2007 Schedule

History of Geology
James S. Aber

2007 SPRING SEMESTER

The tentative schedule for GO 521 is presented in the tables below. Weekly web lectures and readings are given along with assignments during the semester.

Weekly announcements.

First Block
Week Topic Web lecture Reading * Special
Jan. 10 Ancient & Medieval geology al-Biruni IBS 1 & 2 Set up e-mail
Jan. 16 Renaissance geology Agricola IBS 3
SM 1-9
Jan. 22 Renaissance geology Steno IBS 4
SM 10-17
Jan. 29 European 18th century Lomonosov IBS 5 & 6 Report 1
Feb. 5 European 18th century Bergman IBS 7
Feb. 12 European 19th century Humboldt IBS 8
IF I-II
Feb. 19 European 19th century Agassiz IBS 9
IF III-IV 		Report 2
Feb. 26 none IF V-VI Mid-term exam

Second Block
Week Topic Web lecture Reading * Special
Mar. 5 European geology Nansen & Wegener IBS 15 & 16
Mar. 12 American geology Maclure IBS 10 Report 3
Mar. 26 Canadian geology Geological Survey
of Canada 		p. 175-177
Apr. 2 American geology Gilbert & Chamberlin IBS 11 & 12
Apr. 9 American geology Penrose & GSA IBS 13 & 14 Report 4
Apr. 16 Kansas geology Kansas Academy Science none
Apr. 23 Kansas geology Sternberg(s) none Webpages
Apr. 30 Kansas geology Wooster none Report 5
May 7 none Final exam

* 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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GO 521 © J.S. Aber (2006).