Course Materials for GE129:
Numerous volcanic cones dot the surface of Bartolome Island in the Galapagos. The background image is of a natural sea arch in the basalt (lava) flows on Santiago Island, also in the Galapagos.
Geology of Islands Autumn, 2010

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Course syllabus (as a pdf file) Geography Homework Assignment (as a pdf file) Island Project Handout (as a pdf file) First day's lecture materials Plate Tectonics I Plate Tectonics II Islands Produced by Tectonic Rifting Islands Produced by Spreading Centers & Mantle Plumes The Galapagos Islands, Part 1 The Galapagos Islands, Part 2 Volcanism in Island Arc Systems Deltas, Mudlumps and Salt Domes: Sedimentary Islands I Coastal Barrier Islands: Sedimentary Islands II Tropical Carbonate Islands Glacially Formed Islands

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