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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 | Thurs 1/14 - Lecture #1 Outline | Podcast |
Introduction, Syllabus, Course Overview | Chapter #1 |
| Week 2 | Tues 1/19 - Lecture #2 Outline | Podcast |
The Five Fundamental Concepts: Population Growth; Sustainability;
Earth Systems; Geologic Hazards, Risks & Perceptions; Scientific Knowledge & Values |
Chapter #1 |
| Thurs 1/21 - Lecture #3 Outline | Podcast |
Geologic Time & The Structure of the Earth Homework #1 (Graded) Due |
Chapter #2 | |
| Week 3 | Tues 1/26 - Lecture #4 Outline | Podcast |
Plate Tectonics: Modern Paradigm, Plate Boundaries Earthquakes and Volcanoes and Mountain Belts ... Oh my! |
Chapter #2 |
| Thurs 1/28 - Lecture #5 Outline | Podcast |
Minerals: Composition and Structure, Uses & Hazards | Chapter #3 | |
| Week 4 | Tues 2/2 - Lecture #6 Outline | Podcast |
Rocks: The Rock Cycle Rocks & Minerals: Hands On |
Chapter #3 |
| Thurs 2/4 - Lecture #7 Outline | Podcast |
Stress and Strain; Folds Exam #1 Preview and Strategy Session |
Chapter #3 | |
| Week 5 | Tues 2/9 - Lecture #8 Outline | Podcast |
Exam #1 - Study Guide Quizzes #1-4 Due at 3:00pm Natural Hazards Overview: Man vs. Nature, Risk Analysis |
Chapters 1-3 Chapter #5 |
| Thurs 2/11 - Lecture #9 Outline | Podcast |
Earthquakes: Causes and Mechanisms Surfing Seismic Waves |
Chapter #6 | |
| Week 6 | Tues 2/16 - Lecture #10 Outline | Podcast |
NOVA: Earthquake Video and Discussion Earthquake Prediction: "Fools, Liars, and Charlatans" |
Chapter #6 |
| Thurs 2/18 - Lecture #11 Outline | Podcast |
Earthquakes wrap-up Homework #4 (Graded) Due Volcanoes: Types, Tectonic Settings, and Eruption Styles |
Chapter #7 | |
| Week 7 | Tues 2/23 - Lecture #12 Outline | Podcast |
Volcanic Hazards Eldfell & "Cooling the Lava" Discussion Homework #5 Due |
Chapter #7 McPhee - "Cooling the Lava" |
| Thurs 2/25 - Lecture #13 Outline | Podcast |
Predicting Volcanic Eruptions: From St. Helens to Pinatubo Homework #6 (Graded) Completed in Class |
Chapter #7 McPhee - "Cooling the Lava" |
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| Week 8 | Tues 3/2 - Lecture #14 Outline | Podcast |
Volcanoes Wrap-up, Exam #2 - Study Guide Quizzes #5-8 Due at 3:00pm |
Chapters 5-7 |
| Thurs 3/4 - Lecture #15 Outline | Podcast |
Rivers & Flooding: River Processes | Chapter #8 McPhee - "Atchafalaya" |
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| Week 9 | Tues 3/9 - Lecture #16 Outline | Podcast |
"Atchafalaya" & Future of the Mississippi Delta Discussion Homework #7 (Graded) Due |
Chapter #8 McPhee - "Atchafalaya" |
| Thurs 3/11 - Lecture #17 Outline | Podcast |
Mass Wasting: Landslides, Mudflows, Avalanches | Chapter #9 McPhee - "LA vs. the Mts." |
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| Spring Break No Class |
"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily." -- Bluto, in Animal House |
Catch Up! | |
| "Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son." -- Dean Wormer, Ibid |
Read Ahead! | ||
| Week 10 | Tues 3/23 - Lecture #18 Outline | Podcast |
"Los Angeles Against the Mountains" Discussion Homework #8 (Graded) Due |
Chapter #9 McPhee - "LA vs. the Mts." |
| Thurs 3/25 - Lecture #19 Outline | Podcast |
Coastal & Shoreline Processes: Tides and Waves, Barrier Islands Discussion | Chapter #10 | |
| Week 11 | Tues 3/30 - Lecture #20 Outline | Podcast |
Bolide Impacts Natural Hazards Wrap-up |
Chapter #10 Chapter #11 |
| Thurs 4/1 - Lecture #21 Outline | Podcast |
Exam #3 - Study Guide Quizzes #9-12 Due at 3:00pm The Hydrologic Cycle: Surface Water and Groundwater |
Chapters 8-11 Chapter 12 |
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| Week 12 | Tues 4/6 - Lecture #22 Outline | Podcast |
Water Resources and Pollution | Chapters #12 & #13 |
| Thurs 4/8 - Lecture #23 Outline | Podcast |
Water Usage Issues & Water Pollution | Chapter #13 | |
| Week 13 | Tues 4/13 - Lecture #24 Outline | Podcast |
Mineral Resources | Chapter #14 |
| Thurs 4/15 - Lecture #25 Outline | Podcast |
Energy Resources I: Fossil Fuels | Chapter #15 | |
| Week 14 | Tues 4/20 - Lecture #26 Outline | Podcast |
Energy Resources II: Renewable/Non-Fossil Fuel Energy Resources Soil Resources |
Chapters #15 & #16 |
| Thurs 4/22 - Lecture #27 Outline | Podcast |
Earth Resources Wrap-up Exam #4 - Study Guide Quizzes #13-16 Due at 3:00pm |
Chapters 12-16 | |
| Week 15 | Tues 4/27 - Lecture #28 Outline | Podcast |
Waste Management | Chapter #17 |
| Thurs 4/29 - Lecture #29 Outline | Podcast |
Air Pollution | Chapter #18 | |
| Week 16 | Tues 5/4 - Lecture #30 Outline | Podcast |
Global Climate Change I | Chapter #19 |
| Thurs 5/6 - Lecture #31 Outline | Podcast |
Global Climate Change II Looking to the Future |
Chapters 19 & 20 | |
| Exam Week | Tues 5/11 1:30pm-3:10pm |
Final Exam Exam #5 - Study Guide Quizzes #17-20 Due at 3:00pm |
Chapters 17-20 |
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