GLY 481/581, Western Cordillera - spring 2005
 

Week	Monday	Wednesday	Friday
Jan 17	Holiday	Introduction to the western Cordillera	Tectonic elements
Jan 24	Paleozoic passive margin	Antler Orogeny	Antler Orogeny
Jan 31	Arc magmatism	Sonoma Orogeny	South American Paleozoic History (Lougen, Agle, Shaffer)
Feb. 7	Granitoids	Nevada Orogeny	South American Mesozoic Orogenies (Sturtevant, Stroup, McGuire)
Feb. 14	Overview of sedimentation and depositional environments Dr. Gerald Smith	Overview of sedimentation and depositional environments Dr. Gerald Smith	Overview of sedimentation and depositional environments Dr. Gerald Smith
Feb. 21	Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous	Late Jurassic to Late Cretaceous	South American  Mesozoic Batholiths (Craig, Somerville, Williams)
Feb. 28	Laramide tectonics	Laramide magmatism	Laramide sedimentation
Mar 7	Deep Crustal Processes	Early Cenozoic magmatism I	South American Cenozoic Magmatism and Mineral Deposits (Ahmed, Black, Zambito)
Mar 14	spring break, no class	spring break, no class	spring break, no class
Mar 21	Early Cenozoic magmatism II	Early Cenozoic Sedimentation & Tectonics Exam I Preparation Sheet	South American  Cenozoic Volcanism (Stroup, Somerville, Agle, )
Mar 28	Cordilleran Non-marine Sedimentation Dr. Gerald Smith	Cordilleran Non-marine Sedimentation Dr. Gerald Smith	Exam I
Apr 4	Shallow Crustal Processes	Core Complexes.	South American  Plate Relationships (McGuire, Williams, Craig)
Apr 11	Cenozoic Plate Relationships I Caribbean Plate Relations	Baja California Separation Aleutian Arc Development	Mexican Cordillera (Shaffer, Black, Lougen)
Apr 18	Evolution of Basin and Range	Late Tertiary Volcanism I Final Take-Home Exam Distributed	South American  Cenozoic Non-marine Sedimentation (Sturtevant, Zambito, Ahmed)
Apr 25	Late Tertiary Volcanism II Volcanic Model?	Class Execise I Paleozoic & Mesozoic Cross Sections	Class Exercise II Laramide and Cenozoic Cross Sections
May 2	Take-home exam due in class