GEOL1260 - Historical Geology

Dr. Raymond P. Freeman-Lynde
Associate Professor
Department of Geology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2501
706-542-2391
E-mail: RFREEMAN@uga.edu


Current Course Syllabus

LECTURE NOTES

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These notes are my personal lecture notes. They are in no way, shape or form intended to substitute for the material covered in the text book. They are simply provided as reminder of the subject matter covered during lecture period. Unless noted otherwise, the text book concepts supercede these notes.

1 - Introduction

2 - Rates of Geologic Processes

3A - Geologic Time Scale

3B - Geologic Time Scale Development

3C - Stratigraphic Terminology

4A - Fossils & Biological Classification

4B - Organic Evolution

5 - Early Earth & Earth Structure

6 - Continental Drift, Seafloor Spreading & Plate Tectonics

7A - Archean/Proterozoic Tectonics

7B - Sedimentary Rocks & Environments of Deposition

8A - Origin of Life

8B - Archean/Proterozoic Life

8C - Vendian & Cambrian Life

9 - Vendian & Paleozoic Tectonics

10 - Post-Cambrian Paleozoic Life

11 - Mesozoic/Cenozoic Tectonics

12 - Mesozoic/Cenozoic Climate

14 - Invertebrates

15 - Vertebrates

16 - Land Plants

TESTS

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These tests are for study purposes only. There is no obligation on my part to follow past test formats.

Test 1 - 1995 [from GLY126 - the quarter equivalent of GEOL1260]
Test 2 - 1995 [from GLY126 - the quarter equivalent of GEOL1260]
Final Exam (Part 1) - 1995 [from GLY126 - the quarter equivalent of GEOL1260]

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