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Revised 12/7/06

Mondays	Tuesdays	Wednesdays	Thursdays	Fridays
September 25	September 26	September 27 Orientation	September 28 Assignment 1 Maps, Navigation, Bathymetry Garrison Ch. 1 pp. 8–9, 18–20	September 29 Pacific Northwest Earthquakes: The Evidence Online readings 1 Required Internet Orientation Kane 210 2:30 - 3:20 PM
October 2 Introduction to the Earth & Oceans Tour the Sea Floor Garrison Ch. 4 pp. 88–109	October 3 Sea floor Rocks Layers of the Earth Garrison Ch. 3 pp. 54–60	October 4 Plate Tectonic Basics Garrison Ch. 3 pp. 61–83	October 5 Assignment 2 Plate Tectonics	October 6 Sediments Garrison Ch. 5 Instructor office hours Kane 210 2:30-3:20 pm
October 9 Plate Tectonic Summary Online Readings 2	October 10 Tsunami: Occurrences of tsunami Garrison Ch. 10 pp. 247–253	October 11 Tsunami: Properties of tsunami & shallow-water waves	October 12 Review	October 13 Exam 1 (110 pts.)
October 16 Coastal erosion from storms & rising sea level Garrison Ch. 10 pp. 245–246, Ch. 12 p. 289 Online Readings 3	October 17 Coastal wave dynamics and beach processes Garrison Ch. 10 pp. 240–243; Ch. 12 pp. 276-291; pp. 298-300	October 18 Coastal wave dynamics and beach processes	October 19 Assignment 3 Waves & Beaches	October 20 Deep-sea wave properties & forecasting Rogue waves Garrison Ch. 10 pp. 228–240 Instructor office hours Kane 210 2:30-3:20 pm
October 23 Winds & hurricanes Garrison Ch. 8 pp. 177-199	October 24 Winds & Ekman transport Garrison Ch. 9 pp. 200–205	October 25 Geostrophic currents Garrison Ch. 9 pp. 200–205	October 26 Assignment  4 Winds & currents	October 27 Summary, Boundary currents Garrison Ch. 9 pp. 206–210 Instructor office hours Kane 210 2:30-3:20 pm
October 30 Upwelling, El Niño Garrison Ch. 9 pp. 211–216 Online Reading 4	October 31 El Niño	November 1 El Niño Online Reading 5	November 2 Review	November 3 Exam 2  (110 pts.)
November 6 Tides Garrison Ch. 11 pp. 257–270	November 7 Tidal currents Online Readings 6	November 8 Tide predictions	November 9 Assignment 5 Tides	November 10 Veteran's Day Holiday
November 13 Density-driven circulation Garrison Ch. 6 pp. 148–151, Ch. 9 pp. 217–222	November 14 Estuaries Garrison Ch. 12 pp. 295–297	November 15 Puget Sound circulation	November 16 Review	November 17 Exam 3 (70 pts.)
November 20 Seawater chemistry Garrison Ch. 7 pp. 165–174; Ch 13 pp. 309-314, 317-318; Ch. 14 pp. 342	November 21 Coral reef ecology Garrison Ch. 12 pp. 292-294, Ch. 14 p. 350, Ch. 15 pp. 358-359, Ch. 16 p. 403, 409-410 Online readings  7	November 22 Coral reefs in jeopardy Garrison Ch. 18 p. 451	November 23 Thanksgiving Holiday	November 24 Thanksgiving Holiday
November 27 The pelagic environment Garrison Ch. 13 pp. 305-310, 315-316, 321; Ch. 14 pp. 333-335, 340-343	November 28 Pelagic organisms Garrison Ch. 13 pp. 325-328, Ch. 14 pp. 332–341, 345-347; Ch. 15 pp. 364-366, 368-372, 380-385	November 29 Pelagic food webs Garrison Ch. 13 pp. 308–310, Ch. 14 pp. 334-335	November 30 Assignment 6 Pelagic organisms & food webs	December 1 Pelagic food webs Extra Credit Video Kane 210 2:30-3:20 pm
December 4 Pelagic primary production Garrison  Ch. 14 pp. 340-345	December 5 Pelagic primary production "Red tides” Online  Reading 8	December 6 "Red tides” Garrison Ch. 14 p. 339	December 7 Assignment 7 Pelagic production	December 8 Review December 9 (Saturday) Exam 4 (110 pts.) Kane 130 10:00 - 12:00

