The table below shows what material we will cover on different days. For each day, items listed with a blue background show the topics we will cover, and those with a yellow background show what resources, available on Canvas, are relevant for that day's discussions. Check out the Items highlighted in bold on Wikipedia.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

No Class

January 22

Introduction
Learning Outcomes
Overview

Introduction

Global Seismology Poster (Both Sides)

January 27

What is an Earthquake?
Where and when did it occur?
1755 Lisbon, Portugal
1755 Boston (Cape Ann)
1783 Calabria, Italy 

Before 1811

Lyell v1 Chapter 24
Lyell v1 Chapter 25
Visual Representation in 18th Century EQ Studies
Boston 1755.pdf

January 29

What are seismic waves?
What can we learn from them?
Seismometer
1811–12 New Madrid earthquakes 
1886 Charleston, South Carolina 

19th Century

Fact Sheet 09-3071
New Madrid Earthquake Sequence
20 Cool Facts about the NMSZ
1886 Charleston EQ Circular 985

February 3

What happens to a city in an Earthquake?

1906 San Francisco earthquake

Lawson Commission Report:
Volume I
Volume I Part 2
Volume II

February 5

How did the 1906 Earthquake Occur?
When will we hava another one?
Harry Fielding Reid

Elastic-rebound theory

HF Reid Handout

February 10

Structure of the Earth
Richter magnitude scale
Mercalli intensity scale
Moment magnitude scale

1906 - 1950


February 12

Locate Underground Nuclear Tests
2017 North Korean nuclear test

1950 - 1964

Nuclear Test poster
Seismograph Network fact sheet

February 17

Focal mechanism
Distinquish Earthquakes from bomb tests
1964 Alaska Earthquake

Focal Plane Solutions

Alaska 1964 Regional effects pp. 543
Alaska 2002 Earthquake.pdf

February 19

Seafloor Spreading
Vine–Matthews–Morley hypothesis

1964 - 1973

HF Reid Handout

February 24

Graded Learning Opportunity

February 26

Plate tectonics
Transform fault
Fracture zone

Plate Tectonic Paradigm

TDP Booklet
Front and Back

March 2



Faults & Plate Boundaries

seismicity_hr.pdf
Tectonic Plates image

March 4


US EQs & Seismic Risk

US_seismicity.pdf
Fact Sheet 08-3017_508.pdf
Fact Sheet 08-3018_508.pdf

March 9

Spring Break

March 11

Spring Break

March 16



EQs in NE and in NY

Aggawal & Sykes.pdf
Barstow C-L fault.pdf
NE EQs Fact Sheet 0006-01.pdf
Fletcher & Sykes.pdf

March 18


Earthquake Prediction

G.K. Gilbert EQs.pdf
Turcotte EQ Prediction.pdf
Precursors.pdf
Kerr Animal EQ Prediction.pdf
Kafka - Exagerrated Prediction

March 23


The Great L.A. Earthquake


March 25

1989 Loma Preata earthquake

Loma Prieta & Himalayas

Loma Prieta Pamphlet
Loma Prieta Fact Sheet
Loma Prieta 1045

March 30

 Earthquake prediction
Earthquake forecasting

Simulation of EQ Prediction

EQ Hazard in Developing Countries

April 1

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami 
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Tsunami

Boxing Day Sumatra 20041226.pdf
Japan Fukushima EQ.pdf

April 6

 

Graded Learning Opportunity

 

April 8


Earthquakes in NW US

Geology of N American West

April 13

Igneous rock
Bowen's reaction series

Orphan Tsunami 

Boxing Day Sumatra 20041226.pdf
2011-04-05 Japan EQ.pdf
Orphan Tsunami pp 1707

April 15

Igneous rock
Bowen's reaction series

How do rocks melt?

Eruption of Kilauea 1959-60

April 20

Phase Diagram Drill

 


PlagFracXlation
PlagPartialMelt
PlagPhaseDiagram

April 22

1963 Surtsey
1973 Heimaey - Eldfell eruption
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull 

Ridge Volcanoes

Heimaey

April 27

Hydration melting
Tambora, Krakatoa, Toba

Subduction Zone Volcanoes

Toba Bottleneck Ambrose

April 29

1980 Mount St. Helens

Mount St. Helens

Pre-Eruptive History Fact Sheet
1980 to Now Fact Sheet
USGS Professioal Paper 1250

May 4

1783 Laki
1991 Mount Pinatubo

Volcanoes and Climate

1600 Peru Eruption
Volcanoes and Ancient Egypt 
Robock Volcanoes & climate 1998 Robock Volcanoes & climate 2013 
Laki

May 7

 3:30 - 5:30 PM

Final Graded Learning Opportunity

There will be two Graded Learning Opportunities during class time, each worth 25% of your grade, and a two-hour Final Graded Learning Opportunity, worth 50% of your grade. Exams will try to probe your understanding and comprehension of the material. (See Learning Outcomes.)

This syllabus represents my plan for the semester as of the first day of the semester. It is subject to change at my discretion. If you desire to see it modified to include additional material, or omit material which you believe has been adequately covered in some other course, please bring this to my attention as soon as possible.

Please note that attendance is not required. If you attend class, it is expected that you are there to learn what is being discussed. Therefore, if you need to write a paper, surf the web, text message your friends, or engage in other activities which are not part of our classroom discussion, please do not come to class.

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