Evolution of Earth and Life
GLY 3105
Sections 2350 and 6004

Dr. P.F. Ciesielski 
Department of Geological Sciences
University of Florida

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DATE
LECTURE TOPIC
 ASSIGNED CHAPTER
READINGS
Aug. 25 (Mon.) INTRODUCTION 
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Aug. 27 (Wed.) Origin of the Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
Chapter 6, pp. 111-119
Aug. 29 (Fri.) Early Origins of Life
Chapter 9
Sept. 01 (Mon.) Labor Day  
Sept. 03 (Wed.) Origin of Life-Dawn of multicellular life
 Chapter 9
Sept. 05 (Fri.) The Archean
Chapter 8, pp. 151-166
Sept. 08 (Mon.)  The Proterozoic
 
Sept. 10 (Wed.) Cambrian and Ordovician
Chapters 10 and 11
Sept. 12 (Fri.) Cambrian and Ordovician (same notes)
Chapters 10 and 11
Sept. 15 (Mon.) Life Invades the Land- Plants
pp. 264-267, 339
Sept. 17 (Wed.) Life Invades the Land- Animals
pp. 262-264, 268-270
Sept. 19 (Fri.) Exam 1
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Sept. 22 (Mon.) Silurian-Devonian
Chapter 12
Sept. 24 (Wed.) Paleozoic Reefs and Evaporites
Chapter 12, pp. 275-283
Sept. 26 (Fri.) The Carboniferous: Mississippian
Chapter 13
Sept. 29 (Mon.) The Carboniferous: Pennsylvanian
Chapter 13
Oct. 1 (Wed.) Permian Period: A Coming Together
Chapter 14
Oct. 3 (Fri.) North Atlantic Rifting: Marine and Non-marine Rift Basins 
Chapter 14, pp. 351-355
Oct. 6 (Mon.) North American Triassic and Jurassic 
Chapter 14 
(except 355-382)
Oct. 8 (Wed.) North American Triassic and Jurassic 
Chapter 14 (except 355-371)
Oct. 10 (Fri.) Cretaceous
Chapter 14 (except 371-382)
Oct. 13 (Mon.) Cretaceous
Chapter 14 (except 371-382)
Oct. 15 (Wed.) The Terminal Cretaceous Extinctions
Chapter 14, pp. 404-411
Oct. 17 (Fri.) Exam 2 
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Oct. 20 (Mon.) Overview of Cenozoic Tectonics  Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Oct. 22 (Wed.) Gulf of Mexico and coastal plains Chapter 15 (pp. 440-442)
Oct. 24 (Fri.) Homecoming - No Class Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Oct. 27 (Mon.) Appalachians and Stable Interior Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Oct. 29 (Wed.) Cascades Mts. Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Oct. 31 (Fri.) Columbia River Plateau Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Oct. 31 (Wed.) Snake River Plateau Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Nov. 3 (Mon.) Sierra Nevada Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Nov. 5 (Wed.) The Basin and Range Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Nov. 7 (Fri.) Colorado Plateau
Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434) 
Nov. 10 (Mon.) Exam 3  
Nov. 12 (Wed.) Rocky Mountains and High Plains  Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Nov. 14 (Fri.) Rocky Mountains and High Plains Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434) 
Nov. 17 (Mon.) California Borderland Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Nov. 19 (Wed.) Rio Grande Rift Chapter 15 (pp. 413-434)
Nov. 21 (Fri.) The Tethys, Paratethys, and the Day the Mediterranean Dried up Chapter 15 (p. 437)
Nov. 24 (Mon.) Glacial Landscapes: a Pictorial (if time)
Nov. 26 (Wed.) Thanksgiving Break
Nov. 28 (Fri.) Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 01 (Mon.) Development of Southern Hemispheric Glaciation Chapter 15 (pp.443-446) 
Dec. 03 (Wed.) Northern Hemispheric Glaciation: Cause, Extent, and Timing Chapter 16 (pp.465-488)
Dec. 05 (Fri.) Northern Hemispheric Glaciation: Cause, Extent, and Timing Chapter 16 (pp.465-488)
Dec. 07 (Mon.) Northern Hemispheric Glaciation: Drainage Changes and more Chapter 16 (pp.465-488)
Dec. 10 (Wed.) Northern Hemispheric Glaciation: Erosional and Depositional Landforms Chapter 16 (pp.465-488)
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Dec. 17 (Wed.) Final Exam  Exam period - 8:00AM- 9:30AM