lectures & readings

Week-by-Week : 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | finals week Week 1 March 30 : Introduction to Pacific Northwest Geology : April 1 : The Northwest in North America : Key Points April 3 : The “Early” Northwest : Key Points Week 2 April 4 : The “Early” Northwest (The Belt Rocks) : Key Points April 6 : The “Early” Northwest (The Belt Rocks): Key Points April 8 : The “Early” Northwest : (Windermere Rocks) : Key Points Week 3 April 11 : Chief Mountain and Mid-Mesozoic Tectonics : Key Points April 13 : Accreted Terranes : Key Points April 15 : Accreted Terranes : Key Points Week 4 April 18 : The Intermontane Terranes : Key Points April 20 : The Methow Valley and Wrangellia : Key Points April 22 : Wrangellia and the North Cascades : Key Points Week 5 April 25 : North Cascades : Key Points EXAM REVIEW – Tuesday April 26, 6:30-8pm, 389 Mary Gates Hall April 27 : First Mid-Quarter Exam April 29 : North Cascades : Key Points Week 6 May 2 : San Juan Islands : Key Points May 4 : Class cancelled May 6 : Class cancelled Week 7 May 9 : San Juan Islands : Key Points May 11 : The 3-Plate Pacific: Key Points May 13 : The Chuckanut Sandstone and the Straight Creek Fault : Key Points Week 8 May 16 : The Olympics and the Challis Arc : Key Points EXAM REVIEW – Tuesday May 17, 6:30-8:00pm, 389 Mary Gates Hall May 18 : Second Mid-Quarter Exam May 20 : The West Cascades : Key Points Week 9 May 23 : Columbia River Basalts : Key Points May 25 : Columbia River Basalts : Key Points May 27 : The Glacial History of the Northwest : Key Points Week 10 May 30 : MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY – NO CLASS June 1 : The Glacial History of the Northwest : Key Points EXAM REVIEW – Thursday June 2, 6:30-8:00pm, 389 Mary Gates Hall June 3 : Third Mid-Quarter Exam NO FINAL EXAM