Lecture

Date

Chapter

Topics

1

8/26

1: Introduction

Course overview, Current events

2

8/31

2: Earthquakes

Plate tectonics, faults

3

9/2

2: Earthquakes

Seismic waves

4

9/9

2: Earthquakes

San Andreas Fault System

5

9/14

2: Earthquakes

1906, 1989, present risk

6

9/16

3: Volcanoes

Sources of magma, volcanic rocks

7

9/21

3: Volcanoes

volcanic edifices; Calif. volcanoes

8

9/23

3: Volcanoes

Hazards and eruption prediction

9

9/28

Furlough day - no class

Watch Video: Volcano’s deadly warning, in Library. Print out review questions about the movie from my lecture notes for F09.110.L9

Midterm 1

9/30

Mult. Choice and Essay exam

9a

10/5

7: Atmosphere and Severe Weather

Global heat transport, Hadley circulation, ocean circulation

10

7: Atmosphere and Severe Weather

Cloud formation, atmospheric pressure, fronts

11

10/12

7: Atmosphere and Severe Weather

Thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes

12

10/14

9: Climate and Climate Change

Greenhouse gases, greenhouse effect, ozone hole

10/19

Furlough day- no class

13

10/21

9: Climate and Climate Change

Global warming: 20th Century, IPCC Report, California in 21st Century Geological perspective: Ice Ages, astronomical causes, Little Ice Age

10/26

4: Flooding

River Processes

10/28

4: Flooding

Human causes

16

11/2

8: Coastal hazards

Video: Tsunami: The Wave That Shook the World (Lib. DVD1269)

17

11/4

8: Coastal hazards

Waves, refraction, longshore transport

Midterm 2

11/9

Mult. Choice and Essay exam

18

11/16

5: Mass wasting

slope processes, human interaction, minimizing hazards, California issues

19

11/18

6: Subsidence

Regional causes, water supply issues, expansive soils

20

11/30

11: Impacts and extinctions

Asteroids, comets, how often

21

12/2

11: Impacts and extinctions

Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction

22

12/7

10: Wildfires

Natural processes, Human influences on timber

12/9

Final Exam

12/14

Mult. Choice + True/False only