UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA-GREENSBORO

Physical Geography: Landscape Processes (GEO314)

Spring Semester, 1998

• Instructor: Dr. G. Jay Lennartson
• Lecture Meetings: MWF 1:00-1:50 pm; Graham 109
• Office: Graham 122

• Office Phone: 334-5489
• Email: gjlennar@uncg.edu
• WWW URL: http://www.uncg.edu/~gjlennar/geo314.html
• Office Hours: MWF 2:00-3:00 pm; and by appointment
• Geography Department: Graham 129
• Geography Department Phone: 334-5388
• Geography Department FAX: 334-5864
  • GEO 314 has an accompanying laboratory experience. In addition to registering for GEO 314, you must also register for GEO314L-01 or GEO314L-02. Course Overview and Goals
  • In GEO 314 you will learn about the materials that comprise the Earth; as well as the processes and forces operating within the Earth's lithosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and biosphere, that act on Earth's surface to produce landforms and landscapes.
  • In particular, you will learn how these processes and forces have shaped, and continue to shape, the Earth's surface.
  • You will learn that as a result of these processes, Earth's surface-in terms of form and structure-is a dynamic entity.
  • With a basic knowledge of the Earth and the processes that have shaped it, you will have a greater sense of appreciation for our home-Planet Earth.
• Required Textbook for GEO 314 & Lab Manual for GEO 314L
  • Textbook: Earth's Dynamic Systems (8th edition), by Hamblin & Christiansen (Required)
  • Lab Manual: Exercises in Physical Geology (9th edition), by Hamblin & Howard (Required)
• Examinations and Grading in GEO 314
  • Exams: there will be a total of "4" exams - three 1-hour exams, plus a final, cumulative exam. Each exam will be equally weighted, and your lowest exam score will be dropped (in other words only three of the four exams will count toward your GEO 314 grade). In total, lecture exams are worth 90% of the final grade in GEO 314. No makeup exams will be given under any circumstances!! If you miss an exam, that will be the exam score that is dropped. If you miss more than one exam, you will receive zeros for the subsequent exams missed.
  • Quizzes/Short-Assignments: There will be occasional unannounced quizzes and short-assignments given during the semester in lecture. The quiz/assignment grade is worth 10% of the final grade in GEO 314. Your quiz/assignment with the lowest score will be dropped. Quizzes/Assignments may not be made-up under any circumstances!! If you arrive late for class or need to leave lecture early, and miss the quiz, you will not be permitted to make-up the quiz.

 Lecture Quizzes/Assignments       10%      

 3 Lecture Tests                  _90%_     

                                   100%     

• Lecture Examinations will draw questions from my lectures and your textbook
• Some topics in the text will be emphasized more than others. Your lecture notes should be used as a guide to the text material that is most important for exams.
• There is no mechanism for obtaining "extra credit" in this course!! Attendance Attendance in lecture and lab is very important and you are expected to attend all lectures and laboratory meetings!! Please do not be tardy as well! If you do not plan on attending every lecture and lab, do not take this course!!
• Course Resources and Success in GEO 314
  • You are required to fully utilize E-Mail and Internet resources in this course.
  • Lecture notes for upcoming lectures will be available from the course home page (http://www.uncg.edu/~gjlennar/geo314.html). Lecture notes on a particular topic will be posted on the course home page in advance of the lecture.
  • Lectures will be conducted based on the expectation that you have have familiarized yourself with the lecture notes and reading assignment on a particular topic prior to coming to class. Quizzes/Assignments given will be based on the same expectation.
  • You are strongly encouraged to frequently check your E-Mail for important course-related announcements from me. I often find it useful between class meetings to pass along, via E-Mail and the course home page, important course-related information (e.g., information about lecture material, topical information, web sites to look at, and information related to exams and quizzes). Information relayed via E-Mail and the course home page will not necessarily be repeated in class!!
  • Obtain assistance from me - at the earliest possible opportunity - if you have questions regarding the lecture material or the reading assignments.
  • I encourage you to come visit me during my office hours; or if these times are not convenient for you, please schedule an appointment.Miscellaneous Information
• Any student in this class who has a documented disability that prevents the fullest expression of abilities should contact me personally as soon as possible so that we can discuss class requirements and accommodations.
• Final grades once posted will not under any circumstance be changed (with the exception of clerical error).
• In all matters related to this course, it is expected that you will conduct yourself in an honorable fashion and exhibit the highest level of integrity.
• Change of Final Exam Schedule: students with more than two exams within 24 hours may apply to the University Registrar's Office, 180 Mossman Bldg., for permission to change their schedule. The usual policy is to change the middle examination in a sequence of three. All requests for changes in examinations must be filed with the University Registrar's Office by the last day of classes for the semester (5/5/98). Only those students having followed the above prescribed procedure will be allowed to change their final exam date in GEO 314. Absolutely no exceptions will be made!!

