University of Akron
Environmental Geology
3370:200-002
Lectures
Click on the week numbers ("Week 1" etc) to view a detailed summary of each week's materials or click on the topic for a specific day for a description of lecture content and relevant readings.
Week 1
August 30		 M – Introduction
W – The Scientific Method
F – Our Environmental Heritage
Week 2
September 6		 M – Labor Day Holiday
W – The Earth System
F – Atoms, Elements, and Minerals
Week 3
September 13		 M – Igneous Rocks
W – Sedimentary & Metamorphic Rocks
F – Geologic Time
Week 4
September 20		 M – Continental Drift & Sea floor spreading
W – Sea floor spreading & Plate Tectonics
F – Plate Boundaries
Week 5
September 27 		M – Exam 1,  September 27
W – Introduction to Earthquakes
F – Earthquakes: Seismic waves and measurement
Week 6
October 4		 M – Northridge earthquake – video
W – Magma viscosity & volcanic landforms
F – Mt. St. Helens: A case study
Week 7
October 11		 M – Weathering
W – Slope Failure & Mass Wasting
F – Soil Erosion & Conservation
Week 8
October 18		 M – Groundwater, Rocks & the Hydrologic Cycle
W – Aquifer Systems & the High Plains aquifer
F – Wetland Environments
Week 9
October 25		 M – Exam 2, Monday, October 25
W – Mississippi Flood, 1993 - video
F – Stream Systems
Week 10
November 1		 M – Streamflow measurement & Floods
W – Characteristics of the Oceans
F – Oceanic Circulation
Week 11
November 8 		M – Coastlines & Erosion
W – Earth's Climate System: An Introduction
F – Past climate change
Week 12
November 15		 M – Exam 3, November 15
W – Population and population growth
F – Population & the Land
Week 13
November 22		 M – Fossil Fuels
W – Alternative Energy Sources
F – Thanksgiving Holiday
Week 14
November 29		 M –  Nuclear Power & Nuclear Waste Disposal
W – Rise and Fall of the Ozone Hole I
F – Rise and Fall of the Ozone Hole II
Week 15
December 6		 M – Global change: Greenhouse gases
W – Global warming
F – Exam 4, Friday, December 10
Final exam
December 17		 Optional Final Exam - Friday, Noon-1.55 p.m.
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