Lecture Notes

Handouts of the lectures (two slides per page) can be obtained for perusal or printing out by clicking on the appropriate lecture below. They are available in PDF format which can be accessed using Adobe Acrobat. Adobe Acrobat is available on most computers or can be downloaded for free from Adobe.

Plate Tectonics:

Lecture 1 Introduction September 2nd

Lecture 2 Geological Time September 4th

Lecture 3 Continental Drift September 9th

Lecture 4 Sea-Floor Spreading September 11th

Lecture 5 More on Sea-Floor Spreading September 16th

Lecture 6 Subduction September 18th

Lecture 7 Plates and Plumes September 23th

Lecture 8 Video - The Living Planet September 25th

Earthquakes:

Lecture 9 Introduction to Earthquakes September 30th

Lecture 10 Faults and Earthquakes October 2nd

Lecture 11 Seismic waves October 7th

Lecture 12 Earthquake Magnitude October 16th

Lecture 13 Tsunamis October 21st

Lecture 14 Damage October 23rd

Lecture 15 Earthquake Prediction October 28th

 Volcanoes

Lecture 16 Introduction to Volcanoes October 30th

Lecture 17 Eruptions and Lava Flows November 4th

Lecture 18 Kilauea Volcano November 6th

Lecture 19 Explosive Eruptions November 18th

Lecture 20 Pyroclastic Flows November 20th

Lecture 21 Mount St Helens November 25th

Lecture 22 Cataclysmic Eruptions December 2nd

Lecture 23 Monitoring and Forecasting Eruptions December 4th

Lecture 24 Monitoring Pinatubo Volcano December 9th

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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