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.
Topic: The Scientific Method
Reading: Introduction of The Blue Planet
Topic: The Big Bang
Reading: Chapter 1
Topic: Earth Structure
Reading: Chapter 1+2
Topic: Plate Tectonic Theory
Reading: Chapters 6
Video - Continental Drift and Plate Tectonics
Topic: The Ocean Floor
Reading: Chapters 6 and Appendix F
Lecture Notes
Topic: Plate Reconstructions
Reading: Chapter 6
Topic: Volcanoes I
Reading: Chapter 5
Topic: Volcanoes II
Reading: Chapter 5
Lecture Notes - See Lecture 07
Topic: Minerals
Reading: Chapter 4
Topic: The Rock Cylcle
Reading: Chapter 4 and 7
Topic: Global Seismology
Reading: Chapter 3
Lecture Notes
Topic: Southern California Tectonics
Reading: Earthquakes and Faults in San Diego County
Lecture Notes
Topic: Lecture Review for the Midterm Exam
Reading Review for Midterm Exam - Chapters 1-6
Midterm Review Session? (Greg Anderson)
Questions from Lectures 1-12 and book
Topic: Geodynamics
Reading: Chapters 6 & 7
Topic: Sedimentary Rocks and Geological Time
Reading: Chapter 7
Topic: Mountain Building
Reading: Chapter 7
Topic: Going to Sea
Reading: Chapters 6 & 8
Reading: Global Seafloor Topography
Topic: Currents, Waves, and Tides
Reading: Chapter 8
Lecture Notes
Topic: El Nino and Global Sea level
Reading: Chapter 8
Topic: Fresh Water
Reading: Chapter 9
Topic: Coastal Processes
Reading: Chapters 8 & 9
Lecture notes on soft reserves. Back to Top
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
Topic: Other Planets
Reading: Chapter 1
Topic: Glaciers
Reading: Chapter 10
Lecture Notes
Topic: Paleo-Climate
Reading: Chapter 14 and mandatory web site (see lecture notes)
Topic: The Climate and You
Lecture notes on soft reserves.
Topic: Review for Final Exam
Reading: Chapters 1-10, 14, and 18
Lisa Tauxe
ltauxe@ucsd.edu
Dave Sandwell
dsandwell@ucsd.edu
This page last modified Wed 17 Dec 18:47PST 1997.