UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA
ES 492(H): Seminar
Science in the Movies
1: Introduction
Introductory Agenda
1. Contact info for D. Haywick
2. ES 492 Course Outline (syllabus)
3. Lecture 1: The Earth’s Interior
(Prelude to Journey to the Centre of the Earth)
Dr. Doug Haywick
Contact Information
Office: LSCB 049
Telephone: 460-7569
E-mail: dhaywick@southalabama.edu
Office Hours: see syllabus
Supporting Materials
1. Syllabi
2. Web site
Syllabus (492)
Syllabus: Content
Syllabus: Content
Syllabus: Content
Syllabus: Assessment
Syllabus: Assessment
Syllabus: Other Stuff
Supporting Materials
1. Syllabus
2. Web site
There is no text book or lab book for ES 492
Lecture support and movie links are available on line:
www.southalabama.edu/geology/haywick
More rules
•The syllabus is a contract, but it’s subject to change. If it is
a big change, you will be notified
•Turn off your cell phones before you enter the lecture
room. They can NOT be left on tables during exams
•You can NOT use computers while I am lecturing
•If you have a problem, contact me via phone (460-7569)
or E-mail (dhaywick@southalabama.edu)
Today’s Agenda
The Interior of the Earth
1) Geophysical resolution of the
interior
2) Volcanoes in general
3) Iceland and hot spots
4) Movie Number 1
http://michaelmay.blogspot.com/2008/11/journey-to-center-of-earth-1959.html
The Earth
Internal “guts”
of the Earth
Four Major “Geophysical” Layers
Internal “guts”
of the Earth
Four Major “Geophysical” Layers
1) The Crust (5-35 km thick; rigid rock)
Internal “guts”
of the Earth
Four Major “Geophysical” Layers
1) The Crust
2) The Mantle (2865 km; rigid to ductile rock)
Internal “guts”
of the Earth
Four Major “Geophysical” Layers
1) The Crust
2) The Mantle
3) The Outer Core (2200 km; liquid metal)
Internal “guts”
of the Earth
Four Major “Geophysical” Layers
1) The Crust
2) The Mantle
3) The Outer Core
4) The Inner Core (1270 km; solid metal)
The Plate Tectonics Mechanism
It is postulated that the convection currents can
eventually break up the lithosphere into separate plates
Tension
Cooler
Hotter
The Plate Tectonics Mechanism
Hence the term “plate tectonics”
Asthenosphere
Divergent Plate
Boundaries
Convergent Plate
Boundaries
San Andreas Fault
Transform Fault
Plate Boundaries
Types of Volcanoes
Types of Volcanoes
Cinder cone
http://www.discoverourearth.org/student/volcanoes/images/shield_volcanoes_big.jpg
Shield Volcanoes (Mauna Loa,
Mauna Kea, HI)
Shield Volcano
Lava Fountain
Composite Volcanoes
in Japan (Mt. Fuji)
Phreatic eruption
Plinian eruption
Air fall deposits
(volcanic ash)
Iceland
Lies along a divergent
plate boundary
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/iceland/
Iceland
But it is also a “hot
spot”
http://hraun.vedur.is/ja/skyrslur/hotspot/node3.html
The Hawaii
Hot Spot
What’s Actually
below a volcano?
Next Time
Journey to the Center of the
Earth (1959)
Movie Discussion
Think about how the film
portrayed science, scientists and
volcanoes