GEOL 100: Environmental Earth Science
Schedule Fall 2007
Date
Lecture Topic
Reading Assignment
Aug 20 Introduction to the Earth
Aug 22 Population and Sustainability
What makes the Earth?
Aug 24 Earth Systems and the Origin of the Earth
p. 1-16
p. 16-25
Aug 27 Energy Budget of the Earth
Aug 29 Geologic Time
Aug 31 Quiz #1. Current Events Report Due
Minerals, Rocks, and The Rock Cycle
p. 47-60
p. 63-88
Sep 3 Labor Day Holiday
Sep 5 Plate Tectonics and Rocks
Sep 7 Earthquakes and Plate Boundaries
Case Studies: Loma Prieta, CA and Kobe, Japan
Sep 10 EARTHQUAKES AND PLATE BOUNDARIES
(EarthInquiry) Due
Case Studies:
Sep 12 Indonesia, Hawaii, and the Pacific Northwest. Tsunami
Sep 14 Volcanic Eruptions
p. 26-46
p. 91-101
p. 101-121
p. 146-154
p. 138-146
Sep 17 Quiz #2. Volcanic Hazard Case Study:
Cascade Mts. Washington and Oregon
Volcanic Hazard Case Study: Hawaii
Sep 19 MONITORING AND MITICATING VOLCANIC HAZARDS
(EarthInquiry) Due
Sep 21 Living with Volcanoes
Sep 24 TEST #1
Sep 26 Soil and Weathering Systems
Mass Movements
Sep 28 Current Events Report Due
p. 159-182
p. 182-190
Oct 1 Ore Deposits and Mining Impact
Quiz #3. Water Resources MINERAL USES AND
Oct 3 CONSUMPTION (EarthInquiry) Due
Oct 5 Rivers, Floodplains and Floods
p. 123-138
Oct 8 Changes to the surface water system
p. 216-231
p. 193-206
p.206-216
Date
Lecture Topic
Reading Assignment
Groundwater
Oct 10 RECURRENCE INTERVAL OF FLOODS (EarthInquiry) Due p. 233-245
Oct 12 Use of Groundwater
p. 245-259
Oct 15 Surface and Groundwater Contamination
Arsenic in soil and water
Oct 17 DRINKING WATER CONTAMINATION (EarthInquiry) Due
Oct 19 Quiz #4. The Atmosphere and Weather
p. 261-275
Oct 22 Storms and Hurricanes
Oct 24 Atmospheric Pollution
Oct 26 The Oceans
p. 275-280
p. 280-288
p. 291-300
Seawater Properties and Ocean Ciculation
Oct 29 Current Events Report Due
Oct 31 Sea Level Change
Nov 2 TEST #2
p. 300-308
p. 308-312
Nov 5 Coastal Erostion and Stabilization
Energy Resources on the Earth
Nov 7 COASTAL HAZARDS (EarthInquiry) Due
Nov 9 Where should we get our oil?
Nov 12 Veteran’s Day Holiday
Nov 14 Other Hydrocarbon Resources
Nov 16 Alternative Power Sources
p. 312-316
p. 327-334
p. 334-338
p. 338-345
p. 345-361
Nov 19 Quiz # 5. Nuclear Waste Disposal
Nov 21 Hydroelectric Power and Dams
Nov 23 Thanksgiving Holiday
Nov 26 Climate Change
Nov 28 Indicators of Environmental Change
Current Events Report Due
Nov 30 Earth’s Climate History
Human Impacts
Dec 3 LONG-TERM CLIMATE CHANGE (EarthInquiry) Due
Dec 5 Review and Wrap
p. 363-372
p. 372-383
p. 385-398
p. 398-411
Dec 10 Final Exam 9:40-11:30 AM