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Geology of California

Assignments

Spring, 2006

 

Assignment

Due date

Percentage

1. California geologic provinces and rocks

2/9

1

2. Flooding, hydrologic system, streams, groundwater, mass movement

2/16

1

3. Weathering, soils, sediments, sedimentary rocks: The Great Valley

2/23

1

4.Volcanoes: why in California ; rock; landforms; hazards and geothermal energy

3/16

1

5. The Sierra Nevada : formation; rocks; gold; glaciers and glacial features

3/23

1

6. The Coast Ranges: rocks-when and how they formed; formation of the San Francisco Bay ; The California coastline: landforms and processes

4/13

1

7. Earthquakes: faults, hazards,  the San Andreas fault system, Bay Area faults and earth materials

5/2

1

8. Oil in California : Why? Other energy sources in California

5/9

1

9. Deserts: rocks, landforms, characteristics

5/16

1

10. California ’s geologic history

5/16

1

Exam # 1

3/9

15

Exam # 2

4/18

15

Exam # 3

5/19

15

Alum Rock field trip

2/18

5

Marin Headlands field trip

5/6

10

State Park oral report and essay

3/23

10

Term Paper

4/27

15

1330 Club

1330:T/TH

5

Total

 

100%

 

 

This page was last modified by P. Jefferis on 01/24/06 . She is a lecturer in the Department of Geology at San Jose State University