Earth Sciences 10 Syllabus
Lectures and WWW Assignments


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Introduction

Lectures will contain material from Understanding Earth 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 (06 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: The "Big Bang" and the Origin of the Universe

Reading: Chapter 1.

Internet assignment: web site 1 , and web site 2.

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 02 (08 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: The Making of Star Dust and the Early Solar System

Reading: Chapter 1

Internet assignment: web site

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 03 (10 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Earth Structure

Reading: Chapter 1

Internet assignment: web site

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 04 (13 Jan) -- Dave Sandwell

Topic: Plate Tectonics

Reading: Chapters 1 and 20

Video - Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

Internet assignment: see Lecture Notes

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 05 (15 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Minerals

Reading: Chapter 2

Internet assignment: see Lecture Notes

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 06 (17 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Introduction to Rocks and Igneous Rocks

Reading: Chapters 3 & 4

Internet assignment: see Lecture Notes

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 07 (22 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Sedimentary Rocks

Reading: Chapters 6 & 7, (optional - 11)

Internet assignment: see Lecture Notes

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 08 (22 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Metamorphic Rocks

Reading: Chapter 8

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 09 (27 Jan) -- Hubert Staudigel

Topic: Volcanoes

Reading: Chapter 5

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Lecture 10 (29 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Plate Tectonics

Reading: Chapter 20

Internet assignment: Plate Tectonics and The Dynamic Earth

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 11 (31 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Lisa's Own Research

Reading: Chapter 20

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Lecture 12 (03 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Folds, faults and rock deformation

Reading: Chapters 10 and 21

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 13 (05 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Geologic Time

Reading: Chapter 9

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 14 (07 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Lecture Review for the Midterm Exam

Reading Review for Midterm Exam - Chapters 1-10 & 20

Midterm Review Session 5:30-7:30 pm, Center Hall 105 (Greg Anderson)

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MIDTERM EXAM (10 Feb)

Questions from Lectures 1-13 and book

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Lecture 15 (12 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Fresh Water

Reading: Chapters 12 & 13

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 16 (14 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Oceans

Reading Chapter 17

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 17 (19 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Glaciers and Past Glaciations

Reading: Chapter 15 and mandatory web site (see lecture notes)

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 18 (21 Feb) -- Brad Werner

Topic: Coastal Processes

Reading: Chapter 17

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Beach Walk (22 Feb) -- Wolf Berger and Lisa Tauxe

Walk along Beach North of SIO Pier 1-5 PM, Saturday, 22 February

Reading: Walk Along the Beach

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Lecture 19 (24 Feb) -- Dr. R. Somerville

Topic: The Climate and You

Lecture notes on soft reserves.

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Lecture 20 (26 Feb) -- Greg Anderson

Topic: Earthquakes

Reading: Lecture Notes

You can read the lecture notes as

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Lecture 21 (28 Feb) -- Greg Anderson

Topic: Southern California Tectonics

Reading: Earthquakes and Faults in San Diego County

Lecture Notes
You can read the lecture notes as

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Lecture 22 (03 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Exploring the Earth from Venus

Reading: Chapter 1; Appendix 2

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 23 (05 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: The Mapping Mission

Reading: Chapters 17

Reading: Global Seafloor Topography

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Lecture 24 (07 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Global Observatories

Reading: Chapters 18 and 19

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Lecture 25 (10 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Going to Sea and Plate Tectonics

Reading: Chapters 16, 17, and 20

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Lecture 26 (12 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Geodynamics

Reading: Chapter 20

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Lecture 27 (14 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Review for Final Exam

Reading: Chapters 1-10 and 15-20

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Greg Anderson
ganderson@ucsd.edu

Lisa Tauxe
ltauxe@ucsd.edu

Dave Sandwell
dsandwell@ucsd.edu

This page last modified Wed Mar 19 02:20:16 PST 1997.