Tulane University

Earth & Environmental Sciences 111
Physical Geology
Fall 200
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Professor Stephen A. Nelson


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Physical Geology - The nature of the Earth; development of its surficial features; and the results of the interaction of chemical,  physical, and biological factors on the planet.  This course requires co-registration in Earth & Environmental Sciences 113, Physical Geology Laboratory.

Professor  Stephen A. Nelson
Send e-mail to Prof. Nelson -  snelson@tulane.edu

 

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Course Announcements Course Syllabus Lecture Notes Geology Web Links

 

 


Announcements  - Look here during the semester for announcements concerning this course

December 16, 2003 - Final exam scores and course final grades have been turned in to the Registrar's Office.  If you signed the page of the final exam giving permission to post your final exam score and final course grade, you can see them by clicking HERE.

December 3, 2003 - There will be a Review Session on Tuesday, December 9, at 10:00 AM in Room 123 Dinwiddie (the regular classroom).  Come prepared with questions about any topic covered in the course.

November 3, 2003 - Results of the second midterm exam can be seen by clicking HERE

October 15, 2003 - Due to time constraints, I will not lecture on Chapter 12, The Changing Face of the Land.  Please read this short chapter and if you have any questions, e-mail me or see me during office hours. 

September 26, 2003 - Results of the first midterm exam can be seen by clicking HERE.

 

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Lecture Notes

Note:  Two versions of each set of lecture notes are shown in the table below.  The first is in html format, optimized for viewing on the Web at screen resolutions greater than 800x600.  You can print this version directly from your Web browser, but there is no guarantee that the pages will break where they are supposed to, since each person's browser can be set up differently (margins, fonts, font sizes, etc.).  The PDF (Portable Document Format) versions of the lecture notes are optimized for printing.  All page breaks should occur correctly.  If your web browser has the proper plug-in installed, clicking on the PDF will bring the file into your web browser from which you can then print the notes.  If the plug-ins are not installed, your web browser will either attempt to download the PDF files or offer to send you to the Adobe web site to download the plug-ins for your browser.  If you choose to download the PDF format lecture notes you will still need the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view and print the files.  This and further information about the browser plug-ins can be obtained by clicking on the icon below.

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Note that only the items with the red asterisk (*) have been updated for the Fall 2003 semester.

Chapters 1& 2*

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Ch 3  - Minerals*

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 Ch 4 & 5 - Igneous Rocks, Volcanoes*

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Ch 6 - Weathering and Soils*

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Ch 7 - Sedimentary Rocks*

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Ch 8 - Metamorphic Rocks*

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Ch 9 - Deformation of Rock*

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Ch 10 - Earthquakes & the Earth's Interior*

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Ch 11 - Geologic Time*

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Ch 12 - Changing Face of Land

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Ch 13 - Mass Wasting*

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Ch 14 - Streams*

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Ch 15   -Groundwater*

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Ch 16- Glaciers*

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Ch 17 - Wind Action & Deserts*

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Ch 18 - Oceans*

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Ch 19 - Our Changing Planet*

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Ch 20 - Global Tectonics*

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Ch 21 -   Energy and Minerals*

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Links to Geology Web Sites of Interest

General

Plate Tectonics

Minerals

Volcanoes

Geologic Time

Mass Wasting

Earthquakes

 

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