San Andreas Fault

Hawaiian lava flow

Mount St. Helens

Geology of Planet Earth (GEOL 101)
Dr. Dayanthie Weeraratne
Dept. of Geological Sciences, CSUN
Live Oak Hall, Rm# 1203
Email: dsw@csun.edu
Office hours: Wednesdays 4-6 pm or by appt.
Text Book: Physical Geology, by Plummer, Carlson, & Hammersley

Field Trip to see the San Andreas Fault!
Saturday, October 26, 2013. Mark your calendar!

Syllabus 9:30 am, PDF

Week #1, Introduction to Geology and Plate Tectonics PPT

Earthquake List PDF

Week #2, Tectonics and Geologic History PPT

Homework #1: Cascadia Plate boundary and volcano activity PDF

Week #3, Minerals and Atoms, Oh my! PPT

Homework #2: Mineral Identification PDF

Week #4-5, Volcanoes! PPT

California Shakeout Drill, October 17, 2013 (10:17 am)!
Are You Ready ?!?


Homework #3: Review Chap1-6,8,18,19 PDF

Week #6-8, Weathering and Sedimentary Rocks

Weathering, PPT

Sedimentary Rocks PPT

Week #9-10
MIDTERM REVIEW PDF

MIDTERM #1, Monday, Nov 18, 2013 (Chapt 1-6,18,19)
(Bring Scantron Form #19641)

Week #11, Ground Water PPT

CLASS PROJECT info PDF
- Topic Due, Nov 25, 2013
- Outline Due, Nov 27, 2013
- Project due on Dec 11, 2013 (10:00 am with Final exam)

Week #13-14, Structural Geology PPT

Week #15, Earthquakes PPT

Homework #3, PDF
(Due on Dec 11 - in PAPER - with Final Exam - not on Moodle)

The Earth's Interior PPT

Final Exam - Dec 11,2013 (8:00 am - 10:00 am)
Final Exam covers chapters 1-6,8,11,15,16,18,19,21


Cool Geology Links:
Earthquakes around the world, today!
Indian Ocean Tsunami
Cascade Volcano Observatory
NASA: It's out of this world!