FALL 2001
This information effective for Fall 2001.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Fall 2001
Instructor: Ken Cameron
Office: EMS building, Rm. C458
Phone: 459-2795
e-mail: rocks@cats.ucsc.edu
Class Meetings: TTh 12-1:45
Room: Classroom Unit 1
Discussion sections: (tentative times) W 3:30-4:30, W5-6, Th 9-10, Th
10:30-11:30
Course Content: An introduction to physical geology with an emphasis on California's minerals, rocks, volcanoes, glaciers, mountains, faults, and earthquakes. Includes two in-class field trips and one optional off-campus field trip to study the caves, rocks, and landforms of the UCSC campus and the Monterey Bay area. (General Education code IN.) ES5L (lab) is optional; see below.
Discussion - 1 hour.
Text Book: California Geology, by Deborah Harden.
Course Work: Quizzes in discussion sections, a mid-term, and a final exam.
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Introduction and California’s Geological
Provinces |
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Minerals, Caves |
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Igneous Rocks |
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California’s Young Volcanoes |
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Sedimentary Rocks and Geological Time |
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California’s Deserts / California Through Geologic
Time |
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The Sierra Nevada: Gold, Glaciers |
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The Sierra Nevada: Yosemite |
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** Campus Field: Upper Quarry and View of the Coast
Ranges ** |
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Earthquakes, Faults, and Seismic Safety |
1 credit, 3 hours/week.
Laboratory sequence illustrating topics covered in EART5, and will include examples of rocks and minerals from California and topographic and geologic maps of the state.
Week 1: Mineral identification (ID)
Week 2: Mineral and Igneous Rock ID
Week 3. Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rock ID
Week 4: Rock and Mineral Quiz
Week 5: Topographic Maps
Week 6: Structural Geology and Geologic Map Exercise I
Week 7: Structural Geology and Geologic Maps Exercise II
Week 8: Structural Geology and Geologic Maps Exercise III
Week 9: In class field trip
Week 10: Structural Geology Quiz
Fall 2001
Instructor: Thorne Lay
Go to: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~tlay/eart80a
Fall 2001
Instructor: Susan Schwartz
Office: E&MS A133
Phone: 459-3133
E-mail: sschwartz@earthsci.ucsc.edu
Course Content: Is anywhere safe from geologic hazards? Can we prevent them, or should we learn to live with the hazards around us? This course will explore the causes, effects, and societal response to geologic disasters. We will see that by studying and learning from previous disasters, strategies to avert them or mitigate their effects can be developed. We will investigate a variety of geologic hazards and related disasters including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, flooding, landslides, and coastal erosion. This course will emphasize both active learning exercises and geologic or hazard report preparation in the investigation of geologic hazards.
Text: Natural Disasters, Patrick L. Abbott, second edition
Coursework: Seven laboratory or field exercises and a final class project
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Introduction to Geologic Hazards |
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Earthquake Faulting, Fault Geomorphology and Neotectonics |
Air photo interpretation of SAF in Watsonville Fieldtrip to groundtruth air photo interpretation of SAF in Watsonville |
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Earthquake Parameters and Hazards Movie: Killer Quake |
Loma Prieta earthquake ground acceleration, bedrock geology, and insurance claims Global tsunami hazards |
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Volcanic Hazards and Monitoring Movie: In the Path of a Killer Volcano |
Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand lahars |
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Flooding |
Flooding: Rainfall and drainage |
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Coastal Hazards |
Fieldtrip to measure beach erosion in Capitola |
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Mass Movements: Slides, Flows, and Slumps |
Final Project Presentations |
Fall 2001
Instructor: Gary Glatzmaier
Go to: http://es.ucsc.edu/~glatz/eart172.html