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Geologic Time

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Important Notes

The reading assignments are in the required textbooks listed at the bottom of this document.
The completed laboratory activities assigned below must be submitted via the Canvas learning management system (LMS) before 11:59 PM Central Time on the day after the day on which your laboratory section is scheduled to meet (e.g., due before Wednesday night at 11:59 PM for a lab scheduled on Tuesday). Instructions for submitting your lab work are provided HERE.
The end-of-lab quiz must be completed via the Canvas LMS before 11:59 PM Central Time on the day after the day on which your laboratory section is scheduled to meet.

Lab Section	Scheduled Meeting	Grad TA	GTA Email
A	Tuesday starting at 12:30 PM CT	Zhao (Amanda) Wang	Zhao_Wang1(at)baylor.edu
B	Tuesday starting at 2:40 PM CT	Zhao (Amanda) Wang	Zhao_Wang1(at)baylor.edu
C	Tuesday starting at 4:40 PM CT	Sarah Kogler	Sarah_Kogler1(at)baylor.edu
D	Wednesday starting at 12:20 PM CT	Zequn Wu	Zequn_Wu1(at)baylor.edu
E	Wednesday starting at 2:30 PM CT	Zequn Wu	Zequn_Wu1(at)baylor.edu
F	Wednesday starting at 4:40 PM CT	Sarah Kogler	Sarah_Kogler1(at)baylor.edu
G	Thursday starting at 12:30 PM CT	Roy Bassoo	Roy_Bassoo1(at)baylor.edu
J	Thursday starting at 2:40 PM CT	Roy Bassoo	Roy_Bassoo1(at)baylor.edu

Lab Assignment

View the pre-lab video Dating of Rocks, Fossils, and Geologic Events at https://goo.gl/k3LPxG
View the pronunciation guide for names and geoscience terms used in the Geologic Time Lab (chapter 8) of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual: https://youtu.be/wvow1UcYrmQ
Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 8, the cover page and the following sections: Introduction; The Geologic Record; Principles for Determining Relative Age; and Contact Relationships, Pages 207-213.
Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, Activity 8.2 Determining Sequence of Events in Geologic Cross Sections, pages 223-224. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Geologic Time assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 8, section The Geologic Time Scale, Pages 212-217.
Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, Activity 8.3 Using Fossils to Date Rocks and Events, page 225. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Geologic Time assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.
Read: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 8, Determining Numerical Ages by Radiometric Dating, p. 216-220
Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 8, Activity 8.4, Numerical Dating of Rocks and Fossils, p. 226. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Geologic Time assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.

Do: AGI/NAGT Lab Manual, chapter 8, Activity 8.5, Infer Geologic History from a New Mexico Outcrop, p. 227-228. If you get stuck, contact your Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) or Dr. Cronin and they'll try to help you get unstuck. Submit a PDF of your completed activity sheet to the Geologic Time assignment in Canvas — submission instructions HERE.

Summary of Assigned Lab Activities for This Week: Activities 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, and 8.5

Required Textbooks And Online Resources

	AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, 12th edition (paper copy) Print Lab Manual ISBN: 9780135836972
	Modified Mastering Geology with eText for Tarbuck et al., Earth 13th edition* This version of Mastering Geology is used *within the Canvas LMS. ————— Earth: An Introduction to Physical Geology, 13th Edition, 2020, by E.J. Tarbuck, F.K. Lutgens, and S. Linneman, with illustrations by D.G. Tasa: New York, Pearson Higher Education, 754 p.

How To Contact the Geo 1405 Lab Coordinator, Dr. Cronin

email: Vince_Cronin@baylor.edu

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