   Day      Date        Tentative Lecture Topic        Reading   WWW Resources  

  									  http://

                    Course Introduction; Methods of    Chapter  "www.ucmp.berke 
   Mon      1/12   Science; Introduction to Geology:      1        ley.edu/     
   Wed      1/14   Uniformitarianism, Geologic Time,            exhibit/geology 
   Fri      1/16      Earth's Origin and Our Solar                  .html"      
                    System, Earth's 4 Spheres; Major                            
                      Features of the Continents &                              
                             Ocean Basisn                                       



   Mon      1/19    M. Luther King, Jr. Holiday - No Class                          
                                          



   Wed      1/21    Geologic Systems; The Hydrologic   Chapter                  
   Fri      1/23     and Tectonic Systems; Isostasy       2                     



   Mon      1/26       Seismic Waves and Earth's      Chps. 17  "www.ucmp.berke 
   Wed      1/28       Interior; Plate Tectonics:       & 18    ley.edu/geology 
   Fri      1/30      Continental Drift, Dvlpt. of               /teccon.html"  
                      Theory of Cont. Drift, Plate                              
                        Boundaries, Plate Motion                                



   Mon      2/2       Matter; Nature of Minerals;      Chapter  "pubs.usgs.gov/ 
   Wed      2/4     Silicate Minerals; Rock Forming       3     gip/gemstones/" 
   Fri      2/6                 Minerals                                        



   Mon      2/9     Igneous Rocks: Nature of Magma;    Chapter  "geology.er.usg 
   Wed      2/11    Rock Textures; Rock Composition;      4     s.gov/eastern/v 
   Fri      2/13        Kinds of Igneous Rocks;                 olcanoes/volque 
                      Occurrence of Igneous Rocks;                 st.html"     
                      Volcanism: Nature, Materials,                              
                            Types, Landforms                                    



   Mon      2/16                 Exam 1                                         



   Wed      2/18   Sedimentary Rocks: Nature, Types,   Chapter                  
   Fri      2/20     Classification, Environments,        5                     
                   Structures; Relationship to Plate                            
                               Tectonics                                        



   Mon      2/23       Metamorphic Rocks: Nature,      Chps. 6  "www.wku.edu/ww 
   Wed      2/25       Processes, Texture, Kinds,        & 8    w/geoweb/geyser 
   Fri      2/27     Occurrences, Metamorphism and                  .html"      
                    Plate Tectonics; Geologic Time:                             
                     Relative Dating, Correlation,                              
                   Radiometric Dating, Geologic Time                            
                                 Scale                                          



 Mon-Fri  3/2-3/6       Spring Break - No Class                                 





   Mon      3/9    Weathering: Mechanical, Chemical,   Chapter                  
   Wed      3/11       Rates of Weathering; Soil;        10                     
   Fri      3/13                                                                



   Mon      3/16    Slopes & Mass Wasting: Controls,   Chapter  "geohazards.cr. 
   Wed      3/18   Classification, Slump, Rockslide,     11     usgs.gov/html_f 
   Fri      3/20        Mudflow, Earthflow, Slow                iles/nlic/bluer 
                               Movements                           idge.htm"    



   Mon      3/23          River Systems: Major         Chapter  "octopus.gma.or 
   Wed      3/25      Characteristics, Stream Flow       12     g/streams/whati 
   Fri      3/27       Dynamics, Stream Erosion,                  s.html" and   
                    Transport, Deposition, Valleys,             "www.earthsat.c 
                       Drainage Networks, Valley                om/flood/floodr 
                              Development                          isk.html"    



   Mon      3/30                 Exam 2                                         



                   Ground Water: Distribution, the    Chapter  "www.goodearth. 
   Wed      4/1        Water Table, Porosity and         13     com/virtcave.ht 
   Fri      4/3     Permeability, Movement, Springs,                  ml"       
                          Wells, Ground Water                                   
                    Contamination, Karst Topography                             



   Mon      4/6         Glacial Systems: Types,        Chapter  www-nsidc.color 
   Wed      4/8      Formation, Movement, Erosion,       14     ado.edu/NSIDC/E 
                         Deposition, Landforms,                 DUCATION/GLACIE 
                     Pleistocene Glaciation, Causes                   RS/       



   Fri      4/10       Spring Holiday - No Class                                



   Mon      4/13   Eolian Systems: Distribution, and   Chapter  "drylands.nasm. 
   Wed      4/15      Causes, Geologic Processes,        16        edu:1995"    
   Fri      4/17        Transportation, Erosion,                                
                              Deposition;                                       



   Mon      4/20       Shoreline Systems: Waves,       Chapter  "marine.usgs.go 
   Wed      4/22       Transport, Erosion, Tides,        15     v/marine--plan/ 
   Fri      4/24                Tsunamis                        html/coastal-an 
                                                                d-nearshore.htm 
                                                                      l"        



   Mon      4/27    Structure of Rock Bodies: Folds,   Chps. 7                  
   Wed      4/29      Faults, Joints; Tectonics &       & 23                    
   Fri      5/1        Landscapes: Major Geologic                               
                               Provinces                                        



   Mon      5/4                  Exam 3                                         



   Wed      5/6        Final Exam: 3:30-6:30 p.m.