Date
|
Topic (+ Assignment Deadlines)
|
Reading
|
| Aug. 24 W |
Introduction to Course -
General
Course Information; Types
of natural disasters |
Introduction |
| Aug. 26 F |
Introduction
to Natural Disasters I - personal stories, impact on society |
|
| Aug. 29 M |
Introduction
to Natural Disasters II - scientific method, benefits,
prediction, risk, human response |
|
| Aug. 31 W |
Introduction
to Natural Disasters III - population growth, energy sources,
geologic cycles |
Population
& the Land |
| Sept. 2 F |
Earth
Layers + Earth Materials I - minerals |
Rocks
& Minerals |
| Sept. 5 M |
Labor Day - No Class
|
|
| Sept. 7 W |
Earth
Materials II- swelling clays, rocks |
Murck et al. p. 158159 |
| Sept. 9 F |
Earth
Materials III - engineering strength, U of I Campus building
stones |
Keller p. 3639 |
| Sept. 12 M |
Geologic
Time - absolute + relative age, geologic time scale Web Ex.
#1 due |
Geologic
Time |
| Sept. 14 W |
Plate
Tectonics - principles, features of tectonic plate boundaries |
Plate
Tectonics |
| Sept. 16 F |
Earthquakes
I - case study (CS) summaries, principles |
Earthquakes |
| Sept. 19 M |
Earthquakes
II - measuring earthquakes, damage |
|
| Sept. 21 W |
Earthquakes
III - damage, CS: New Madrid, MO, Anchorage, Alaska |
|
| Sept. 23 F |
Earthquakes
IV - CS: Loma Prieta, CA; Kobe, Japan; Sumatra, Indonesia Web
Ex. #2 due |
|
| Sept. 26 M |
Earthquakes
V - prediction (short- and long-range), mitigation + control |
|
| Sept. 28 W |
Volcanoes
I - principles, explosiveness, plate tectonics |
Volcanic
Activity |
| Sept. 29 Th |
EXAM #1 - Th., Sept. 29, 7 - 8 pm, 100 Noyes, 505
S. Mathews
|
|
| Sept. 30 F |
Volcanoes
II - CS: Hawaii; undersea eruptions; CS: Mt. Vesuvius + Campi
Flegrei, Italy |
|
| Oct. 3 M |
Volcanoes
III - CS: Mt. Saint Helens, caldera-forming eruptions |
|
| Oct. 5 W |
Volcanoes
IV - benefits, hazards, CS: Mt. Pelee, Lake Nyos; prediction,
mitigation |
|
| Oct. 7 F |
NO CLASS (Offsets time for evening Exam #1)
|
|
| Oct. 10 M |
Mass
Wasting/Landslides I - principles, types Web Ex. #3 due |
Slope
Failure & Landslides |
| Oct. 12 W |
Landslides
II - slope stability, controlling factors |
|
| Oct. 14 F |
Landslides
III - mitigation; CS: Portuguese Bend, CA, Vaiont Dam, Italy |
Murck et al. p. 164167 |
| Oct. 17 M |
Subdsidence
I - gradual subsidence, CS: San Joaquin Valley + Long Beach, CA |
Murck et al. p. 172187
Groundwater & Wetlands (Human
Modification Of Groundwater Systems only) |
| Oct. 19 W |
Subdsidence
II - rapid subsidence, sinkhole formation, CS: Winter Park, FL |
|
| Oct. 21 F |
Severe
Weather I - importance, atmosphere fundamentals Web Ex. #4
due |
The
Atmosphere |
| Oct. 24 M |
Severe
Weather II - Coriolis effect, Hadley cells, wind systems, air
lifting |
Weather
Systems |
| Oct. 26 W |
Severe
Weather III - thunderstorms, lightning, tornadoes |
|
| Oct. 28 F |
Severe
Weather IV - hurricanes, CS: Gilbert, Andrew, Mitch,
Bangladesh, Katrina |
|
| Oct. 31 M |
Climate
Change I - importance, global climate controls Web Ex. #5
due |
Earth's
Climate System |
| Nov. 2 W |
Scientific
Writing; Climate
Change II - global climate controls, causes/examples-cold +
warm climates |
Global
Change |
| Nov. 4 F |
EXAM #2 (during regular Friday class period)
|
|
| Nov. 7 M |
Climate
Change III - causes + examples-greenhouse/glacial climates,
current + future climate change |
|
| Nov. 9 W |
Coastal
Erosion I - processes, waves, longshore currents, beaches |
Oceans
& Coastlines |
| Nov. 11 F |
Coastal
Erosion II - causes, mitigation, CS: Galveston, TX, Ocean City,
MD Essay
Due by 3 pm |
|
| Nov. 14 M |
Coastal
Erosion III - CS: Lake Michigan shoreline, IL + Cape Hatteras
Lighthouse, NC |
|
| Nov. 16 W |
River
Principles - flow + channel characteristics, kinds of rivers |
Streams
& Floods |
| Nov. 18 F |
Floods
I - nature, cause, types, CS: Big Thompson Canyon, CO; flood
size Essay
Reviews Due 3 pm |
|
| Nov. 21 - 25 |
Thanksgiving Break - No Class
|
|
| Nov. 28 M |
Floods
II - prediction, effect of urbanization |
|
| Nov. 30 W |
Floods
III - mitigation (pros + cons of flood control construction
measures) |
Groundwater &Wetlands (Intro
to Wetlands & Destruction
of Wetlands only) |
| Dec. 2 F |
Floods
IV - CS: Mississippi River, 1993 |
|
| Dec. 5 M |
Floods
IV (continued) - Red River of North-1997; Meteorite
Impacts I - importance Web Ex. #6 due |
Earth
in Space |
| Dec. 7 W |
Meteorite
Impacts II - types + origin of meteorites, nature of impact
events, mass extinction |
|
| Dec. 9 F |
Meteorite
Impacts III - extinction of dinosaurs, prediction, mitigation; Favorite
Videos of Semester |
|
| Dec. 16 F |
FINAL EXAM (1:30 - 4:30 pm Fri., Dec. 16)
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