Earth Sciences 10 Syllabus
Lectures and WWW Assignments

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• Introduction
• Lecture 01 (05 January) -- The Scientific Method
• Lecture 02 (07 January) -- The Big Bang and Early Solar System
• Lecture 03 (09 January) -- Earth Structure
• Lecture 04 (12 January) -- Plate Tectonic Theory
• Lecture 05 (14 January) -- The Ocean Floor
• Lecture 06 (16 January) -- Plate Reconstructions
• Lecture 07 (21 January) -- Volcanoes I
• Lecture 08 (23 January) -- Volcanoes II
• Lecture 09 (26 January) -- Minerals
• Lecture 10 (28 January) -- Rocks
• Lecture 11 (30 January) -- Global Seismology
• Lecture 12 (02 February) -- California Seismology
• Lecture 13 (04 February) -- Review for Midterm
• MIDTERM EXAM (06 February)
• Lecture 14 (09 February) -- Driving Forces of Plate Tectonics
• Lecture 15 (11 February) -- Sedimentary Rocks and Geological Time
• Lecture 16 (13 February) -- Mountain Building
• Lecture 17 (18 February) -- Going to Sea
• Lecture 18 (20 February) -- Currents, Waves, and Tides
• Lecture 19 (23 February) -- El Nino and Global Sea Level
• Lecture 20 (25 February) -- Fresh Water
• Lecture 21 (27 February) -- Coastal Processes
• Beach Walk (01 or 02 Mar)
• Lecture 22 (04 March) -- Terrestrial Planets
• Lecture 23 (06 March) -- Glaciers
• Lecture 24 (09 March) -- Paleo-Climate
• Lecture 25 (11 March) -- The Climate and You
• Lecture 26 (13 March) -- Review for Final

Introduction

Lectures will contain material from The Blue Planet as well as additional material. All of this material will be used to construct exams although most of the exam material will be taken from the text.

A brief summary of each lecture is available on this page under its own heading. Under each lecture will be links to appropriate web sites for further exploration on the topic of that lecture.

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Lecture 01 (05 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: The Scientific Method

Reading: Introduction of The Blue Planet

lecture notes

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Lecture 02 (07 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: The Big Bang

Reading: Chapter 1

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 03 (09 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Earth Structure

Reading: Chapter 1+2

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 04 (12 Jan) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Plate Tectonic Theory

Reading: Chapters 6

Video - Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 05 (14 Jan) -- David Sandwell

Topic: The Ocean Floor

Reading: Chapters 6 and Appendix F

Lecture Notes

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 06 (16 Jan) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Plate Reconstructions

Reading: Chapter 6

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 07 (21 Jan) -- Hubert Staudigel

Topic: Volcanoes I

Reading: Chapter 5

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 08 (23 Jan) -- Hubert Staudigel

Topic: Volcanoes II

Reading: Chapter 5

Lecture Notes - See Lecture 07

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Lecture 09 (26 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Minerals

Reading: Chapter 4

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 10 (28 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: The Rock Cylcle

Reading: Chapter 4 and 7

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 11 (30 Jan) -- David Sandwell and Greg Anderson

Topic: Global Seismology

Reading: Chapter 3

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 12 (02 Feb) -- Greg Anderson

Topic: Southern California Tectonics

Reading: Earthquakes and Faults in San Diego County

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 13 (04 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe and Greg Anderson

Topic: Lecture Review for the Midterm Exam

Reading Review for Midterm Exam - Chapters 1-6

Midterm Review Session? (Greg Anderson)

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MIDTERM EXAM (06 Feb)

Questions from Lectures 1-12 and book

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Lecture 14 (09 Feb) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Geodynamics

Reading: Chapters 6 & 7

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Topic: Sedimentary Rocks and Geological Time

Reading: Chapter 7

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 16 (13 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Mountain Building

Reading: Chapter 7

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 17 (18 Feb) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Going to Sea

Reading: Chapters 6 & 8

Reading: Global Seafloor Topography

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 18 (20 Feb) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Currents, Waves, and Tides

Reading: Chapter 8

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 19 (23 Feb) -- David Sandwell

Topic: El Nino and Global Sea level

Reading: Chapter 8

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Lecture 20 (25 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Fresh Water

Reading: Chapter 9

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 21 (27 Feb) -- Brad Werner

Topic: Coastal Processes

Reading: Chapters 8 & 9

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Beach Walk (01 or 02 Mar) -- Lisa Tauxe and David Sandwell

Walk along Beach North of SIO Pier 3-5 PM, Sunday March 1 or Monday March 2 - No regular class on March 2

Reading: Walk Along the Beach

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Lecture 22 (04 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Other Planets

Reading: Chapter 1

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 23 (06 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Glaciers

Reading: Chapter 10

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 24 (09 Mar) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Paleo-Climate

Reading: Chapter 14 and mandatory web site (see lecture notes)

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 25 (11 Mar) -- Dr. R. Somerville

Topic: The Climate and You

Lecture notes on soft reserves.

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Review for Final Exam (13 Mar) -- David Sandwell and Greg Anderson

Topic: Review for Final Exam

Reading: Chapters 1-10, 14, and 18

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Lisa Tauxe
ltauxe@ucsd.edu

Dave Sandwell
dsandwell@ucsd.edu

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