Geosciences 211:  Physical Geology                         Fall 2005                               Key Terms Study Guide
Lecture:   Tuesday - Thursday  10:30 - 11:50, Dennis Hall, Room 014
Lab:  Monday or Tuesday 1:00 - 3:50,  Dennis Hall, Room 314
Ron Parker,  X 1231,  parkero@earlham.edu
Course Website:  http://www.earlham.edu/~parkero/211.htm
Week	Date	Day	Pages	Key Terms
1	Aug 25	Th
2	Aug 30	T	31 and 47	Jovian Planets, Magnetosphere, Planitesimals, Asthenosphere, Basalt, Crust, Geothermal Gradient, Lithosphere, Granite, Mantle
	Sep 01	Th
3	Sep 06	T	74 and 105	Continental Drift, Magnetic Anomaly, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Sea-Floor Spreading, Seamounts, Accretionary Prism, Fracture Zone, Hot Spot, Plate, Subduction
	Sep 08	Th
4	Sep 13	T	128 and 164	Cleavage, Crystal Structure, Geode, Mineral, Polymorph, Assimilation, Vesicles, Pegmatite, Pluton, Xenoliths
	Sep 15	Th
5	Sep 20	T	205	Arkose, Chert, Diagenesis, Evaporites, Graded Bed, Lithification, Regolith, Sorting, Turbidite, Transgression
	Sep 22	Th
6	Sep 27	T	233 and 273-4	Aa, Pyroclastic Flow, Tephra, Ring of Fire, Magma Chamber, Foliation, Protolith, Dynamic Metamorphism, Index Minerals, Isograds
	Sep 29	Th
7	Oct 04	T	316 and 656	Focus, Epicenter, Seismograph, Displacement, P-Waves, Anticyclone, Convergence Zone, Jet Stream, Storm Surge, Troposphere
	Oct 06	Th
8	Oct 11	T		No quiz
	Oct 13	Th
9	Oct 18	T	360	Anticline, Axial Plane, Brittle Deformation, Cuesta, Ductile Deformation, Isostasy, Joint, Monocline, Slickensides, Thrust Fault
	Oct 20	Th
10	Oct 25	T	405 and 434	Angular Unconformity, Cross-Cutting Relations, Formation, Radioactive Decay, Uniformitarianism, Cambrian Explosion, Chicxulub Crater, Ediacaran Fauna, Phanerozoic, Stromatolite
	Oct 27	Th
11	Nov 01	T	469 and 488	Anthracite Coal, Lignite, Reservoir Rock, Source Rock, Tar Sand, Acid Mine Runoff, Bauxite, Placer Deposit, Tailings Piles, Open Pit Mine
	Nov 03	Th
12	Nov 08	T		No quiz
	Nov 10	Th
13	Nov 15	T	679, 680 and 558	Alluvial Fan, Deflation, Inselberg, Loess, Ventifact, Alluvium, Avulsion, Discharge, Oxbow Lake, Thalweg
	Nov 17	Th
14	Nov 22	T		No quiz
	Nov 24	Th
15	Nov 29	T	623 and 594	Aquifer, Artesian Well, Cone of Depression, Hydraulic Gradient, Potentiometric Surface, Atoll, Fjord, Guyot, Longshore Current, Rip Current
	Dec 01	Th
16	Dec 06	T	719 and 747	Ablation, Drumlin, Esker, Erratics, Roche Moutonee, Acid Rain, Global Warming, Ozone Hole, Paleoclimate, Sustainable Growth
	Dec 08	Th
17	Dec 12	M
Key Terms are found on the listed pages in the textbook Earth: Portrait of a Planet, Second Edition by Stephen Marshak, 2005, W. W. Norton  ISBN # 0-393-92502-1