Earth History and Paleontology

Last update: November 12, 2009

Please check back for updates throughout the semester. 

Class News

• The Final Exam is scheduled for Thursday, December 17.  I am prepared to consider alternate times for the final.  

Class Resources - If you have problems, please email the instructor describing the problems encountered.

• Lecture Resources
• Sample Examinations
• Lab Exercises

Exams

• The Final Exam is scheduled for Thursday, December 17. 
• Make-up exams will not be given. 
• Please note that the time chart needed for the exam is available online 

2009 Lab Syllabus

Term Paper

Geologic Time Charts:

• Erth 385 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

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• 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.




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• Lecturer:

  • Dr. David B. Johnson
    Office: Fitch 204 
    Phone: 835-5771; 835-5481
    email address:
    Office Hours: MW 11:00 am to 12:00, Th 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm, and by appointment

• Teaching Assistant:

  • Shari Houston
    Office: MSEC 186
    Phone: -6913
    email address:
    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.  2^nd edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 512 p. (ISBN 0073661708)  

   

• Lab

  • Hand outs

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