Date Day Reading
Topic
Exercise due date
8/25 Th — Introduction
Discovering
Plate Boundaries I
8/30 T Ch.
1 Discovering
Plate Boundaries II 9/1
9/1 Th Ch.
2 Earth
structure, rocks, geologic time
9/6 T Ch.
3 Plate
tectonics I
9/8 Th Ch.
3 Plate
tectonics II
Plate
tectonics exercise 9/15
9/13 T Ch.
4 Faults,
earthquakes, and seismology I
9/15 Th Ch.
4 Faults,
earthquakes, and seismology II
Global
seismology exercise 9/22
9/20 T Ch.
5 Earthquakes
and plate tectonics
9/22 Th — Earthquake:
Where the Fault Lies video 9/29
9/27 T Ch.
5 The
San Andreas fault
9/29 Th Ch.
6 Historical
earthquakes in North America
Bay
Area seismicity exercise 10/6
10/4 T Ch. 1
(p. 7-10), Tsunami
Ch.
4 (p. 106-112),
Ch.
8 (p. 219-220)
10/6 Th — Tsunami
10/11 T Review Midterm
exam
10/13 Th Ch.
7 Volcanoes
and volcanic rocks I
10/18 T — Class
cancelled
10/20 Th Ch.
7 Volcanoes
and volcanic rocks II
10/25 T — Understanding
Volcanic Hazards video 11/1
10/27 Th Ch.
8 Predicting
volcanic eruptions
11/1 T — In
the Path of a Killer Volcano video 11/8
11/3 Th — Volcanic
Hazards and Hollywood
DanteÕs
Peak I — composite volcano
11/8 T — DanteÕs
Peak II — composite volcano 11/15
11/10 Th — Supervolcano — caldera-forming eruption
11/15 T — Supervolcano — caldera-forming eruption 11/29
11/17 Th Ch.
13 Flooding
Flash
flooding exercise 11/29
11/22 T — Class
canceled at the last minute
11/24 Th — No
class — Thanksgiving holiday
11/29 T Ch.
9,12 Mass
movements and coastal processes Coastal
erosion and landslide exercise Due
before final
12/1 Th Review Discovering
Plate Boundaries III Due
in class
12/6 T Review Class
cancelled
12/8 Th Review Class
cancelled
12/13 T Comprehensive
final exam
8:00-10:30