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Lecture |
Dates |
Pages in Book |
Topic |
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1 |
Jan. 25 |
3 -27 |
Introduction to the Earth. |
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2 |
Jan. 30 |
29-55 |
Geological time and the age of the Earth. An introduction to Scientific Revolutions and how Science works. |
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3/4 |
Feb. 1/6 |
79 -86 |
Continental drift - birth of the plate tectonics theory. |
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5/6 |
Feb. 8/13 |
86 - 96 |
Plate tectonics - the theory of sea floor spreading |
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7 |
Feb. 15 |
97 -113 |
Plate tectonics - a global setting for understanding earthquakes and volcanoes. |
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8 |
Feb. 20 |
- - - - - |
Video - The Living Planet (nicely summarizes everything we have covered). |
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9 |
Feb. 22 |
143 - 146 |
An introduction to earthquakes (a historical perspective). |
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10 |
Feb. 27 |
146 - 152 |
Faults and earthquakes. |
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Feb. 29 |
- - - - - |
FIRST ONE HOUR EXAM. |
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11 |
March 5 |
152 - 158 |
Seismic waves |
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12 |
March 7 |
158 - 173 |
Earthquake magnitude |
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13 |
March 12 |
- - - - - |
Tsunamis (Sumatra and Japan) |
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14 |
March 14 |
175 -192: 192 - 227 |
Earthquake histories and damage, plus what about the Northeast? |
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March 17 |
- - - - - |
SPRING BREAK. |
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15 |
March 26 |
187 - 204 |
Forecasting earthquakes (predicting the unpredictable!) |
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16 |
March 28 |
229 - 243 |
Introduction to volcanoes. |
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17 |
April 2 |
243 - 246 |
Lava flows. |
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April 4 |
- - - - - |
SECOND ONE HOUR EXAM . |
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18 |
April 9 |
243 - 246; 261 - 263 |
Hawaiian and Icelandic volcanoes. |
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19 |
April 11 |
246 - 250; 263 - 267 |
Explosive eruptions and ash fall. |
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20 |
April 16 |
247 -250; 273 - 282 |
Pyroclastic flows; Pompeii and other disasters |
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21 |
April 18 |
264 - 273 |
Mount St. Helens |
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22 |
April 23 |
260 - 259 |
Calderas and Super Volcanoes |
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23 |
April 25 |
284 - 288 |
Monitoring volcanoes and forecasting eruptions |
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24 |
April 30 |
285 - 287 |
Video In the Path of the Killer Volcano (Mount Pinatubo, Philipines) |
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May 3 - 7 |
FINAL EXAM |
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