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) -- Igneous & Metamorphic Rocks and mountain building
• Lecture 17 (18 February) -- Going to Sea
• Lecture 18 (20 February) -- Currents, Waves, and Tides
• Lecture 19 (23 February) -- Past (& Future) Climates
• Lecture 20 (25 February) -- Coastal Processes I
• Lecture 21 (27 February) -- Coastal Processes II
• Beach Walk (01 or 02 Mar)
• Lecture 22 (04 March) -- Fresh Water
• Lecture 23 (06 March) -- Remote Sensing
• Lecture 24 (09 March) -- The Planets
• Lecture 25 (11 March) -- Review for Final
• 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

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Lecture 02 (07 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: The Big Bang

Reading: Chapter 1

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Lecture 03 (09 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Earth Structure

Reading: Chapter 1+2

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Lecture 04 (12 Jan) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Plate Tectonic Theory

Reading: Chapters 6

Video - Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics

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Lecture 05 (14 Jan) -- David Sandwell

Topic: The Ocean Floor

Reading: Chapters 6 and Appendix F

Lecture Notes

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Lecture 06 (16 Jan) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Plate Reconstructions

Reading: Chapter 6

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Lecture 07 (21 Jan) -- Hubert Staudigel

Topic: Volcanoes I

Reading: Chapter 5

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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

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Lecture 10 (28 Jan) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: The Rock Cycle

Reading: Chapter 4 and 7

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

Topic: Global Seismology

Reading: Chapter 3

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Lecture 12 (02 Feb) -- Greg Anderson

Topic: California Seismology

Reading: Chapter 3 and optionally Earthquakes and Faults in San Diego County

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Lecture 13 (04 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Lecture Review for the Midterm Exam

Reading Review for Midterm Exam - Chapters 1-6

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MIDTERM EXAM (06 Feb)

Questions from Lectures 1-12 and Chapters 1-6 in 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

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Lecture 16 (13 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Hard Rocks and Mountain Building

Reading: Chapter 7

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Lecture 17 (18 Feb) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Going to Sea

Reading: Chapters 6 & 8

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Lecture 18 (20 Feb) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Currents, Waves, and Tides

Reading: Chapter 8

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Lecture 19 (23 Feb) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Past (& Future) Climates

Reading: Chapter 14

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Lecture 20 (25 Feb) -- Brad Werner

Topic: Coastal Processes I

Reading: Chapter 8

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Lecture 21 (27 Feb) -- Brad Werner

Topic: Coastal Processes II

Reading: Chapters 11, pages 300-302 only

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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 Ocean

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Lecture 22 (04 Mar) -- Lisa Tauxe

Topic: Water

Reading: Chapter 9

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Lecture 23 (06 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Remote Sensing and the Greenhouse Effect

Reading: Review p.49-57, Read p. 477-484

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Lecture 24 (09 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Tour of the Planets - Especially Venus

Reading: Chapter 1

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Lecture 25 (11 Mar) -- David Sandwell

Topic: Final Review

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

Topic: Review for Final Exam

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Lisa Tauxe
ltauxe@ucsd.edu

Dave Sandwell
dsandwell@ucsd.edu

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