Dr Neptune Srimal: Office: AC1- 380A, Ph: 305-919-5969
MWF: 10 – 10:50 am. Office Hours: M-R 1pm – 2 pm
Web site: http://www.fiu.edu/~srimal ; Email: srimal@fiu.edu
The course website contains all the PowerPoint lectures, quizzes on each chapter and old exams for practice. Be forewarned, that there is no guarantee that your exam questions will be set only from these quizzes or practice tests.
Recommended textbook: Tarbuck and Lutgens: Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 9e. Pearson Prentice Hall
Book web site: http://www.prenhall.com/tarbuck
We are still adjusting to the MWF format. We still have to see how much of our lectures fit in a 50 minute class. Therefore, please consider this syllabus as tentative, we might adjust as we go along.
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Date |
Topic |
Chapter |
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24 Aug |
Intro and Plate tectonics |
Chapter 1, 2 |
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26-Aug |
Intro and Plate tectonics |
Chapter 1, 2 |
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28-Aug |
Intro and Plate tectonics |
Chapter 1,2 |
31-Aug |
Intro and Plate tectonics |
Chapter 1,2 |
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2-Sep |
Minerals |
Chapter 3 |
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4-Sep |
Minerals |
Chapter 3 |
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7-Sep |
Labor Day Holiday: No class |
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9-Sep |
Igneous rocks and volcanism |
Chapter 4, 5 |
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11-Sep |
Igneous rocks and volcanism |
Chapter 4,5 |
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14-Sep |
Igneous rocks and volcanism |
Chapter 4, 5 |
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16-Sep |
Igneous rocks and volcanism |
Chapter 4, 5 |
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18-Sep |
Review | |
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21-Sep |
Midterm 1 |
Chapters 1-5 |
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23-Sep |
Weathering and Soil |
Chapter 6 |
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25-Sep |
Sedimentary rocks |
Chapter 7 |
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28-Sep |
Sedimentary rocks |
Chapter7 |
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30-Sep |
Metamorphism |
Chapter 8 |
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2-Oct |
Metamorphism |
Chapter 8 |
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5-Oct |
geologic Time |
Chapter 9 |
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7-Oct |
geologic Time |
Chapter 9 |
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9-Oct |
Crustal Deformation |
Chapter10 |
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12-Oct |
Crustal Deformation/ Review |
Chapter10 |
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14-Oct |
Midterm 2 |
Chapters 6-10 |
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16-Oct |
Mass Wasting |
Chapter15 |
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19-Oct |
Mass Wasting |
Chapter 15 |
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21-Oct |
Ground water |
Chapter 17 |
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23-Oct |
Ground water |
Chapter17 |
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26-Oct |
Running Water |
Chapter 16 |
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28-Oct |
Running Waters |
Chapter 16 |
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30-Oct |
Glaciers |
Chapter 18 |
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2-Nov |
Glaciers |
Chapter 18 |
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4-Nov |
Winds and Deserts |
Chapter 19 |
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6-Nov |
Winds and Deserts |
Chapter 19 |
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9-Nov |
Review |
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11-Nov |
Midterm 3 |
Chapters 15-19 |
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13-Nov |
Shoreline and oceans |
Chapter 20, 13 |
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16-Nov |
Veteran’s Day holiday: no class |
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18-Nov |
Shoreline and oceans |
Chapter 20, 13 |
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20-Nov |
Shoreline and oceans |
Chapter 20, 13 |
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23-Nov |
Earthquake |
Chapter 11 |
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25-Nov |
Earthquake |
Chapter 11 |
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27-Nov |
Earth's interior |
Chapter 12 |
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30-Nov |
Thanksgiving Holiday |
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2 Dec |
Evolution of Continents/ Review |
Chapter 2, 14 |
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4-Dec |
Final Exam |
Non-Cumulative |
Please keep your cellphones in silent mode during the class
Please check if the exam dates clash with your religious holiday. If you need to reschedule the test, please contact me during the first week of the classes to make alternate arrangement for the test.
Attendance: Attendance is worth 8% of the class grade. I will take attendance on Twelve random days. Each of those will count for 0.66 point.
Exam Policy: There will be three midterms and a final each accounting for 23% of the grade.
No makeup exam will be given.