EPS C20 and L&S C70Y: Earthquakes in your backyard - Syllabus
Date
28-Aug
2-Sep
4-Sep
9-Sep
11-Sep
16-Sep
18-Sep
19-22 Sep*
23-Sep
25-Sep
30-Sep
2-Oct
7-Oct
9-Oct
14-Oct
16-Oct
21-Oct
23-Oct
28-Oct
30-Oct
4-Nov
6-Nov
7-10 Nov*
11-Nov
13-Nov
18-Nov
20-Nov
25-Nov
27-Nov
2-Dec
4-Dec
9-Dec
17-Dec
Topic
California and earthquakes
Future earthquakes. CS: The Hayward Temblor Part I
Future earthquakes. CS: The Hayward Temblor Part II
CS: Katrina: Destruction of a city
Earthquake preparedness
Faults: The products of earthquakes
CS: The Hayward Fault
Field Trip I: The Hayward Fault
CS: The 1906 Earthquake and Fire
Where earthquakes occur
Plate tectonics
MidTerm I
Building up to an earthquake
Generating the wiggles
Interpreting seismograms
Earthquake intensity and magnitude
Seismic gaps and creep
CS: M9 Tohoku-oki earthquake
Tsunamis, volcanoes and earthquakes
CS: Deadliest volcanoes
MidTerm II
Earthquake prediction. CS: Browning
Field Trip II: The Berkeley Hills Landslides
No class - Veterans Day
Earthquake forecasting CS: Bay Area
Earthquake early warning systems
CS: Buildings: The good and the bad
CS: Campus retrofit tour
No class - Thanksgiving
The Berkeley Seimological Laboratory
No class
Review: Your Charge: Planning for disasters
Reading
Bolt Ch 1
Reisner p85-111
Homework
Putting down roots
Bolt Ch 3
Asnt 1
Asmt 1 due
FT report
Asmt 2
Bolt Ch 2
Bolt Ch 7 p142-152
Asmt 2 & FT report due
Bolt Ch 4
Bolt Ch 4 p101-107, Ch 5
Bolt Ch 5
Bolt Ch 7 p153-157
Bolt Ch 8
Bolt Ch 9 p182-194
Asmt 3
Asmt 3 due
Asmt 4
Bolt Ch 10
FT report
USGS Fact Sheet
Nature Comment
Bolt Ch 12
Asmt 4 due
FT report due
Asmt 5
Bolt Ch 12
Bolt Ch 11
Asmt 5 due
FINAL EXAM: 8-10am - Rm 150 Wheeler
*Field Trips
CS
The field trips last about 2 hours. Multiple trip times will be available on the dates shown.
"Case studies" will use state of the art scientific data to investigate a specific region, hazard or event and consider the public policy
implications of our findings.
Asmt
FT report
Due Dates
Assignment dates and due dates are listed. All assignments are available on the class website.
Field Trip report due dates are listed.
Field trip and assignment due dates are listed on the syllabus. All work is due by 5pm on the day indicated. The work can be handed in
in the class lecture on the due date or in the class drop box in 340 McCone Hall.
Instructor: Prof. Richard Allen. Email: rallen@berkeley.edu
This syllabus is subject to change.
For an up-to-date syllabus visit: http://earthquakes.berkeley.edu
Syllabus version: November 20th, 2014 - subject to change