Earth Processes

Please check back for updates throughout the semester. 

Finding Information Related to This Class:

Class News

• Look for updated information related to the 2008 edition of ERTH 101 beginning in August.

Equipment Suppliers 

• Ben Meadows Co.

Estwing rock hammers, notebooks, compasses and GPS equipment

• ASC Scientific

Competitive prices on Brunton pocket transits, Estwing rock picks, Hastings Triplet hand lenses and other field gear. The latest in GPS and digital mapping products are also featured. 

• Forestry Suppliers

Estwing rock hammers, notebooks, compasses and GPS equipment

• Kooter's Geology Tools and Supplies

We stock the Brunton pocket transit compass, Surveymaster clinometer compass, Vaughan rock picks and rock hammers, Bausch & Lomb pocket magnifier hand lenses and vision aids, and many Brunton outdoor recreation products including portable solar power, navigation curriculum instructor's map & compass kits, and the Optimus Nova camp stove.

Lecture Outlines:

Online Lecture Outlines: Lecture Power Point presentations are available online.  These are reasonable large files that will require a broadband connection for download or viewing.  Smaller pdf copies of the "thumbnails" for Power Point presentations may be downloaded for each lecture.  The folder in which these files reside is password protected since they will include copyrighted material from your text and other sources.  If you are registered for Earth 101 this semester and do not have the login and password (provided in lecture) you may for that information.  These resources are intended only for the use of students currently registered in Erth 101 lecture.

• Dates for the three mid semester examinations are listed on the lecture syllabus.  Should it become necessary to reschedule one of these examinations, a minimum of one week's notice will be given.  Make-up exams will not be given.  If you know that you will be away for an exam, discuss this early with the instructor.

Academic dishonesty is defined as an act of academic fraud. It could be any of the following:

• cheating: the use of unauthorized material during a test, or the act of copying from another student;

• plagiarism: the unauthorized use or use without proper citation of either someone’s published work, unpublished

• material in someone else’s computer files or material derived from the Internet;

• theft: any form of unauthorized procurement of academic documents, e.g., exams, student reports;

• falsification: any form of illegal alteration of academic documents for any purpose including improper alteration

• of experimental data obtained in the laboratory;

• impersonation: the act of permitting another person to substitute for oneself at an examination;

• obstruction: interference with or sabotage of the work of any other person through vandalism or theft;

• assistance: the act of helping another to commit fraud in any of the above-mentioned ways.

The NMT policy on Academic Honesty provides for stiff penalties.  Please take the time to learn what is expected of our students in each of these areas.

Geologic Time Charts:

• Earth 101 Geologic Time Chart

• Berkeley's clickable Geologic Time scale

• University of Calgary's time scale

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