GLG110 Geologic Disasters and the Environment

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Lecture notes

DateTopicReading
Week 1:
8/27 & 8/29		 Introduction to Geologic Disasters and the Environment
Intro cont'd; Time, Earth and Planet Formation		Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Week 2:
9/3 & 9/5		 Earth structure and Plate Tectonics
Rocks and Minerals		Chapter 2
Chapter 3 &Appendix A
Week 3:
9/10 & 9/12		 Introduction to Hazards & Earthquakes
Earthquakes		Chapters 4 & 5
Chapter 5
Week 4:
9/17 & 9/19		 Earthquake Hazards
Earthquakes		Chapter 5
Week 5:
9/24 & 9/26		 Volcanoes
Exam I		Chapter 6
Week 6:
10/1 & 10/2		 Volcanoes
Water Resources 		Chapter 6
Chapter 10
Week 7:
10/8 & 10/10		 Water Resources and Hydrology
Surface water and flooding		Chapter 10
Chapter 7
Week 8:
10/15 & 10/17		 Surface water and flooding
Tornadoes and related phenomena--guest lecture		Chapter 7
Week 9:
10/22 & 10/24		 Coastal Processes
Hurricanes		Chapter 9
Week 10:
10/31		 Wild fires
Week 11:
11/5 & 11/7		 Exam II
Soils and weathering
Chapter 14
Week 12:
11/12 & 11/14		 Soils and weathering and Slope Stability
Landslides and Mass wasting		Chapters 14 & 8
Week 13:
11/21		 Global Climate ChangeChapter 16
Week 14:
11/26		 Global Climate ChangeChapter 16
Week 15:
12/3 & 12/5		 Mineral and Energy Resources
EXAM III		Chapters 12 and 13
Week 16:
12/10		 Disasters, the environment, and the big pictureChapter 17

GLG110 Geologic Disasters and the Environment

Last modified: December 10, 2002