Lecture Notes and Slides

Instructor Key

[TP] = Taylor Perron
[OJ] = Oliver Jagoutz

SES # INSTRUCTORS TOPICS NOTES SLIDES
1 TP, OJ Overview: Introduction to the Introduction of Geology Lecture 1 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 1 Slides (PDF - 1.6MB)
2 TP Origin and Age of the Earth Lecture 2 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 2 Slides (PDF - 2.6MB)
3 OJ Introduction to Minerals Lecture 3 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 3 Slides (PDF - 2.3MB)
4 OJ Igneous Rocks This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 4 Notes (PDF) Slides are not available for this lecture.
5 OJ Metamorphic Rocks Lecture 5 Notes (PDF) Slides are not available for this lecture.
6 TP Sedimentary Rocks Lecture 6 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 6 Slides (PDF - 3.6MB)
8 OJ Rock Structure and Deformation This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 8 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 8 Slides (PDF - 4.2MB)
11 OJ Geologic Time: Relative versus Absolute Dating Lecture 11 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 11 Slides (PDF)
12 OJ Volcanoes This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 12 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 12 Slides (PDF)
13–15 TP Plate Tectonics Lecture 13-15 Notes (PDF - 1.1MB) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 13-15 Slides (PDF - 9.7MB)
17 OJ Continental Crust Formation Notes are not available for this lecture. Slides are not available for this lecture.
18 OJ Oceanic Crust Formation Notes are not available for this lecture. This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 18 Slides (PDF - 4.1MB)
19 TP Earthquakes Lecture 19 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 19 Slides (PDF - 1.4MB)
21 TP Topography This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 21 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 21 Slides (PDF - 3.8MB)
22 OJ Field Techniques Lecture 22 Notes (PDF) Slides are not available for this lecture.
24 OJ Introduction to Geologic Mapping Notes are not available for this lecture. Slides are not available for this lecture.
28 TP Rivers Lecture 28 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 28 Slides (PDF - 6.0MB)
31 TP Landslides and Debris Flows This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 31 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader. Lecture 31 Slides (PDF - 1.8MB)
32 TP Glaciers Lecture 32 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 32 Slides (PDF - 5.9MB)
33 TP Climate through Geologic History Lecture 33 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 33 Slides (PDF - 2.2MB)
34 TP Earth History and Geobiology Lecture 34 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 34 Slides (PDF - 3.5MB)
35 TP Earth Science and Society Lecture 35 Notes (PDF) Slides are not available for this lecture.
36 TP Comparative Planetology Lecture 36 Notes (PDF) This resource may not render correctly in a screen reader.Lecture 36 Slides (PDF - 4.9MB)
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