Life of the Past

GEOL 103 | University Course

Cultural focus on historical geology for nonscience majors; fossils.

Course Details

Note

Partially satisfies the Brigham Young University core Physical Science requirement.

Prerequisites

None

Course Outline

Lesson 1: Pattern, Process, and Prediction: Keys to Deciphering Earth History
Lesson 2: Principles of Historical Geology: The Present is the Key to the Past
Lesson 3: Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles
Lesson 4: Rocks and Minerals: Building Blocks of the Rock Archive
Lesson 5: The Classification and Meaning of Sedimentary Rocks
Lesson 6: Stratigraphic Patterns and Unconformities
Lesson 7: Fossilization and Scientific Uses of Fossils
Lesson 8: The Fossil Record: The Species Concept and Organic Evolution
Lesson 9: Plate Tectonics: The Foundational Theory of Geology
Lesson 10: The Precambrian: The First Four Billion Years
Lesson 11: Paleozoic Patterns-Drifting Continents and Changing Sea Level
Lesson 12: Late Paleozoic Patterns and Events
Lesson 13: Life of the Paleozoic
Lesson 14: The Mesozoic Era
Lesson 15: The Mesozoic Biosphere
Lesson 16: The Cenozoic Era and Ice Ages

Syllabus

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Textbooks

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Earth Through Time 11th Edition (Required) by: Harold L. Levin and David T. King ISBN: 9781119228349 2016 Wiley	New: $133.35	Purchase from: $84.95 Rental from: $36.00	Used from $65.99 New from $112.50	Borrow