Take-home final due the Friday after the last day of class:


Here’s the PDF: (Final_2010.pdf)

Here’s the Word Doc version: (_Final_2010.doc)

And here is a map template you can use for question 2, if you want. If you have another one you prefer, feel free to use it instead:

Map Template for Sketching On (Download PDF)


Last Homework due last day of class:


This homework references a handout given out this Wednesday. I don’t have an electronic copy, so if you did not get a copy, there is a stack of them on the desk outside Gene’s office.

The questions that need to be answered are here: Induction (Induction_HW.pdf) PDF




Paper Outlines:


Click on link to download form (in whichever form is easier for you) for reviewing:


Normal Papers (NormalPaperOutline.pdf) PDF

                           (NormalPaperForm.doc) Word Document


Review Papers (ReviewPaperOutline.pdf) PDF

                          (ReviewPaperForm.doc) Word Document


Presentation Preparation (PresentationPrep.pdf) PDF




Labs/Exercises:


Antler Orogeny Lab (BurchfielRoydenAntler_Lab.pdf) PDF


Isostasy/Gravitational Potential Lab (ConeyHarms_Lab.pdf) PDF


Feature Location Lab (PresentDayLocationsLab.pdf) PDF


Three Events in Each Era Lab (GeologicTimeEventsLab.pdf) PDF


Post Laramide Events Lab (FiveImportantEventsLab.pdf) PDF


Yellowstone Lab (YellowstoneLab.pdf) PDF


Mantle Plume Lab (MantlePluneLab.pdf) PDF


Strain Lab (StrainLab.pdf) PDF (doesn’t need to be handed in)



Other Useful Stuff:


Good text for tectonics basics: Moores, Eldrige M. and Robert J. Twiss , (2000), Tectonics, W. H. Freeman and Company, New York. 415 pp.


Click to download black and white Geologic Time Scale: GSATimeScale1999.pdf


Link to international Geologic Time Scale: international stratigraphic chart


Site mentioned in the Antler Orogeny Handout:

http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/12/12.114/f05/gallery/lec3final/pages/lec3photo1.html