Schedule of everything for Geology110: Natural Disasters.
Hyperlinks will be established below for lectures after completion of the lecture (to ensure that what I place there is what we really looked at in class).
Karner's personal lecture notes for all lectures are posted here
Lecture |
Date |
Chapter |
Topics |
1/29 |
1: Introduction |
Course overview, Current events |
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1/31 |
2: Earthquakes |
Plate tectonics, faults |
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2/5 |
2: Earthquakes |
Seismic waves |
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2/7 |
2: Earthquakes |
San Andreas Fault System |
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2/12 |
2: Earthquakes |
1906, 1989, present risk |
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2/14 |
3: Volcanoes |
Sources of magma, volcanic rocks |
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2/19 |
3: Volcanoes |
volcanic edifices; Calif. volcanoes |
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2/21 |
3: Volcanoes |
Hazards and eruption prediction |
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2/26 |
3: Volcanoes |
Video: Volcano’s deadly warning |
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Midterm 1 |
2/28 |
Chapters 1, 2, 3 |
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3/4 |
7: Atmosphere and Severe Weather |
Global heat transport, Hadley circulation, ocean circulation |
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3/6 |
7: Atmosphere and Severe Weather |
Cloud formation, atmospheric pressure, fronts |
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3/11 |
7: Atmosphere and Severe Weather |
Thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes |
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3/13 |
9: Climate and Climate Change |
Greenhouse gases, greenhouse effect, ozone hole |
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3/18 |
9: Climate and Climate Change |
Global warming: 20th Century, IPCC Report, California in 21st Century |
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3/20 |
9: Climate and Climate Change |
Geological perspective: Ice Ages, astronomical causes, Little Ice Age |
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3/25 |
Spring Break | ||
3/27 |
Spring Break | ||
4/1 |
4: Flooding |
River Processes |
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4/3 |
4: Flooding |
Human causes |
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4/8 |
8: Coastal hazards |
Waves, refraction, longshore transport |
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4/10 |
8: Coastal hazards |
Human intervention, regional problems |
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4/15 |
8: Coastal Hazards |
Video: Tsunami: The Wave That Shook the World |
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Midterm 2 |
4/17 |
Chapters 4, 7, 8, 9 |
NOTE FOR MIDTERM 3: TOPICS NOT COVERED IN ORDER! |
4/22 |
5: Mass wasting |
slope processes, human interaction, minimizing hazards |
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4/24 |
5: Mass wasting |
Coastal California problems |
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4/29 |
6: Subsidence |
Regional causes, water supply issues, expansive soils |
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5/1 |
11: Impacts and extinctions |
Asteroids, comets, how often |
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5/6 |
11: Impacts and extinctions |
Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction |
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26 |
5/8 |
Human-induced environmental effects |
energy usage, and associated air pollution, water contamination |
27 |
5/13 | 10: Wildfires |
Natural processes, Human influences on timber |
28 |
5/15 | Catch up, Final Review | |
Final Exam |
5/22 |
Chapters 5, 6, 10, 11 |
8:00 - 9:50 a.m. in Darwin 103 |