GEO 107 (Historical Geology)

GEO 107 – Historical Geology
Lecture: Wednesday 08:00-09:50 AM
Dr. Faisal Kamal Zaidi, E-mail: [e-mail]
Office: 122 2B, Phone: [phone]
Office hours: S M T Th 11:00-12:00
fac.ksu.edu.sa/fzaidi
 
Course Goals and Objectives: The course provides an overview of the essentials of earth history, uniformitarianism, the law of superposition, Unconformities, Plate tectonics
stratigraphic units, fossils and fossilization, geologic time, mass extinctions, correlation absolute time and radiometric ages, the history of the earth and evolution of the lithosphere and biosphere through geologic time.
 
Textbook: Historical Geology: Evolution of Earth and Life through Time" by Reed Wicander and James Monroe
Course Grading: Your grade in the course will be based on the following distribution of work

Exam 1	15 %	Week 6 (Tuesday)
In-class Quizzes	10 %
Home assignments	20 %
Exam 2	15%	Week 11 (Tuesday)
Final Exam	40 %

 
Course topics:

1.  Introduction to Historical Geology
2.  Geologic Time: Concepts and Principles
3.  Rock Fossils and Time
4.  Sedimentary Rocks
5.  Plate Tectonics
6.  Earths Evolution Through Time
7.  Evolution of Life on Earth and Mass Extinctions