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| GSCI340 Home | Syllabus | Schedule | Homework Blackboard Login Required: Quizzes | Gradebook |
| Week | Date - Lecture Notes | Podcast |
Lecture Topics | Reading Assignments from Introduction to Environmental Geology |
| Week 1 | Tues 8/21 - Lecture #1 Outline | Podcast |
Introduction, Syllabus, Course Overview | Chapter #1 |
| Thurs 8/23 - Lecture #2 Outline | Podcast |
The Five Fundamental Concepts: Population Growth; Sustainability;
Earth Systems; Geologic Hazards, Risks & Perceptions; Scientific Knowledge & Values |
Chapter #1 | |
| Week 2 | Tues 8/28 - Lecture #3 Outline | Podcast |
Plate Tectonics I: Continental Drift thru Seafloor Spreading | Chapter #2 |
| Thurs 8/30 - Lecture #4 Outline | Podcast |
Plate Tectonics II: Modern Paradigm, Plate Boundaries Earthquakes and Volcanoes and Mountain Belts ... Oh my! |
Chapter #2 | |
| Week 3 | Tues 9/4 - Lecture #5 Outline | Podcast |
Minerals and Rocks: Building Blocks | Chapter #3 |
| Thurs 9/6 - Lecture #6 Outline | Podcast |
More Minerals and Rocks | Chapter #3 | |
| Week 4 | Tues 9/11 - Lecture #7 Outline | Podcast |
Rocks: The Rock Cycle | Chapter #3 |
| Thurs 9/13 - Lecture #8 Outline | Podcast |
Earthquakes Introduction: Stress & Strain Exam #1 - Study Guide |
Chapters 1-3 | |
| Week 5 | Tues 9/18 - Lecture #9 Outline | Podcast |
Introduction to Natural Hazards: Man vs. Nature (bet on Mom) Earthquakes: Causes and Mechanisms |
Chapters #4 & #5 |
| Thurs 9/20 - Lecture #10 Outline | Podcast |
Surfing Seismic Waves Earthquake Video and Discussion |
Chapter #5 | |
| Week 6 | Tues 9/25 - Lecture #11 Outline | Podcast |
Earthquake Effects: Destruction, Tsunamis, Death Earthquake Prediction: "Fools, Liars, and Charlatans" |
Chapter #5 |
| Thurs 9/27 - Lecture #12 Outline | Podcast |
Volcanoes: Types, Tectonic Settings, and Eruption Styles Hawaiian Volcanoes video |
Chapter #6 | |
| Week 7 | Tues 10/2 - Lecture #13 Outline | Podcast |
Predicting Volcanic Eruptions: From St. Helens to Pinatubo | Chapter #6 |
| Thurs 10/4 - Lecture #14 Outline | Podcast |
Volcanoes Wrap-up, Current Volcanic Activity, Eldfell Discussion | Chapter #6 McPhee - "Cooling the Lava" |
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| Week 8 | Tues 10/9 - Lecture #15 Outline | Podcast |
Exam #2 - Study Guide | Chapters 4-6 |
| Thurs 10/11 - Lecture #16 Outline | Podcast |
Rivers & Flooding I: River Processes | Chapter #7 | |
| Week 9 | Tues 10/16 - Lecture #17 Outline | Podcast |
Atchafalaya/Mississippi Delta Future Discussion | Chapter #7 McPhee - "Atchafalaya" |
| Thurs 10/18 - Lecture #18 Outline | Podcast |
Mass Wasting: Landslides, Mudflows, Avalanches Los Angeles Against the Mountains Discussion |
Chapter #8 McPhee - "LA vs. the Mts." |
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| Week 10 | Tues 10/23 - Lecture #19 Outline | Podcast |
Shoreline Processes: Tides and Waves, Barrier Islands Discussion Bolide Impacts |
Chapters 9 & 10 |
| Thurs 10/25 - Lecture #20 Outline | Podcast |
Natural Geologic Hazards Wrap-up The Hydrologic Cycle: Surface Water and Groundwater |
Chapter #11 | |
| Week 11 | Tues 10/30 - Lecture #21 Outline | Podcast |
Exam #3 - Study Guide | Chapters 7-10 |
| Thurs 11/1 - Lecture #22 Outline | Podcast |
Water Usage Issues & Water Pollution | Chapters 11 & 12 | |
| Week 12 | Tues 11/6 - Lecture #23 Outline | Podcast |
Mineral Resources | Chapter #13 |
| Thurs 11/8 - Lecture #24 Outline | Podcast |
Energy Resources I: Fossil Fuels | Chapter #14 | |
| Week 13 | Tues 11/13 - Lecture #25 Outline | Podcast |
Energy Resources II: Renewable/Non-Fossil Fuel Energy Resources | Chapter #14 |
| Thurs 11/15 - Lecture #26 Outline | Podcast |
Soil Resources Exam #4 - Study Guide |
Chapter #15 | |
| Week 14 | Tues 11/20 Thurs 11/22 |
No Class - Thanksgiving Break | Catch Up! Read Ahead! |
| Week 15 | Tues 11/27 - Lecture #27 Outline | Podcast |
Waste Management | Chapter #16 |
| Thurs 11/29 - Lecture #28 Outline | Podcast |
Air Pollution & Global Climate Change | Chapters 17 & 18 | |
| Week 16 | Tues 12/4 - Lecture #29 Outline | Podcast |
Air Pollution & Global Climate Change | Chapters 17 & 18 |
| Thurs 12/6 - Lecture #30 Outline | Podcast |
More Global Climate Change Looking to the Future |
Chapters 18 & 19 | |
| Exam Week | Tues 12/11 9:00am-10:40am |
Final Exam Exam #5 - Study Guide |
Chapters 15-19 |
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