Donald J. DePaolo
Instructor

475 McCone Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-4767

Office hours Mondays 2-4 pm
or by appointment

T • (01) 510/643-5064
F • (01) 510/642-9520
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Jim Watkins
Teaching Assistant

455 McCone Hall
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-4767

Office hours Wednesdays 3-4 pm
or any time Monday or Friday by appointment

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EPS 102: The History of the Earth

Meeting times: Tu, Th 11-12:30 265 McCone Hall
Discussions: Tu 1-2, W 11-12 265 McCone Hall
Final Exam: 109 Morgan Hall - Wed, May 17, 8-11 a.m.

Course Textbooks

• Condie, K.C., Earth as an Evolving Planetary System, Elsevier Pub (2005)
• White, W.M., Geochemistry (online text)

Course Material

• Syllabus
• Discussion Notes
• Lectures
• Homework
• Exams
• FINAL GRADES

Linked Resources

• Geologic Time Scale
• Big Bang Nucleosynthesis
• Origin of the solar system
• Origin of the moon
• Meteorites
• Images of the moon
• Global paleogeographic maps, 600 Ma to present
• Paleogeographic maps and globes
• Paleogeography of the southwestern U.S.
• Impacts and mass extinctions

Library Reservations (pending)