Online Readings 1

“Orphan Tsunami” by Brian Atwater (UW & USGS) and others Chapter 2 (30 mb) (free PDF)
    Skim for material referred to in lecture

“Paleoseisomology: A Search for Ancient Earthquakes on Puget Sound” J. Adams Science 258: 1592-1593 (1992)
    PDF posted via link from syllabus

“Pinpointing Devastation if Seattle Fault Ruptures” Sandi Doughton Seattle Times 2/20/05

Online Readings 2

“Executive Summary of Pacific Northwest Earthquake Risks” PDF <www.pnsn.org/CascadiaEQs.pdf> and  “Major Faults of the Puget Sound” page <www.pnsn.org/INFO_GENERAL/puget_faults.html>.
Follow links from Pacific Northwest Seismic Network home page <www.pnsn.org/INFO_GENERAL/infoproducts.html>

”Earthquake Hazards in Washington & Oregon” <www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/INFO_GENERAL/eqhazards.html>
NOTE: Follow & read all links at top left of this page to Deep, Shallow, and Subduction quakes and the quake of 1700

Skim for material covered in lecture: “Tectonic plate motions, crustal blocks, and shallow earthquakes in Cascadia” <http://geomaps.wr.usgs.gov/pacnw/rescasp1.html>

Online Readings 3

http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/c1075/ US Geological Survey "Coasts in Crisis" (Read sections on “Types of C"Warming to oasts” and “Coastal Change”)

www.nhc.noaa.gov/HAW2/english/storm_surge.shtml NOAA storm surge page

”Katrina: Behind the Tragedy” http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/master.html?http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/0205/0205_feature2.html
Skim for material referred to in lecture

"Warming to Cause Catastrophic Rise in Sea Level?" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/04/0420_040420_earthday.html

Online Readings 4

Philadelphia Inquirer special series on the Gulf Stream http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/special_packages/gulfstream/
View the "multimedia" links

Online Readings 5

These readings are not required. They are extensive overview sites on El Niño you can refer to if you have difficulty with this material.

http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/students/elnino/index.html
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/ElNino/
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Library/LaNina/
http://www.pmel.noaa.gov/tao/elnino/nino-home.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/elnino/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/elnino/

Online Readings 6

These readings are not required. They are a series of primer sites on tides you can refer to if you have difficulty with this material.

http://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/restles1.html
http://www.nos.noaa.gov/education/kits/tides/welcome.html

Online Readings 7

Ellis, Richard. 2003. The Empty Ocean. Chapter 12, What is Killing the Coral Reefs? Island Press, Washington, DC

Kolbert, Elizabeth. 2006. The Darkening Sea. New Yorker Nov. 20, 2006 pp. 66-75

Doney, Scott. 2006. The Dangers of Ocean Acidification. Scientific American March 2006 pp.  58-65

This reading has much more detail than you are responsible for. Scan it for background on the material presented in lecture.
The State of Coral Reef Ecosystems of the United States and Pacific Freely Associated States: 2005.   http://ccma.nos.noaa.gov/ecosystems/coralreef/coral_report_2005/       Follow link to Chapter 3: Threats and Stressors

Online Readings 8

These readings are not required. They are a series of primer sites on primary production & "red tides" you can refer to if you have difficulty with this material.

NASA satellite ocean productivity site    www.gsfc.nasa.gov/topstory/20010327colors_of_life.html (general primary production)

Washington Dept. Health Harmful Algal Bloom site   www.doh.wa.gov/ehp/sf/sfpubs.htm#biotoxinpubs (links to 3 fact sheets: Biotoxins  - Myths & Misconceptions, Paralytic  Shellfish Poisoning [PSP], Domoic  Acid [ASP] in Shellfish)

Washington Dept. Fish & Wildlife Razor Clam site   http://wdfw.wa.gov/fish/shelfish/razorclm/domacid.htm

Olympic Peninsula Region Harmful Algal Bloom site   www.orhab.org/outreach/outreach.html (link to red tides newsletters )

Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms (Pacific Northwest)   www.ecohabpnw.org/index.html

NW Fisheries Science Center (NOAA) Harmful Algal Bloom site   www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Harmful Algal Bloom site   http://www.whoi.edu/redtide/