| Week |
Topic |
| 4/1-4/7 |
- Introduction [slides]
- The Raw Material: Nucleosynthesis [HBHP Ch. 1] [slides] [notes]
- Preliminary Fabrication: Minerals and molecules [HBHP Ch. 2]
LAB 1 (4/2): Meteorites and Silicate minerals
[pdf]
|
| 4/8-4/14 |
- Heavy Construction: Planet formation [HBHP Ch. 3]
- The Schedule: Radioactivity I [HBHP Ch. 4]
- The Schedule: Radioactivity II [HBHP Ch. 5]
Problem set 1 (due 4/12)
[pdf]
|
| 4/15-4/21 |
- Interior Modifications: Earth Structure [HBHP Ch. 6]
- Interior Modifications: Gross differentiation [HBHP Ch. 7]
- Making it Comfortable: Surface temperature I [HBHP Ch. 8]
LAB 2 (4/16): Randomness and radioactivity
|
| 4/22-4/28 |
- Establishing the Circulation: Plate Tectonics [HBHP Ch. 9]
- Internal Circulation: Mantle convection [HBHP Ch. 10]
- -- No lecture on Friday 4/26 (Field trip!) --
Problem set 2 (due 4/26)
[pdf]
|
| 4/29-5/5 |
- Plate tectonics and geochemical cycles [HBHP Ch. 11]
- Volcanism and volcanology [HBHP Ch. 12]
- Structural Geology and earthquakes [HBHP Ch. 13]
LAB 3 (4/30): Convection and rheology
|
| 5/6-5/12 |
- Geomorphology [HBHP Ch. 14]
- All about geomagnetism and paleomagnetism [HBHP Ch. 15]
- Stratigraphy and Geologic time [HBHP Ch. 16]
Problem set 3 (due 5/10)
[pdf]
|
| 5/13-5/19 |
- The Archaean Earth [HBHP Ch. 17]
- The Great Oxygenation [HBHP Ch. 18]
- The Energy Revolutions [HBHP Ch. 19]
LAB 4 (5/14): Geologic superposition
|
| 5/20-5/26 |
- Interlude: Snowball Earth [HBHP Ch. 20]
- Diversification of Macroscopic Life [HBHP Ch. 21]
Problem set 4 (due 5/24)
[pdf]
|
| 5/27-6/2 |
- -- No lecture on Monday 5/27 --
- Mass extinctions [reading TBD]
- Stable isotopes and Climate [reading TBD]
LAB 5 (5/28): GeoMapApp-exploring the digital Earth
|
| 6/3-6/9 |
-- Seniors excused from Week 10 and Problem Set 5 --- Climate change on various timescales [reading TBD]
- The chemistry of the oceans [reading TBD]
- The chemistry of the atmosphere [reading TBD]
Problem set 5 (due 6/7)
[pdf]
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