Geology course modules taught by Mike Horne FGS for the University of Hull.

Introduction

• The geological sciences
• Geology 101

Rocks and Minerals.

• The Rock Cycle
• Mineralogy principles
• Crystallography
• Physical properties of minerals
• Rock forming minerals in hand specimens
• Optical properties of minerals
• Rock forming minerals in thin section
• Rock textures
• Rock textures in thin section
• Igneous Rocks
• Igneous structures
• Sedimentary Rocks
• Sedimentary structures
• Metamorphic Rocks

Fossils

• Fossilisation
• Naming fossils
• Evolution
• Palaeoecology
• Fossils – molluscs
• Fossils – others
• Trace fossils
• Microfossil preparation
• Foraminifera
• Ostracoda
• Other microfossils and nanofossils
• Palaeoecology of microfossils
• Biostratigraphy
• Microfossil course samples
• The K-T boundary extinctions
• The Burgess Shale
• Dinosaur footprints

Dynamic Earth &c.

• Structure of the earth
• Plate tectonics
• Geological time
• Stratigraphy
• Structural geology
• Economic geology
• Geological maps
• Making a geological map
• Palaeogeography
• The Ice Ages
• Global warming
• Geoforensics
• Geoforensics – practical work
• Geoforensics – case studies

Local geology & fieldwork

• East Yorkshire geology 101
• Fieldwork safety
• Geological fieldwork techniques
• East Yorkshire rocks and Stratigraphy
• East Yorkshire fossils
• East Yorkshire palaeoecology
• East Yorkshire palaeogeography
• East Yorkshire during the Ice Ages
• "Did the earth move for you?" – local earthquakes and floods
• Caring for your geological collection
• Geology in the city
• Ideas for further studies
• Local geological heroes

Study skills for scientists

• Research project planning
• Writing a scientific report
• Revision and exams

copyright Mike Horne - October 2016

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