GEOSC 20

Planet Earth

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Laboratory Exercises

Lab	Week 	Title	

1	Aug. 31 - Sept. 4	Minerals and the Museum Tour	

2	Sept. 8-14	Topographic Maps:  The Nittany Valley	

3	Sept. 15-21	Field Trip #1	 

4	Sept. 22-28	Field Trip #2		

5	Sept. 29 - Oct. 5	Classification of Rocks	

6	Oct. 6-12	Field Trip #3	 

7	Oct. 13-19	Paleontology

8	Oct. 20-26	Field Trip #4	

9	Oct. 27 - Nov. 2	Clastic Sedimentation	

10	Nov. 3-9	Field Trip #5	

11	Nov. 11-17	Exploration for Petroleum and Natural Gas

12	Nov. 17-23	How Natural Gas is Held in Leaky Rocks		

13	Dec. 30 - Dec. 4	Planetary Landscapes	

14	Dec. 7-11 	Lab Final
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