OCEAN/ESS 410
Marine Geology and
Geophysics
Instructor:
William Wilcock
Office: 126 Marine Sciences Building
Email: wilcock@u.washington.edu
Teaching Assistants:
Monica Riess
Office: 266 Marine Sciences Building
Email: mriess@uw.edu
Dax Soule
Office: 124 Marine Sciences Building
Email: daxsoule@uw.edu
Please include Ocean 410 or ESS 410 in the subject line of e-mails
Class Meeting Times and Locations:
• Lectures
– M/W 9:30-10:20
• Ocean Sciences Building 425
• Labs
– AA Section TTh 9:30-11:20
– AB Section TTh 1:30-3:20
• Ocean Sciences Building 111 (GIS Lab)
Office hours:
• Instructor - after lectures, during/after labs or by
appointment.
• TAs – after/before lectures, during/after labs or by
appointment.
• Please include “Ocean 410” or “ESS 410” in the
subject line of e-mails
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/courses/oc410/
This is the source for updated class
information so please use it.
Class e-mail
multi_ocean410aa_au14@uw.edu
Goes to all the class but you must send the
e-mail from your UW e-mail account.
Syllabus
• Interpreting maps and cross-sections
• Plate tectonics and the structure of the ocean
basins
• Earthquakes
• Mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones
• Sediment transport across the continental
shelf
• Deep-sea sedimentation
Textbook
None but reading will be added to the website
Ways to get more MG&G
• OCEAN/ESS 230 Rivers and Beaches – Nittrouer &
Montgomery (fall)
• OCEAN 450 Climatic Extremes – Johnson and Quay
(winter)
• OCEAN 454 Hydrothermal Systems: An
Interdisciplinary View – Lilley & Baross (winter)
• OCEAN 411 Juan de Fuca Ridge / Hydrate Ridge
Cruise – Kelley & Delaney (summer)
• MG&G Seminar – Mondays 12:30-1:20 in MSB 123
Class Format - I
•Lectures – 2 per week
• PowerPoint files available on line (will require UW Net ID)
but you should take notes.
•Labs – 2 per week - you learn best by doing things
• You will be provided with a paper copy of the lab so there
is no need to print it out but it will be posted on-line ahead of
time and you may want to read it beforehand
• Unless instructed otherwise answers should be on a
separate piece of paper and organized.
• Due for full credit no later than the start of the following
lab
• Bring a ruler, calculator, pencil, and memory stick to each
lab
Class Format - II
• Term paper – selection, statement of
news, and draft and final Nature News
& Views article - only 500 words long.
• Presentations of term paper material
• Mid-term – Mon, Oct 27 or Tue, Oct 28
– Need Class Input.
• Final (2nd mid-term) – Wed, Dec 10
Field Trips
• Mt. St. Helens - Sat/Sun October 11-12
• Olympic Peninsula Beaches - Sat/Sun October
25-26 (joint with Ocean/ESS 230 field trip)
You are required to participate in one.
The Mt St. Helens field trip is the field trip for this
class and the Olympic Peninsula Beaches is a
makeup. You can chose to go on either but
there is no makeup for the makeup.
Grading
20% - Mid-term exam** (assuming 2-hr mid-term)
20% - Final exam**
30% - Lab exercises and paper discussions*
5% - Draft version of ‘News & Views’ article**
10% - Final version of ‘News & Views’ article**
10% - In-class presentation
5% - Field Trip Participation
(Mt. St. Helen's or Washington Coast)
*Your 2 worst lab/discussion scores will be excluded from
final grade.
**A score above zero is required in each of these
components to pass the class.
Policies
Deadlines
• Lab exercises will be due at the start of the following lab.
• Other assignments will be due on date stated on the
assignment and on the website.
• If you need an extension on an assignment notify &
discuss with instructor or a TA as soon and practical and
we will find a way to help
• Unless you have been granted an extension, assignments
turned in up to 1 week late will be graded for only 50%
credit.
Working collaboratively
• You are encouraged to work collaboratively on the class
exercises but, unless otherwise approved, everyone
should turn in their own set of answers.
How to get a bad grade in the
class
• Don’t come to class.
• Turn in the labs late or better still don’t turn
them in at all.
• Don’t participate in the field trip
• Don’t communicate with the instructor & TA
2006 Summary of Grades
4.5
4.0
Observed
Predictions
Linear (Predictions)
3.5
Grade
3.0
2.5
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
0.0
0
2
4
6
8
10
Missed/Late/Incomplete Labs
12
14
16
My Evaluation
• Bubble Evaluation
– Clarity of voice
– Instructor’s enthusiasm
– Instructor’s interest in whether student
learned
– Amount you learned in the course
– Relevance & usefulness of course content
• Yellow Sheets On-line comments
– I read your comments carefully
Instructor Away
• Tu. Sept. 30 – Th. Oct. 2
– R/V Thompson testing instrument for
vertical seafloor geodesy.
• Tu. Oct. 21 – Th. Oct. 23
– UNOLS (Academic Fleet) Annual Meeting
– Future of the Amphibious Array Facility
meeting.
Announcement I
Undergrad TA Opportunity
• Mikelle Nuwer is looking for undergrads to help a
graduate TA teach one or more lab sections of Ocean
101.
• Lab sections meet on Tuesdays from 10:30-12:30 and
12:30-2:20pm and on Thursdays from 12:30-2:20pm.
• There is also a weekly training meeting on Monday
afternoons (ideally from 12:30-2:20pm, but we can
reschedule if need be).
• No experience necessary - students should have taken
either Ocean 101 or Ocean 200.
• Pay is $14/hour.
• If interested e-mail Dr. Nuwer ocean101@uw.edu
Announcement II
Notetaker needed for this class
• There is a student in our class who needs
a copy of the class notes.
• Disability Resources for Students is
looking for at least two notetakers; a
primary who would be able to upload their
notes every day, and an alternate who
would be on standby as a back-up
notetaker.
• If you take accurate and legible notes,
please see me at the end of class.