Earth and Space Sciences 202


Earthquakes

Spring 2008


John    Heidi
Instructors:
John Vidale     ATG 208a   206-543-6790
john.vidale@gmail.com


Heidi Houston    ATG 204    206-616-7092
heidi.houston@gmail.com


TA
:
Josh Carmichael  ATG 202    206-543-0570
joshuadc@u.washington.edu

 

Class details

This Dynamic Earth link

Plate Tectonic Movies
(Click on "preview page", under Plate Animation
then "downloads", among the grey buttons near the top)

Book - Living with earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest
Yeats, 2004 (at UW bookstore)

Final Project (not yet linked)

no grades to post yet

 

Powerpoint Lectures
(generally posted a day ahead of the lecture,

sometimes the lecture is one class later than posted)


Mar 31 ppt pdf   Intro, whole Earth    preface, pp.1-5

April  2 ppt pdf   Plate Tectonics         pp. 7-13

April  4 More of the same file            pp. 14-27


April  7  ppt pdf  Faulting                    Our Dynamic Planet CD

April  9  ppt pdf  Seismic Waves     pp. 28-38

April 11 More of the same file            pp. 38-52

 

April 14 ppt pdf  Tsunamis  Brian Atwater  pp. 61-89
April 16 ppt pdf  Deep Earth
April 18 More of Deep Earth

April 21
ppt pdf Sensors                       pp.52-60
April 23 More of Sensors
April 25 ppt pdf Magnitudes

April 28 ppt pdf West coast tectonics     pp. 91-107
April 30 more West coast tectonics
May   2 ppt pdf NW earthquakes Ken Creager

May   5
 more West coast tectonics
May   7 ppt pdf Seattle fault Ralph Haugerud pp. 108-155
May   9 ppt pdf Famous earthquakes

May 12 more Famous earthquakes
May 14 Tsunamis, Jody Bourgeois  pp.216-239
May 16 ppt pdf Volcanoes and seismology

May 19 ppt pdf EQ prediction                     pp.156-188
May 21 ppt pdf China and more            pp. 260-279
May 23 ppt pdf Regional Hazards Tom Pratt  pp.188-215

May 26 Memorial Day Holiday
May 28 ppt pdf The Viaduct, Stephen Kramer
May 30 more EQ prediction


June  2 ppt pdf Earthquake hazards I       pp. 279-294
June  4 ppt pdf Earthquake hazards II      pp. 295-319

June  6  Course review and evaluation

June  9  Final exam 2:30-4:20 p.m.

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