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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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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

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5 March

26 March

12 April

26 April

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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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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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