Earth Forces

EPSc 353

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Week	Week of	Topic	Section in Lowrie	Lab
1	Jan 19	Geometry of Plate Tectonics	1.2	None
2	Jan 26	Plates on a sphere	6.3.3, 5.6-5.7	None
3	Feb 2	Seismology as a method for sensing the earth's interior	3.3, 3.6	Plate motions
4	Feb 9	Interior structure of the earth	3.7	Refraction seismology
5	Feb 16	Forces, work, energy, power (test Feb 23)	---	None
6	Feb 23	Stress and Strain	3.2	None
7	March 1	Rheology: Elasticity and Viscosity	6.2	Elastic Flexure
8	March 8	Spring Break	---	---
9	March 15	Deformation of rocks	---	Stereonet lab
10	March 22	Faulting and Earthquakes	3.5	None
11	March 29	Large Scale tectonics of the earth (test March 31)	---	Field trip (March 29)
12	April 5	Potential fields: Gravity and isostasy (paper due April 7)	2	Gravity measurement
13	April 12	Heat flow and the Earth's heat budget	4.2	None
14	April 19	Viscous flows: glaciers, mantle convection	6.3	Viscosity lab
15	April 26	Flow in aquifers (test April 30)	---	Darcy's Law

Version 14 Jan 2003

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Homeworks

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Topic	Due Date	Links
Plate Motions Seismology Research Paper Practice Test Stress & Strain Earthquakes & Faulting Gravity & Isostasy Heat Flow Heat Flow	2 February 16 February 7 April -- 5 March 26 March 12 April 26 April --	Assignment 1 Assignment 2 w/ solutions Guidelines 2003 Test 1 Assignment 3 w/ solutions Assignment 4 w/ solutions Assignment 5 w/ solutions Assignment 6 solutions

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*** Below are the links to last years labs (when available).  Look for updated versions when the lab is assigned.

*** Will be updated for spring 2004 soon....

General Guidelines for Writing a Lab Report

Date of Lab	Topic	Due Date	Links
2/2/04	Plate Motions	2/9/04
2/16/04	Seismology	2/27/04	Lab & Data
3/8/04	Plate Flexure	3/15/04	Lab
3/15/04	Stereonet lab		Structural Geology
3/29/04	Field Trip		Field Trip Info FieldClassifications

Last updated:  2/15/2004

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Relative Motions of Triple Junctions

Forces, Work, Energy, and Power

Gravity (Part I)

Gravity (Part II)

Magnetics

Strain

Rheology

Flexure (Part I)

Flexure (Part II)

Convection

Flow (Part I)

Flow (Part II)

Flow (Part III)

Heat Flow (Part I)

Heat Flow (Part II)

Heat Flow (Part III)

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   Plate Tectonics:
 

	This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics- an online publication of USGS.
	This Dynamic Earth: The Map - global map that shows physiographic features,earthquakes, plate motion, topography...
	Earthquakes- USGS information homepage
	Plates of the Past- ODSN online plate tectonic reconstructions for past time periods
	Plates in Motion- plate tectonic reconstructions and movies
	Paleomaps - visit the past and see the future with these colorful plate tectonic maps
	Moving Plates - plate tectonic animations
	Sea Floor Spreading Movies
	Plate Tectonic Demos

 

Other Sites of Interest:
 

	American Geophysical Union
	Society of Exploration Geophysicists
	Geodynamics (Goddard Space Flight Center)

	Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty- see how some of the material learned in this class is applied to monitoring nuclear testing around the world.

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