Lecture Notes (Outlines)

Topics

• Introduction
• What is Geology?
• What are ROCKS and what can they tell us?(Igneous)
• What are ROCKS and what can they tell us?(Sedimentary &Metamorphic )
• Grand Canyon - Overview
• Grand Canyon - Geologic Time
• Grand Canyon - Stratigraphy
• Grand Canyon - Tonto Group
• Grand Canyon - Geologic History
• Shenandoah & Great Smoky Mountain National Parks - Overview
• Shenandoah & Great Smoky Mountain National Parks - mountain building
• Shenandoah & Great Smoky Mountain National Parks - Paleozoic History
• Guadalupe Mountains - ancient reefs
• Carlsbad Caverns - Cave Formation and Permian History
• Arches - General Info, Sand Dunes/Cross Bedding, Salt Tectonics/Arch formation
• Dinosaur National Monument - General Info, What are Fossils
• Dinosaur National Monument -What is a Dinosaur
• Dinosaur National Monument - The Real Jurassic Park
• Badlands National Park - General Info - Cenozoic Mammals
• Badlands National Park- Soils and Paleosols
• Theodore Roosevelt National Park - General Info - Paleocene Fossils - Lignite
• Mount Rainier National Park - Volcanoes - Volcanic Hazards
• Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument - The May 18, 1980 eruption
• Yellowstone National Park - General Info - Yellowstone Caldera - Hydrothermal Activity
• Glacier National Park - General Info - Glaciers and Glaciation