GEOLOGY 150L

Dinosaurs & Earth History Laboratory

 The Earth History Lab is designed to be taken concurrently with GEOL 150, Earth History.

It is a hands-on experience wherein the students learn to identify and interpret sedimentary rocks, fossils and geologic maps.

We also learn to work some practical problems in geology.

There is a one-day field trip to examine sedimentary rocks
Pleistocene glaciers of Yosemite (from U.S. Geol. Survey).

Course Outline:

Sedimentary Rock Identification

Physical Stratigraphy

Measuring Geologic Time

Geologic Maps

Identification of Fossil Invertebrates

Identification of Fossil Vertebrates

Identification of Fossil Plants

Regional Geology of North America

Go to Program Offerings or Field Trips.

 
 Global tectonic plates (from U.S. Geol. Survey).