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Fall 2002
This information effective
for Fall 2002.
Check with instructor the first day of class for any changes.
Fall 2002
Instructor: James Zachos
Go to: http://www.ic.ucsc.edu/~eart1/
Fall 2002
Instructor: Thorne Lay
Go to: http://ic.ucsc.edu/~tlay/eart80a
Fall 2002
Instructor: Susan Schwartz
Office: E&MS A133
Phone: 459-3133
E-mail: sschwartz@es.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.
Course Requirements:
Attend class, a 2 hour weekly laboratory, and 2 half-day fieldtrips.
Coursework: ~5 hazard
reports, ~2 homework exercises, and a final group project.
Text: Natural Disasters, Patrick L. Abbott
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Introduction to Geologic Hazards |
Introduction to air photo interpretation |
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Earthquake Faulting, Fault Geomorphology and Neotectonics of the San Andreas Fault (SAF) |
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 and geology 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 |
Flood frequency analysis |
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Coastal Hazards |
Air photo interpretation of coastal erosion rates and Fieldtrip to Capitola beach |
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Mass Movements: Slides, Flows, and Slumps |
Final Project Presentations |
Instructor:
Gary Glatzmaier
Office: E&MS A102
459-5504, glatz@es.ucsc.edu
http://es.ucsc.edu/~glatz
This is the
study of fluid flow and magnetic fields for electrically conducting fluids
flowing at non-relativistic speeds, i.e., for problems for which the magnetohydrodynamic
approximation of Maxwell's equations is valid. After a review of the fundamental
equations governing this subject, the course focuses on convection and magnetic
field generation in rotating spherical bodies, like the interiors of planets
and stars. Assigned computer modeling projects teach students how to define
a conceptual problem in geophysics, planetary physics, or astrophysics; set
up a system of equations that mathematically approximates the problem; develop
a numerical method for solving the equations; program the method on a computer;
use a graphical post-processor to analyze the computer solutions; run a series
of computer jobs that surveys the relevant parameter space; and write a paper
on what was learned.
This course
is designed for graduate students, but is available for qualified undergraduates
with permission of instructor.
Previous
courses in basic calculus, physics, and computer programming are recommended.
Student Evaluation: class participation, homework, and a computer modeling project report and presentation