GEOS 112: Introduction to Geology - Some Homework Assignments

Fall 2010 Homework Data

• The Flattening of Planets (paper copy due Thu 9/16 in class)
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• Rock of the Week (paper copy due Thu 10/14 in class)
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• Rock of the Week (paper copy due Thu 11/11 in class)
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• Flood Severity (paper copy due Thu 11/18 in class)
  use insurance data to decide whether floods have become more severe over the past 35 years.
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• Relative Age Relationship Exercise (paper copies due Thu 11/18 in class)
  reconstruct the sequence of geologic events that is recorded in the two cross sections
  Kirra East headland  (jpeg files)
  Rockville
   
• Absolute Age Relationships (paper copies due 11/30 in class)
  follow this link for the assignment
   
• Estimating the rate of plate movement from the Hawaii hotspot data (due 10/7 - in class)
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  Hotspot data (excel file)
   
• Mapping Glacial Striations (due in class Tue 12/08)
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Be a Field Geologist:

• Grand Falls, AZ - geomorphology
• Tlaxcala, Mexico - age of paleosols