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Swiss Alps - Course Syllabus

Summer 1999

Geology 171 The Swiss and Italian Alps Th 4-5 pm

Spring 1999 Das Tektonisches Wundergebeit Chamberlin 126

Cameron Davidson (davidson@beloit.edu), x2268

Date

Topic

Name

1

1/21

Introduction

Cam Davidson

2

1/28

Tectonic Overview

Cam Davidson

3

2/4

Tectonic Overview

Cam Davidson

4

2/11

History of Switzerland

5

2/18

No Class- JPL workshop

6

2/25

No Class- Keck project workshop

7

3/4

Helvetic Nappes

Glarus Thrust

8

3/11

BREAK

9

3/18

Austroalpine Nappes

The Engadine Valley - what to see and do.

10

3/25

The Periadriatic fault system

Penninic Nappes- overview

11

4/1

Pennine Metamorphism and the Bergell Pluton.

Monte Rosa, Ivrea, and Siesia Zones

12

4/8

Jura Mountains

Where to go when you are done.

13

4/15

No Class- Student symposium

14

4/22

No Class- Keck Symposium

15

4/29

Get Organized!

 

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