GLG 232 - Geology of the Colorado Plateau

1. describe the processes  that formed the geologic platform of the Colorado Plateau;
2. examine and document the evidence of marine transgress/regression and how that has influenced the rock units on the Colorado Plateau;
3. examine and document rock units reflecting a great sandy desert during the Mesozoic;
4. examine and document how tectonic uplift and volcanism have shaped the Colorado Plateau;
5. examine and document how erosional processes have sculpted the landforms we see today;
6. examine how aboriginal people utilized geologic resources as part of their subsistence and culture;
7. examine how  geologic processes  have influenced biotic inhabitance through time on the Colorado Plateau;
8. examine how mineral resources and mining have influenced the development of the Colorado Plateau;
9. discuss and describe past, current, and future concerns regarding geological resources;
10. gain a fundamental understanding of the geologic shaping and sculpting the Colorado Plateau;
11. use basic and advanced tools for geologic assessment (e.g. Geologic maps, topographic maps, remote sensing applications);
12. describe the geologic evolution of the Colorado Plateau during the Precambrian Era;
13. describe the geologic evolution of the Colorado Plateau during the Paleozoic Era;
14. describe the geologic evolution of the Colorado Plateau during the Mesozoic Era;
15. describe the geologic evolution of the Colorado Plateau during the Cenozoic Era.