INSTRUCTOR: DR. CIESIELSKI

LECTURE: ROOM L005

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY: PERIOD 7 (1:55-2:45 PM)

OFFICE HOUR: PERIOD 8 (3:00-3:50PM); M,W.

TURLINGTON HALL, ROOM B123,

OTHER TIMES BY APPOINTMENT ONLY!

OFFICE PHONE: 846-1725

E-MAIL: PFCINFL@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU OR ROCKGATOR@AOL.COM

COURSE INFORMATION:

CREDIT HOURS: 3

CONTACT HOURS: 3 (3 lecture)

ATTENDANCE: REQUIRED

BOOKS: WICANDER AND MONROE, ESSENTIALS OF GEOLOGY

OFFICER AND PAGE, TALES OF THE EARTH

GRADING AND EXAMS:

3 lectures exams (each 25% of course grade) and a final exam (25%).

EXAM TYPE: EXAMS WILL BE A MIXTURE OF MULTIPLE CHOICE, FILL-IN-THE-BLANK,

AND TRUE-FALSE.

SUPPLEMENTAL COURSE MATERIALS:

Web Page http://www.clas.ufl.edu/geology/Class_ Notes/Class_ Notes.html

Current Issues in Geology, Free Book

COURSE OBJECTIVES

1. To examine geologic processes responsible for modification of the landscape.

2. To explore how human activity impacts geologic processes and visa versa.

3. To sample the great variety of life and conditions of Earth History through discussion of selected extraordinary events and episodes

DATE Topic READINGS

AUG. 25 INTRODUCTION

AUG. 27 Birth of the Earth and the W1

Early Intense Bombardment of the Earth

AUG. 29 Origin of the oceans and dawn of life W:18

SEPT. 1 LABOR DAY-NO CLASS -

SEPT. 3 Life's humble beginnings and initial diversification W:19,362-363

SEPT. 5 Oxygenation of the atmosphere and the great rust event -

SEPT. 8 Early continent formation in the fast lane W:2, W:18,333-338

and Plate Tectonics W:10-177-183

SEPT. 10 Early continent formation in the fast lane "

and Plate Tectonics

SEPT. 12 Early continent formation in the fast lane "

and Plate Tectonics

SEPT. 15 Empty Landscapes: Is this Earth? W:18,363-368

SEPT. 17 The Pangaean Supercontinent and its break-up W:2,W:18,346-356

SEPT. 19 Mountain formation: past, present, and future -

SEPT. 22 Exam #1 -

SEPT. 24 Volcanoes and Volcanic episodes W:5;W:4.67-71

SEPT. 26 Volcanoes and Volcanic episodes W:5

SEPT. 29 Famous volcanic eruptions W:5; O:1,2

OCT. 1 Rivers and Floods W:12; O:3

OCT. 3 Rivers and Floods W:12; O:3

OCT. 6 Rivers and Floods W:12; O:3

OCT. 8 Earthquakes and their consequences W:9; O:1,2

OCT. 10 Earthquakes and their consequences W:9; O:1,2

OCT. 13 Energy Resources and where we find them W:7

OCT. 15 Energy Resources and where we find them W:7

OCT. 17 EXAM #2 -

OCT. 20 Dinosaurs Rule W:368-373

OCT. 22 Dinosaurs Rule W:368-373

OCT. 24 Dinosaurs Rule W:368-373

OCT. 27 Dinosaurs Rule W:368-373

OCT. 29 The terminal Cretaceous Extinction: Impact? W:374; O:6,139-148

and cosmic visitors O:4

OCT. 31 Geologic hazards and problems to man-

shoreline problems W:16

NOV. 3 Geologic hazards and problems to man-

shoreline problems W:16

NOV. 5 Geologic hazards and problems to man-

moving landscapes W:11

NOV. 7 HOMECOMING- NO CLASS -

NOV. 10 Geologic hazards and problems to man-

groundwater problems W:13

NOV. 12 The Eocene world: warm, wet, and ice free and full of giant

mammals W:375-377

NOV. 14 EXAM #3 -

NOV. 17 Weathering Landscapes W:6

NOV. 19 Weathering Landscapes W:6

NOV. 21 The day the Mediterranean dried up -

NOV. 24 A visual tour of glacial landscapes -

NOV. 26 Climate change and Ice ages W:14; O:5

NOV. 28 THANKSGIVING VACATION -

DEC. 1 Sea level fluctuations of enormous scale O:4

DEC. 3 Ice age landscapes W:14

DEC. 5 Ice age landscapes W:14

DEC. 8 Historical climate change and the rise and fall of civilizations O:5

DEC. 10 The great American Interchange and South America's answer -

to the Monroe Doctrine

DEC. 16 FINAL EXAM (12:30-2:30 PM, ROOM L005)