Julie Barclay Office: Bowers 343 Phone: Ext. 2922 e-mail: julie.barclay@cortland.edu Office Hours: Tues 10:30-11, Thurs 1-3,  Fri 9-10, or by appointment

This course will cover the basic concepts and principles of geology, meteorology, and oceanography, while emphasizing the scientific method. It will provide an understanding of the world we live in and the natural processes acting on it, as well as examine the interaction between humans and the environment.

• Lecture Syllabus
• Lab Syllabus

• Lecture Information
• Homework Assignments
• Due Friday 8/29/08.  Please e-mail one example of a scientific theory that has been changed over time after new information was collected.  Please also include a reference.  It can be any scientific theory and does not have to specifically pertain to Earth Science.
  

• Lab Information
• Labs WILL on the first day of classes (8/25/08).  You MUST have a lab manual for the first lab.
• Lab equipment needed:
• Lab Manual
• Lab Kit
• Pencil (All lab exercises are to be completed in pencil.)
• Simple Calculator
  

• Class Links:
• Plate Tectonics
• Discovery News Article - Plate Tectonics: Earth's Lucky Geology
• Earthquakes
• Virtual Earthquake
• Asian Tsunami 2004 Videos
• United States Geological Survey (USGS) Earthquake Center
• Are you earthquake savy?  How would you respond to a quake?  Test your knowledge here.
  
• Volcanoes
• Mt. St. Helens VolcanoCam
• Mineralogy Sites
• Crystal Cave, Mexico
• Mineralogy Database
• Go to the alphabetical listing to look up minerals by name.  Includes useful decriptions and images.
• Mineral Gallery
• More useful descriptions and images listed by mineral name.
• Mineralogy Examples
• Not as complete as the other sites, but some very good images.
• Rock Sites
• Mineralogical Society of America
• Good study tips and images, however does not have all the rocks we looked at in lab.
• Wikipedia
• More info on rocks and some good images.
  
• Igneous Rocks
• Streams
• NYS Department of Health Game Fish Health Advisories
• USGS Real Time Stream Data for NYS
• Caves
• Virtual Cave
• Energy
• Energy Information Administration

M.A. Geology (1997), University at Buffalo

B.S. Geology, Environmental Science Minor (1995), Lafayette College
 

(*Note: Some publications listed under my former name, Julie L. Gloss.)

Germanoski, D. and Barclay, J., 2000.  Debris flow fans and rock-cut, fan-shaped landforms in the Ridge and Valley Providence, east-central Pennsylvania. Southeastern Geology, v. 39, no.  3 & 4, p. 315-327.

Barclay, D.J., Gloss, J. L.*, Calkin, P.E., and Wiles, G.C., 1998. Late Holocene advance and retreat of tidewater glaciers in Yakutat Bay and Icy Bay, Gulf of Alaska in Proceedings of the Workshop on Tidewater Glaciers, Feb 28-March2, 1997, Columbus, OH.

Gloss, J.L.*, Barclay, D.J., Calkin, P.E., and Frank, D.C., 1997. Tree-ring based glacial chronology of Icy Bay, Gulf of Alaska, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with programs, v.29.

Barclay, D.J., Calkin, P.E., King, G.S., Gloss, J.L.*, Wiles, G.C., and Jacoby, G.C., 1996. Ice-dammed lakes of Russell Fiord and Icy Bay, southern Alaska, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v.28, n.3, p.A-37.

Gloss, J.*, and Germanoski, D. 1995. Differentiation of alluvial fans and fan-shaped pediments in the central Appalachians, Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Progams, v.27, n.6, p.A-47.
 
 

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