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Date |
Textbook Reading |
Topic |
Lab Exercise |
Literature |
| 16-Jan |
Chapter 1 |
Introduction / Course Outline |
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| 17,18 Jan |
No Lab | |||
| 21-Jan |
Holiday, no class |
Martin Luther King Day | ||
| 23-Jan |
Chapter 2 (quiz) |
Plate Tectonics |
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| 24,25-Jan |
Reading Journal Articles |
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| 28-Jan |
Chapter 2 |
Plate Tectonics |
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| 30-Jan |
Chapter 2 |
Plate Tectonics |
Hess, 1962 |
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| 31-Jan |
Visualizing Plates |
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| 4-Feb |
Plate Kinematics |
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| 6-Feb |
Plate Kinematics |
Wilson, 1965 |
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| 7,8-Feb |
Plate Kinematics |
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| 11-Feb |
Chapter 3 (quiz) |
Seismic Waves |
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| 13-Feb |
Chapter 3 |
Seismic Waves |
Atwater, 1970 |
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| 14,15-Feb |
Review for Exam #1 |
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| 18-Feb |
Chapters 1 - 3 |
EXAM #1 |
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| 20-Feb |
Chapter 4 (quiz) |
Seismic Refraction Principles |
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| 21,22-Feb |
No lab | |||
| 25-Feb |
Chapter 4 |
Seismic Refraction Interpretation |
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| 27-Feb |
Chapter 4 |
Seismic Refraction Interpretation |
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| 28,29-Feb |
Seismic Refraction |
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| 3-Mar |
Chapter 5&6 (quiz) |
Seismic Reflection Principles |
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| 5-Mar |
Chapter 5&6 |
Seismic Reflection Interpretation |
Johnson and Smithson, 1986 | |
| 6,7-Mar |
Seismic Reflection |
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| 10-Mar |
Chapter 7 (quiz) |
Earthquake Seismology |
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| 12-Mar |
Chapter 7 |
Earthquake Seismology |
Isacks et al., 1968 | |
| 13,14-Mar |
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Earthquake Seismology | |
| 17-21 Mar |
SPRING BREAK | |||
| 24-Mar |
Chapter 7 |
Earthquake Seismology |
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| 26-Mar |
Chapter 7 |
Earthquake Seismology |
Allen et al., 1965 |
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| 27,28-Mar |
Review for Exam #2 |
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| 31-Mar |
Chapter 7 |
Earthquake Seismology |
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| 2-Apr |
No Class? |
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| 3,4-Apr |
GeoDaze |
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| 7-Apr |
Chapters 4-7 |
Exam #2 |
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| 9-Apr |
Chapter 8 (quiz) |
Gravity and Isostasy |
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| 10,11-Apr |
Earthquake Seismology 2 |
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| 14-Apr |
Chapter 8 |
Gravity and Isostasy |
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| 16-Apr |
Chapter 9 (quiz) |
Magnetic Interpretation |
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| 17,18-Apr |
Gravity |
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| 21-Apr |
Chapter 9 |
Magnetic Interpretation |
DeMets et al., 1990; 1994 |
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| 23-Apr |
Chapter 10 (quiz) |
Heat Flow |
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| 24,25-Apr |
Geodesy Lab |
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| 28-Apr |
Chapter 11 (no quiz) |
Geodesy |
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| 30-Apr |
Chapter 11 |
Geodesy |
Sella et al., 2002 |
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| 1,2-May |
Review for Final Exam |
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| 5-May |
Chapter 11 |
Geodesy and Wrap-up |
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7-May |
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FINAL EXAM 9:00 AM |
50-Minute Exam | Last Class Period |