# Principles of Physical Geology 
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Syllabus
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## Topical Webpages The links below are not necessarily listed in the order they will be covered — please see the [class schedule](./schedule.html) for the current chapter and topic. -
The Earth in Context (and course introduction)
→ Chapter Reading: 1 -
The Essentials of Plate Tectonics
→ Chapter Reading: 1 (especially 1.3) -
Minerals
→ Chapter Reading: 2 -
Igneous Rocks
→ Chapter Reading: 3 - [Volcanism](./volcanism.html) → Chapter Reading: 4 - [Weathering](./) → Chapter Reading: 5 (5.1 - 5.5 only) - [Sedimentation](./sedimentation-and-stratigraphy.html) → Chapter Reading: 6 - Make sure to read the *Messianin Evaporites* handout on the webpage, and to study the material on chemical sedimentary rocks, cros beds, and turbidite flows on your own. - [Metamorphism](./metamorphism.html) → Chapter Reading: 7 - Make sure you can articulate the argument for why age of blueschist is a reasonable hypothesis for thinking about when plate tectonics began, *aw well as* the linked article on the webpage for **why this (likely) does not work**. - [Geologic Time](./geologic-time.html) → Chapter Reading: 8 - [Geologic Maps, Structures, and Deformation](./geologic-maps-structures-deformation.html) → Chapter Reading: 15 - [Earthquakes](./earthquakes.html) → Chapter Reading: 16 - [Earth's Interior Structure and Processes](./earths-interior.html) → Chapter Reading: ## - **Surface Water** → Chapter Reading: 10 - Please read CH 10 on your own and try the multiple choice questions at the end of the chapter - [Groundwater](./groundwater.html) → Chapter Reading: 11 - [From Continental Drift to Plate Tectonics - Assessment of Evidence](./pt-part-2-cd-to-pt.html) → Chapter Reading: 19 Unfortunately we've run out of time for the Energy & Mineral Resources: - [Mineral Resources and Exploration](./) → Chapter Reading: ## - [Energy Resources and Exploration](./) → Chapter Reading: ## ## (Optional) Self-guided Field Trips Optional self-guided field trip guides will be posted/linked below as they become relevant to our course material. Please read and follow all the instructions on each guide carefully. ### Field Guides 1. [Avila Beach](https://cpslo-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/jjasbins_calpoly_edu/Ebk-Ru3CD65Ik4xdN3J8rZ8BFul1cssJj1HeGGhmvWSTgw?e=hkE9cs) 2. [Montana de Oro](https://cpslo-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/personal/jjasbins_calpoly_edu/EZS2LlmkLoFLrFXRW6-sNXUBciNgwZghpQTe-oB6YXB8xA?e=6EzrJ6) ## Poly Canyon Walk *If we have time, we will meet for a short walk in Poly Canyon instead of one of our regular class meeting.* Stay tuned 🙃 ## Bumper Music Like the pre-class bumper music? Here it is. They might play in the browser, otherwise you can right-click to download the mp3 files. -
Step In
by Cedric Burnside -
Whipping Boy
by Ben Harper -
Panama
by Bunk Johnson and the New Orleans Revival -
Thumbelina
by The Pretenders -
Afrique Kan'E
by Will Calhoun -
Cancion De Cuna
by Leo Brouwer -
Oriental Shuffle
performed by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli -
The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
performed by Firehouse Five Plus 2 -
Blues Newburg
by Danny Gatton -
Nocturne
by Julian Lage -
No 1 Green Street
by Grant Green -
Could This Be Magic
by Van Halen -
Dirty Girl
by Jimmie Vaughn -
Tenderly
by Eddie Heywood -
Sleepy Lagoon
by the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra ##
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