Last update: April 15, 2008
Welcome to the home page for New Mexico Tech's
Stratigraphy and Paleontology course. This page is intended as a resource for students enrolled in or
considering enrollment in the lecture and associated labs.
Please check back for updates throughout the semester.
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Time Charts|Evolution vs. Creation|Staff|Texts|
Class Resources - If you have problems, please email the instructor describing the problems encountered.
Exams
Term Paper
Erth 337 Time
Chart - this is the time chart that will be one of the questions on each
exam this semester.
Berkeley's clickable Geologic Time scale
University of Calgary's time scale
Usshering
in the Millennium - a humorous adaptation of Bishop Ussher's age for Earth
The Creationist pages (below) are provided as
examples of the groups, and nonscientific approaches taken by those who would deny
evolution. Some may find the logical lapses and misappropriation of data
humorous, others may be maddened. In either case, you should be aware of the
approaches taken by creationists and creation "scientists." As you examine these
pages, consider the "data" that these creationists bring to the fray. There are none.
They challenge the data of others, yet produce nothing other than misappropriation and "reinterpretation" of data that supports their preordained conclusions.
Is it theory? Science? No!
The Institute for Creation Research - A "graduate level institute" which purports to offer graduate degrees in geology, geophysics, biology, science education, etc., all using "science" that is consistent with the biblical account of creation.
Creation Science Homepage - "... he holds a Master's degree, ... in SCIENCE!" The "scientific" arguments presented on these pages are shop worn from repetition and refutation, yet they are all there is to the "challenge" to evolution.
Lecturer:
Dr. David B. Johnson
Office: Fitch
204
Phone: 835-5771; 835-5481
email address:
Office Hours: MW 11:00 am to 12:00, T 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm, and by appointment
Teaching Assistant:
TBA
Office: TBA
Phone: TBA
email address: TBA
Office Hours: TBA
Lecture
Boggs, S. Jr., 2006, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy. 4th edition, Prentice Hall, 688 p. [ISBN 10:0131547283 -(Hardback) or ISBN 13: 9780131547285 (paperback)]
Prothero, D. R., 2004, Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology. 2nd edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 512 p. (ISBN 0073661708)
Lab
Hand outs