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Earth SC-202 Physical Geology
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Instructor
• Prof. Steven Dutch
• Office: LS 402
• Phone: 465-2246
• Email: [email protected]
• Home Page: www.uwgb.edu/dutchs
• Office Hours MWF 10:30-11:30, TR 9:30-10:50
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Rocks
Igneous
Sedimentary
Metamorphic
Volcanoes
Intrusions
Weathering
Soils Erosion
Water
Underground Surface
Oceans
Wind
Glaciers
Fossils
Earth History
Earth’s Interior
Earthquakes
Mountains
Plate Tectonics
Other Planets
Mineral Resources
What is Physical Geology?
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Syllabus
• Introduction to the course
• Minerals
• Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
• Weathering and Erosion
• Evolution of Landscapes
• Sedimentary Rocks
• Evolution, Fossils, Geologic Time
• Glaciers
• Wind and Wave Erosion
• Metamorphism and
Deformation
• Earthquakes and Earth's
Interior
• Continental Drift and Plate
Tectonics
• Resources from the Earth
• Geology of other Worlds
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Exams and Grading
Midterm I 50 points
Midterm II 50 points
Lab 100 points
Final 80 points
Field Trip 20 points
Attendance 10 points
Total 300 points
A 270+
AB 255-269
B 240-254
BC 225-239
C 210-224
CD 205-210
D 200-204
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Field Trip
• Dates
• Mandatory – Absence Excuse Required
• 8:00 LS Parking Lot, Return 4:15
• Casual Clothing – No strenuous hiking
• Bring a lunch and fluids
• Rest stops provided
• Put on your calendar! No excuses!
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Lab
• Instructor:
Jennifer Wessel
• Enroll in one
section
• 100 points total
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Expectations
• Commitment
– Focus in class
• Professional Conduct
– No talking, texting
– Stay whole period
– Stay vertical and awake
• Use Syllabus
• Know your ID number or bring ID to exams
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Sample exam question
• Which is the most desirable property in a
gemstone?
a. High hardness
b. Low hardness
c. Excellent cleavage
d. Density
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Signs of Trouble
• Not making connections
– Lecture, lab, text, on-line, exams
• Not knowing your grade
• Not knowing what to study for
• Not knowing what’s on syllabus
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Geology and Other Sciences Physics
•Geophysics
•Seismology
Chemistry
•Mineralogy
•Petrology
•Geochemistry
Biology
•Paleontology
•Paleo????ology
Astronomy
•Planetary Geology
•Helioseismology
Geology
•Economic Geology
•Hydrology
•Engineering
Geology
•Historical Geology
•Geomorphology
•Oceanography
•Structural Geology
•Volcanology
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Who Geoscientists Are:
• About 30,000 in the U.S.
• Globally, in rich and poor countries, about one
per $50 million GNP.
• Mostly male but changing rapidly (now about
25% female in U.S.)
• Still less than 10% minority in U.S. (moving up
slowly)
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Where Geologists Work
• 40 % Private Sector
• 30 % Academic
• 30 % Government
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What Geologists Do:
• Locate Geologic Resources
• Geologic Hazard Mitigation
– Geological and Mining Engineering
– Site Study
– Land-Use Planning
• Environmental Protection
– Environmental Impact
– Ground Water and Waste Management
• Basic Research (Furnishes fundamental knowledge for the applications)
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Some Unique Aspects of Geology
Importance of Relationships
• Sequential
• Spatial
Importance of Time
Distinctive Problems of Evidence
• Slow Rates
• Rare Events
• Destruction of Evidence
• Inaccessibility
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Some Geologic Rates
Cutting of Grand Canyon
• 2 km/3 m.y. = 1 cm/15 yr
Uplift of Alps
• 5 km/10 m.y. = 1 cm/20 yr.
Opening of Atlantic
• 5000 km/180 m.y. = 2.8 cm/yr.
Uplift of White Mtns. (N.H.) Granites
• 8 km/150 m.y. = 1 cm/190 yr.
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Some Geologic Rates
Movement of San Andreas Fault
• 5 cm/yr = 7 m/140 yr.
Growth of Mt. St. Helens
• 3 km/30,000 yr = 10 cm/yr.
Deposition of Niagara Dolomite
• 100 m/ 1 m.y.? = 1 cm/100 yr.
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1 Second = 1 Year
• 35 minutes to birth of Christ
• 1 hour+ to pyramids
• 3 hours to retreat of glaciers from Wisconsin
• 12 days = 1 million years
• 2 years to extinction of dinosaurs
• 14 years to age of Niagara Escarpment
• 31 years = 1 billion years
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Some Unique Aspects of Geology
(Continued)
Reliance on Inference and Deduction
Intrinsically "Unsolvable" Problems
• Ancient Landscapes
• Mass Extinctions
• Ancient Ocean Basins
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Scientific Principles in Geology
• Parsimony (K.I.S.S.)
• Superposition
• Uniformitarianism
Using these, plus observation, we establish facts
about Earth Processes
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Parsimony
• The simplest explanation that fits all the data
is preferred
• Doesn’t guarantee that things must be simple!
• Theories with lots of ad hoc or unsupported
ideas are probably wrong.
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Parsimony: What is the best interpretation
of this well data?
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Parsimony
• This?
• Or This?
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Parsimony
• Rock layers
throughout NE
Wisconsin are
nearly flat and
little disturbed
• Glacial deposits
are always on top
of bedrock
• Therefore this is
the most likely
interpretation
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One Implication of Parsimony How do we know the laws of nature are the same
everywhere?
• Out to the farthest stars, everything seems to obey the same laws of nature
• We find nothing in the rocks to suggest the laws of nature were different in the past
Either:
• The laws of nature change but just happen to produce effects that look like the presently-known laws of nature – or –
• The laws of nature really are the same everywhere
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Another Implication of Parsimony
• We live in a universe of patterns
• If someone claims there is an
exception to a known pattern, the
simplest explanation is that he/she is
wrong
• Therefore the burden of proof in
science is on the challenger
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Superposition
Whodunit?
• Last night, one of Green Bay’s premier beer
can collections was stolen
• The only clue is footprints in the snow
• The thief was the last person to leave the
premises
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The Suspects
• The Nephew Has a seeing-eye dog
• The Maid Drives a car
• The Cook Rides a motorcycle
• The Handyman Rides a bike
• The Butler Walks to work
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The Crime Scene
• The Nephew has a seeing-eye dog
• The Maid Drives a car
• The Cook Rides a motorcycle
• The Handyman Rides a bike
• The Butler Walks to work
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Contacts
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A Contact:
Mindoro Cut,
Wisconsin
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Uniformitarianism
Continuity of Cause and Effect
• Apply Cause and Effect to Future - Prediction
• Apply Cause and Effect to Present -
Technology
• Apply Cause and Effect to Past -
Uniformitarianism
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Uniformitarianism does not mean:
• Catastrophes never occur
• Physical Conditions on Earth never Change
• Earth has always been the same
• Physical processes always occur at the
same rate or intensity
• Laws of Physics have always been the same
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Uniformitarianism does mean:
Using our knowledge of physical laws, we can test:
• Whether catastrophes have occurred
• Whether physical conditions on earth have changed,
and if so, how (ice ages, warm periods, high or low
sea level, etc.)
• Whether physical laws themselves have changed in
time, or elsewhere in the universe.