GEOL/METR 309: Investigating
Land, Sea and Air Interactions

Fall 2005, SFSU
Reading Assignments Dr. Dave Dempsey
Dr. Lisa White
(Dept. of Geosciences)

DATE TITLE or DESCRIPTION
Oct 27
(Tues)
  • Reading Assignment #7 [Microsoft Word document]
    (from Konigsmark, Geologic Trips: San Francisco and the Bay Area)
Oct 11
(Tues)
  • Reading Assignment #6, Part I : "Ocean Waves" by Willard Bascom, August 1959, Scientific American
    (Read by Thursday, Oct. 20; the article itself is available as a handout but not on-line)
  • Reading Assignment #6, Part II : "Beaches" by Willard Bascom, August 1960, Scientific American
    (Read by Thursday, Oct. 20; the article itself is available as a handout but not on-line)
    [Note: the questions posed about these reading assignments are not to turn in; rather, they are designed to help you focus on the key points of the assigned reading.]
Sept 27
(Tues)
  • Reading Assignment #5, Part I : The Theory of Plate Tectonics (CD)
    (for class Tues., Oct. 4)
  • Reading Assignment #5, Part II : The Theory of Plate Tectonics (CD)
    (also for class Tues., Oct. 4)
    [Note: these reading assignments are not to turn in; rather, they are to help prepare you for an in-class exercise on Tues., Oct. 4 that you will complete and turn in for credit by the end of the class period.]
Sept 22
(Thurs)
  • Reading Assignment #4: Introduction to Earthquakes
    (provided as a handout in class, from Conceptual Physical Science, 3nd Ed., Hewitt, Suchocki, and Hewitt, 2004)
    (this was inadvertantly referred to as "Reading Assignment #3" in class)
    (for class Tues., Sept. 27)
Sept 15
(Thurs)
  • Reading Assignment #3: Introduction to Rocks
    (accompanies Pre-class Exericise #3: Introduction to Rocks)
    (for class Tues., Sept. 20)
Sept 8
(Thurs)
Aug 30
(Tues)


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