BROOKLYN COLLEGE, CUNY

Department of Geology

Geol 608T Summer 2004

Prof. Nehru E. Cherukupalli First Class meets on July 7, 2004

Office Room 3129N M thru Th: 5:00 - 8:10 PM

Class Room 4239N *Last class meeting July 29, 2004

Office Tel: (718) 951-4365 e-mail: Nehru@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Residence Tel: (516) 938-8727

Text Book: Earth Science by Tarbuck and Lutgens 10^th Edition; Prentice Hall – Available in Book Store

Laboratory Manual: Earth Science II - Laboratory Manual – Available in class for purchase

Click on this link to have access to the text book web resources. (Chapters objectives, outlines, summaries, tests and web resources)

Click on Earth Science 10th Edition (icon) and then to go to each respective chapter click on the JUMP TO arrow down (to left of the Home link)

Class Outline

Topic to be covered Reading from Text

1. Review – materials of the earth; rock cycle Chapters 1 and 2
2. Weathering and Mass Wasting Chapter 3
3. Running Water and Ground Water Chapter 4
4. Glaciers, deserts and wind Chapter 5
5. Ocean waves Parts of Chapters 12, 13 and 14

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Midterm Examination: Tentative date - July19, 2004 (Monday) – Class time

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6. Structures of the Earth: folds, faults and unconformities Parts of Chapters 7 and 9

7. Geologic Time: Relative and Absolute Chapter 10

8. Evolution and Earth history Chapter 11

Final Examination: Tentative date - July 29, 2004 (Thursday)

*Laboratory work will include a trip to the American Museum of Natural History, New York

*Date to be announced.