Dr. J Bret Bennington

Geology 002
Historical Geology

Spring '08

American Museum of Natural History Field Trip info

New Paltz Field Trip info

Lecture Notes

Read This: Click on a topic to download the Power Point file. Access to Power Point presentations requires a userid [jbb001] and password. If you forgot the password check the link to this page on the Blackboard web site or email me for a reminder (geojbb@hofstra.edu).

I recommend downloading the Power Point files before class and printing them in handout format with 3 to 6 slides per page. This way you can bring the printouts to class and use them for reference and notetaking during lecture.

Exam One Review Outline (Knowledge Base) pdf file

Exam One topics (Methods and Concepts).

Lecture / Lab Title
Power Point file
Updated for '08
Reading
(Historical Geology 4th Ed. Wicander and Monroe)
Lec.1 Introduction and Deep Time
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Ch.1
Lab 1 Geologic Timescale
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Ch.4
Lec.2 History of Historical Geology
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Ch.4
Lab 2 Paleontology I - Diversity of Life
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Appendix B (just a reference)
Lec.3 Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species
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Ch.7
Lab 3 Paleontology II - Fossilization
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Ch.5
Lec.4 Evolution and Extinction
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Ch.7
Lec.5 Origin of Plate Tectonics
Not Used
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Ch.3
Lab 4 Clastic Sedimentary Rocks
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Ch.6
Lec.6 Plate Tectonics and the Rock Record
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Ch.3
Lab5 Chemical Sedimentary Rocks
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Ch.6
Lec.7 Radiometric Dating
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Ch.4

Exam Two Review Outline (Knowledge Base) pdf file

Exam Two topics (Earth's Early History).

Lecture Title
Power Point file
Updated for '08
Reading
(Historical Geology 4th Ed. Wicander and Monroe)
Lec.8 The Hadean Eon
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Ch.8: 136-139
Lab 6 Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks
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Ch.3: 39-45
Lec.9 The Archean Eon
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Ch.8: 140-152
Lec.10 The Proterozoic Eon
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Ch.9: 153-170
Lab 7 Geologic History from Cross Section
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Ch.5: 72-79
Lec.11 The Dawn of Animal Life
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Ch.9: 164-169, Ch.12
Lec.12 Geol. History of NY - Grenville Orogeny
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Ch.9: 157

Exam 3 Topics (The Geologic History of New York)

Geologic History of NY Summary Diagram

Exam Three Review Outline (Knowledge Base) pdf file

Lecture Title
Power Point file
Updated for '08
Reading
(Historical Geology 4th Ed. Wicander and Monroe)
Lec.13 Geologic History of NY - Taconic Orogeny
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Ch.10
Lec.14 Geologic History of NY - Acadian Orogeny
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Ch.11
Lec.15 Paleozoic Life
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Ch.13
Lec.16 Dinosaurs and Mesozoic Life
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Ch.15
Lec.17 Geologic History of NY - Mesozoic Era
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Ch.14
Lab8 Geologic Structures
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Lec.18 Geologic History of NY - Pleistocene Epoch
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Ch.17

Laboratory Materials

Modern Geologic Time Scale - 2004 (.doc or pdf)

Laboratory Manual (2008) (.doc)

Last modified 8-8-08 by Bret Bennington (geojbb@hofstra.edu.) All rights reserved by the author. This document may not be distributed or posted in any format or reposted on any other server without permiss ion.