Honors Geology 158:
Introduction to Geology
Email:
debari@cc.wwu.edu
Office: Environmental Studies 237
Phone: 650-3588
Take a look at some
Web pages
associated with introductory geology textbooks
Here is the web page associated with our textbook:
Prentice Hall Companion Website
Make sure to look at some of the multiple choice practice
questions, essay and short answer questions, and associated
web destinations
Other good Geology 101 web pages
Lecture Notes
Lecture 1: Introduction, Earth Formation, and Nature of Science
Lecture 2: Earth Evolution and Structure
Lectures 3 and 4: Plate Tectonics
Lecture 5: Minerals
Lecture 6: Igneous Rocks
Lecture 7: Magmas and Volcanic Rocks
Lecture 8: Volcanic Rocks
Lecture 9: Volcanic rocks, continued
Lecture 10: Movie: Perilous Beauty (Mt. Rainier)
Lecture 11: Weathering and Erosion
Lecture 12: Sediments and Sedimentary rocks
Lecture 13: Metamorphic rocks
Lectures 14 and 15: Geologic time
Lecture 16: Hydrologic Cycle/Running Water
Lecture 17: Groundwater (see Dave Hirsch's notes on blackboard)
Lecture 18: Pacific NW Glaciation
Lecture 19: Earthquakes I
Lecture 20: Earthquakes II
Lecture 21: Earthquakes III
Lecture 22: Earthquakes IV
(Volcanoes, Earthquakes, etc.)