Dr. Barry Voight's Home Page

GEOSC 71: Physical Geology for Engineers


Instructor: Dr. Barry Voight

334A Deike Building
Department of Geosciences
Penn State University
University Park PA 16802 USA
814-865-9993
814-863-7823 FAX
voight@ems.psu.edu
Office hours: make appointment in class or by email

Teaching Assistant: Tom Olszewski

313 Deike Bldg
863-3965
tomo@geosc.psu.edu

Texts:

Class: Geology-An Introduction to Physical Geology by S. Chernicoff, Worth Pub., NY, 593 pp
Laboratory: Investigating the Earth: A Geology Laboratory Text by C. Fletcher and G. Wiswall,Wm Brown Pub

Class Meetings:

Lectures: MWF, 2:30 - 3:20 -- Walker 109
Lab:
Section 1: T 3:35 - 5:30 -- Deike 006
Section 2: W 10:10 - 12:05 -- Deike 004
Section 3: Th 10:10 - 12:05 -- Deike 006

Grading:

Midterm:
Final:
Labs:
Homework:

Syllabus


Resources Available:
... About Prof. Voight (a short bio)
... Lecture Notes (Week by week)
... Rock Defects define the Rockmass
... Geological Brush with Greatness
...Eruption on Montserrat
...Mayon Volcano
...Volcano Image Collection
mailE-Mail Prof. Voight


COURSE RESOURCES

Documentation

UFL Matlab Primer (Postscript)
HP-UX Tutorial

Usenet news groups

sci.geo.geology
sci.geo.earthquakes
comp.soft-sys.matlab

WWW sites

Geology Organizations

Just for Kids
Geological Society of America (GSA)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
NOAA National Geophysical Data Center
Geological Survey of Canada

Computer Resources

Computer Oriented Geological Society (COGS)
Matlab page
Mathworks home page

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