GEOL162-Historical Geology


The instructor for this class and proprietor of this site is Jim Durbin

Fossils like this
impression of a fly allow
questions to be answered
and new ideas to be formed
concerning the evolution
of life on our planet.

Modern (left) mud cracks tell us about the environments in which the sediments were deposited, allowing us to infer environments of deposition for similar features found in ancient sedimentary rocks (right).



This is the website for the Spring 2008 semester

Click on a button or underlined word to go to a site.

The study aid is on the SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS web page

Cool Links- go here to get a listing of links to other sites which have contents applicable to this class.

Lectures- this link contains a list of the topics we have covered in the class, each of which is a link to the images shown via the computer in class.

Exam results- go here to see your grades in the class.

Syllabus- go here to see info on classroom policies, grading criteria, course expectations, and textbook information.

Updated Links for the Lab exercises

Special Announcements-go here to get study aids and announcements concerning upcoming events in class.

Calendar- see what topics are upcoming and when exams, quizzes, and days off are scheduled.

Additional Reading: Read this now and again at the end of the semester to see what you think.