GEOL 5 - Historical Geology (with Lab) Exam # 2 Study Guide - Spring 2009 exam date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 Professor: Dr. Alessandro Grippo, Ph.D.   General Information Last Updated  •  April 18, 2009    PLEASE NOTE: Cellular phones, iPods, Blackberries, Bluetooth, headphones, computers or, in general, ANY KIND of electronic device CAN NOT be used during the test. All electronic devices MUST BE TURNED OFF: if a cell phone rings or a device is turned while in the class during test time, you will not be allowed to finish your test and your result will be invalidated. You can not use any dictionary, translator, pocket calculator, flash card, or any source of information other than your brain. There will be no need for a ruler during this test. You will ONLY need to bring: one Scantron, Form 882-E a number 2 pencil an eraser This study guide must be interpreted (literally) as a guide to the study of the subject and not as a listing of possible questions. It is YOUR personal responsability to cover the materials listed below on the lecture textbook, on the lab textbook, on "Cradle of Life", on the web pages, and on your notes. I would strongly recommend that you peruse your notes for completeness of information: some information that has been detailed in class is only mentioned briefly on the textbooks, and you are responsible for covering that; know what the key terms and concepts are (see the list at the end of each chapter on both your textbook and your lab manual); exercise with the questions for review also found at the end of each chapter. Review the materials from your quizzes. Read the summary at the end of each chapter, try to answer review questions, try to work with others if you find it useful. Never hesitate to ask me questions in class or during the lab Jurassic ammonites from the Ammonitic Red Formation (Italian Alps) used as a decorative stone in Bologna, Italy   Study Guide: part 1 - readings from "Cradle of Life" Last Updated  •  April 18, 2009    There will be a few questions out of William Schopf's book, Cradle of Life. Refer to the familiar assignments for a review. Chapters 2 through 5 will be included in the test.   Study Guide: part 2 - LECTURE Last Updated  •  April 18, 2009    Chapter 4 - Environments and Life For this paragraph, study everything from page 94. Know the Marine Realm know the whole paragraph, including the sections on tides, upwelling, salinity and marine life know the web materials on oceanography, and in particular: surface currents deep currents the pycnocline, the halocline, the thermocline the oxygen and nutrient curves the photic zone Know Freshwater Environments Chapter 5 - Sedimentary Environments Know the introduction Know Nonmarine Environments Know Marginal Marine and Open Shelf Environments Know Deep-Sea Environments Chapter 6 - Correlation and Dating of the Rock Record This paragraph is fully integrated by the web pages on stratigraphy. Be sure to study all of them. Also, do not forget to check the illustrated stratigraphy page on the web. Know the Geologic Time Scale Know Stratigraphic Units Know Earth's Absolute Age Know Event Stratigraphy Some concepts may have been discussed in class only. Refer to your notes.   Study Guide: part 3 - LAB Last Updated  •  April 18, 2009    Chapter 4 - Ancient Sedimentary Environments This chapter reviews chapter 5 on your textbook, with the addition of Sedimentary Structures and Color, that we have seen in previous chapters. Be sure to review the illustrations on the sedimentary structures and color page on the web. Know Environments of Deposition Know Bedding and Related Features Know Color Chapter 5 - Tectonic Setting This is the most complex lab among the ones that will be on the test. Be sure to review the key to the lab on the web. Know Tectonic Settings Know the Tectonic Setting - Sedimentary Rock Connection Know Facies and Association of Beds Know Summary of Association and Settings Be prepared to answer questions on the style of those of the lab Chapter 6 - Sea-Floor Spreading and Plate Tectonics Skip this chapter. This lab will be included in the next test. There will be no questions out of this chapter on this test. Chapter 7 - Age Relations and Unconformities This lab reviews the basic concepts of relative dating and unconformities. Be sure to review the illustrated unconformities page on the web. Know Criteria for Age Relations Skip The Method of Multiple Working Hypotheses Know Unconformity Skip Episodes of Precambrian History Chapter 8 - Rock Units and Time-Rock Units This lab review the basic concepts of correlation. Be sure to review the key to the lab on the web. Know the Introduction know how to operate with the different units know what rock units, or Formations, are know what fossils are know how to correlate (in this case, but also in general, as from textbook chapter 6) Know the Standard Geologic Column Know Absolute Age Determination (stop at page 78, before "study questions" BUTbe able to work with fig 8.6 A only - upper left on page 80) Skip Formations of the Colorado Plateau Go back to the home page       Go back to the Spring 2009 page

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