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Online Laboratory Manual |
Georgia Perimeter College
Copyright © 2010 Pamela J. W. Gore
The 2010 edition of the Historical Geology Online Laboratory Manual is now available for Fall Semester 2009. The new version is in FULL COLOR and spiral bound, for the first time, due to popular request. The Historical Geology Online Laboratory Manual is available for purchase through the Georgia Perimeter College Bookstore website http://www.gpc.bkstr.com or call 678-891-3355 and ask for Chris or Sheila. Payment by credit card only.
Colleges and universities or other schools may preview the lab manual, and obtain copies of individual labs for use by emailing Pamela.Gore@gpc.edu.
The Historical Geology Online Laboratory Manual has been used in whole or in part at the following colleges and universities:
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, Asheville, NC
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
College of Coastal Georgia (formerly Coastal Georgia Community College), Brunswick, GACollege of Charleston, Charleston, SC
College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California
Douglas College, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Front Range Community College, Larimer, Fort Collins, CO
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
Georgia Perimeter College (Clarkston, Decatur, Dunwoody, and Newton Campuses, Alpharetta Center and Online)
Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA
Intute Consortium, United Kingdom:● University of Birmingham
● University of Bristol
● Heriot-Watt University
● The University of Manchester
● Manchester Metropolitan University
● University of Nottingham
● University of OxfordLakeland Community College, Kirtland, OH
Nicolet Area Technical College, Rhinelander, WI
Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville, TennesseeRed Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO
Regent University, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sierra College, Rocklin, CA
Syracuse University, Syracuse, NYTarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas
Temple University, Philadelphia, PAUniversity of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana
Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC
This laboratory manual for Historical Geology was developed by Pamela Gore in 1982, and revised and updated in
1989, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009 and newly revised for Fall
semester 2009, the 2010 edition. The Sand Sieve Analysis Lab and the Biostratigraphy Lab have been contributed by
Dr. John Anderson of the Decatur Campus of Georgia Perimeter College.
Click here to order a copy of the Historical Geology Online Laboratory Manual.
2010 PDF files
Lab 1 Relative Dating ............................................................... 1-11
Exercises
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12-18
Lab 2 Rocks and Minerals
......................................................... 19-40
Exercises
41-45
Lab 3 Weathering of Rocks and Formation of Sediment
............. 47-80
Exercises
......................................................................
61-79
Lab 4 Sedimentary Rocks
..................................................... 81-100
Exercises..................................................................... 101-107
Lab 5 Sedimentary Structures
............................................... 109-130
Exercises
Lab 6 Depositional Sedimentary Environments ........................ 131-152
Exercises
Lab 7 Stratigraphy and
Lithologic Correlation ......................... 153-182
Exercises
Lab 8 Fossils on the Internet
................................................. 183-192
Lab 9 Microfossils and Classification of
Organisms................... 193-212
Exercises
Lab 10 Invertebrate Macrofossils ........................................... 213-246
Exercises
Lab 11 Fossil Preservation and Trace Fossils ........................... 247-268
Exercises
Lab 12
Biostratigraphy ......................................................... 269-278
Example Range Chart ...........................................................
274
Blank Range Charts .........................................................
275-278
Download Excel Time chart for Biostratigraphy Lab
(Use Internet Explorer to open the Excel file.)
Lab 13 The Evolution of the Vertebrates ..................................
279-299
From Previous Editions
Lab 14 Evolution
Assignment
Lab 15 Sand Sieve Analysis
Lab 16 Interpreting Geologic History from Maps: The Grand Canyon Geologic Map
Previous Version (2007)
Cover Page 2007
To obtain hard copies of this lab manual for use at Colleges and Universities, or elsewhere, please contact:
Pamela J. W. Gore, Pamela.Gore@gpc.edu,
or see Ordering Instructions page.