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Time:                                    Lecture - TR - 4:20 to 5:50 p.m.; Lab - F - 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Room:                                  LBV Science Center, Rm 108

Instructor:                           Dr. Marvin E. Bennett III

Semester:                           Fall 2019

Office/Phone/E-mail:      LVB 116 -  326-2418  - mbennett@tamiu.edu

Office Hours:                       MWRF 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

 

download the full lecture and lab syllabus

 

• Test 1 - Tues Oct 8 - download the review sheet

• Test 2 - Tues Nov 5 - download the review sheet

• Final - Thurs Dec 5 @ 4:20 p.m. - download the review sheet

 

 

lab schedule
DATE LAB TITLE LINK
Fri 8-30 1. Rock-Forming Minerals LAB01
Fri 9-6 2. Rock Identification LAB02
Fri 9-13 3. Geologic Time (Lab Key) LAB03
Fri 9-20 4. Sedimentary Environments (Lab Key) LAB04
Fri 9-27 5. Fossilization (Lab Key) LAB05
Fri 10-4 Review for Lab Midterm ------
Fri 10-11 LAB MIDTERM ------
Fri 10-18 6. The Cambrian Explosion (Lab Key) LAB06
Fri 10-25 7. Paleozoic Index Fossils (Lab Key) LAB07
Fri 11-1 8. Mesozoic Index Fossils (Lab Key) LAB08
Fri 11-8 9. Cenozoic Index Fossils (Lab Key) LAB09
Fri 11-15 Review for Lab Final ------
Fri 11-24 LAB FINAL ------

Extra Materials and Slide Shows

 

• PreHadean Time - The Origin of the Universe

 • Hadean And Archean Eons

• Sedimentary Environments

 • Proterozoic Physical History

 • Proterozoic Life

 • Paleozoic Life

• Paleozoic Physical History

• Plate Tectonic Exercise (for Oct. 22 lecture)

• Mesozoic Life

 • Mesozoic Physical History

 • Cenozoic Life - Part 1

 • Cenozoic Life - Part 2

 • Cenozoic Physical History - Part 1

 • Cenozoic Physical History - Part 2

 • Primate - Human Evolution