Feb. 5 Renaissance geology Steno IBS 4
SM 10-17
Report 1
Feb. 12 European 18th century Lomonosov IBS 5 & 6
Feb. 19 European 18th century Bergman IBS 7
Feb. 26 European 19th century Humboldt IBS 8
IF I-II
Report 2
March 5 European 19th century Agassiz IBS 9
IF III-IV
Mid-term grades

Second Block
Week Topic Web lecture Reading * Special
March 12 European geology Nansen & Wegener IBS 15 & 16
IF V-VI
March 19 Spring break
March 26 American geology Maclure IBS 10 Report 3
April 2 Canadian geology Geological Survey
of Canada
IBS 11,
p. 175-177
April 9 American geology Gilbert & Chamberlin IBS 11 & 12
April 16 American geology Penrose & GSA IBS 13 & 14
April 23 Kansas geology Kansas Academy Science Webpages
April 30 Kansas geology Sternberg(s) Report 4
May 7 Kansas geology Wooster
May 14 No meeting Final grades

* Text books: IBS = It began with a stone (Faul and Faul 1983).
SM = The seashell on the mountaintop (Cutler 2004).
IF = The ice finders (Bolles 1999).

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