a.k.a.
Historical
Geology

Part Two - The Tectonic Evolution of the Earth - Archaean, Proterozoic, Phaneorzoic
Lynn S. Fichter - Fichtels@jmu.edu
James Madison University; 233 Miller Hall - phone 8-6531
2005 Study Guide #3

In looking over this study guide it looks like I have changed a lot this semester. What ever looks unfamiliar, it probably is because of changes. Stick close to your notes when studying. I will go through my notebook when making up the test refreshing my memory on what we talked about.

Sample Test #3
And below accumpanying illustrations


>A Selection of Cross Sections
>Plate Boundaries and Relationships Defined by Plate Tectonic Theory
>A Wilson Cycle
>Archaean Outcrop Maps

The third test is the final exam and it is not comprehensive. Work from study guide #3, your notes, and the Lecture Notebook. However, be sure you have mastered the Wilson Cycle (you must know it cold), and the Archaean, Proterozoic, and Phanerozoic geology we studied.

Key to Sample Test #3 - not available at this time
Power Point Presentations
   If you have trouble with any of these let me know; a few are large.

Tectonic Evolution of the Earth - a review of plate teconic theory and the igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic principles needed to understand it.

Wilson Cycle

I have not begun to convert the tectonic history portion of the course into Power Point presentations. The few I did in class to illustrate specific processes I cobbled together from other sources where the subject matter overlaps.

Growth of the Earth's Continents during the Archaean and Proterozoic based on the United Plates of North America Map

Cenozoic Evolution of North America

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