Lecture	Dates	Chapter: Pages	Topic
1	Sept. 4	1: 3-49	Introduction to the earth
2	Sept. 6	8: 190-213	Geological time and the age of the earth.
3/4	Sept. 11/13	4:74-80	Continental drift - birth of the plate tectonics theory
5/6	Sept. 18/20	4: 80-89	Plate tectonics - sea-floor spreading
7/8	Sept. 25/27	4: 89-107	Plate tectonics - a global setting for earthquakes and volcanoes
9	Oct. 2	-	Video- The Living Planet (nicely summarizes everything we have covered )
10	Oct. 4	3: 59-69	Causes of earthquakes
11	Oct. 11	3: 70-86	Detection and recording of earthquake activity
	Oct. 16	-	OH NO - NOT THE FIRST EXAM!
12	Oct. 18	4: 96-127	Earthquake case histories
13	Oct. 23	3: 87-95	Tsunamis
14	Oct. 25	5: 128-150	Earthquakes in New England?
15	Oct. 30	4: 116-125	Predicting earthquakes and minimizing risks
16	Nov. 1	6: 151-162	Causes of volcanic activity
17	Nov. 6	6: 162-165-	Lava flows - examples from Hawaii
18	Nov. 8	6: 164-167	Ash fall and volcanic bombs
19	Nov. 13	7:180-182	The Heimaey eruption - Iceland
	Nov. 15		SECOND ONE HOUR EXAM
20	Nov. 20	6: 168-179 7: 192-202	Glowing avalanches - examples from Pompeii
	Nov. 22		THANKSGIVING VACATION
21	Nov. 27	7:183-189	The 1980 Mount St Helens eruption
22	Nov. 29	6:171-179	Super volcanoes - the really big ones!
23	Dec. 4	-	Volcanic Hazards, monitoring volcanoes and predicting eruptions
24	Dec. 6	-	Forecasting the 1991 Mount Pinatubo eruption
25	Dec. 12	-	To be announced (we will probably be behind anyway!)
	To be scheduled		FINAL ONE HOUR EXAM!