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 January 25th

Lecture 2 Geological Time January 30th

Lecture 3 Continental Drift February 1st

Lecture 4 Sea-Floor Spreading February 6th

Lecture 5 More on Sea-Floor Spreading February 8th

Lecture 6 Subduction February 13th

Lecture 7 Plates and Plumes February 15th

Lecture 8 Video - The Living Planet February 20th

Earthquakes:

Lecture 9 Introduction to Earthquakes February 22nd

Lecture 10 Faults and Earthquakes February 27th

Lecture 11 Seismic waves March 5th

Lecture 12 Earthquake Magnitude March 7th

Lecture 13 Tsunamis March 12th

Lecture 14 Damage March 14th

Lecture 15 Earthquake Prediction March 26th

 Volcanoes

Lecture 16 Introduction to Volcanoes March 28th

Lecture 17 Eruptions and Lava Flows April 2nd

Lecture 18 Kilauea Volcano April 9th

Lecture 19 Explosive Eruptions April 11th

Lecture 20 Pyroclastic Flows April 16th

Lecture 21 Mount St Helens April 18th

Lecture 22 Cataclysmic Eruptions April 23rd

Lecture 23 Monitoring and Forecasting Eruptions April 25th

Lecture 24 Monitoring Pinatubo Volcano April 30th

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