COURSE OUTLINE--Summer, 2008

Dr. Jonathan A. Nourse Dr. David R. Berry Office Hours:

Office: Room 8-242C Office: Room 4-A-414 Monday and Wednesday

Telephone: (909) 869-3460 Telephone: (909) 869-3455 2:00-3:00 PM

email: janourse@csupomona.edu drberry@csupomona.edu

Web Link to Course Materials: http://geology.csupomona.edu/janourse/GE-ServiceCourses.htm

Lecture Meets in Building 24D, Room 1220, Monday and Wednesday, noon-1:50PM--Attendance Required. Be prepared to take notes in color! Feel free to annotate the illustrations/handouts distributed in lecture. Please keep an organized notebook so all course materials are accessible.

Required Text

Abbott, Patrick L., Natural Hazards, 6th edition, McGraw Hill, 510 pages.

Required Exercise Manual

Nourse, J. A., Marshall, J. S, and Berry, D. R., 2003, Practical Earth Science Exercises, 2^nd Edition, Revised Printing, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. Do not buy a used copy with pages torn out!!

Homework exercises from this manual will be introduced during lecture and completed later by students. Please submit homework on time. Late work will be penalized at a rate of 10% per class session.

Prerequisites None

Minimum Student Materials (Bring to class at all times)

Textbook, Exercise manual, Internet access, notebook or three-ring binder, standard writing materials, colored pencils, ruler, protractor, compass, calculator.

Required Report

Teams of 2 or 3 students will research a historical disaster from a list of topics, write a short paper with relevant illustrations, and present a Powerpoint talk during last three class meetings. Please see separate instruction package for details. No solo talks, please. Students must commit to topic by Wednesday, July 16.

Extra Credit Field Trip Option

Your instructors will lead a one-day field trip to the Mt. Baldy area (date TBA), to view natural examples of various geologic catastrophes and active Earth processes. All students are encouraged to attend this trip. Field trip participation will constitute bonus points up to 10% of the course grade. Those unable to participate may complete Exercise 2 of exercise manual for extra points.

Evaluation

Your grade for this 4 unit course will be calculated as follows:

Homework and Classroom Activities 25%

Exam 1 25%

Exam 2 25%

Final Project (Written and Oral) 25%

*Exams will cover lecture, homework, and classroom activities*

**No make-up exams without a documented emergency or prior consultation**

***Please turn off your cell phones before attending lecture. Class time is our learning time. No cell phone interruptions, please!! No Texting, No Games, No Calls***

Tentative Lecture Schedule and Textbook Reading Assignments

Part I: Driving Mechanisms for Natural Disasters / Earth-Sun Relations and Evaporation / Severe Weather / Floods / Basics of Plate Tectonics

Weeks 1-2 (June 23, 25, 30, July 2):

Course Logistics and Introduction; Internet Resources; Dynamic Energy Sources Behind Natural Disasters; Basic Sun-Earth Mechanisms that Drive Hurricanes, Thunderstorms and Tornadoes; Regional Floods vs. Flash Floods; Plate Tectonic Theory and Plate Boundaries; Active Tectonic Regions

*Read Chapters 1, 2, 3, 12 (p. 327-347), 13, 14, and 15

Part II: Earthquakes, Seismology, and Tsunami

Weeks 3-4 (July 7, 9, 14, 16):

Relationship of Active Faulting and Earthquakes to Plate Motions; Basic Seismology; Historical Earthquakes: Scientific Observations and Human Impact; Causes and Consequences of Tsunami; Technologic Advances in Rapid Response to Earthquakes and Tsunami;

*Read Chapters 4, 5, 6 and 7

**Choose your report topic before Wednesday, July 16, or one will be assigned**

***EXAM 1 is scheduled for Monday, July 21***

Part III: Volcanic Eruptions

Weeks 5-6 (July 23, 28, 30):

Active Volcanic Regions of the World—Relationship to Plate Tectonics; Products of Volcanic Eruptions; Famous Historical Volcanic Eruptions: Scientific Observation and Human Impact

*Read Chapters 8 and 9

**Outline and synopsis of report is due Wednesday, July 30**

Part IV: Mass Movements: Landslides and other Erosion Problems; “Volcanic Weather,” Climate Change and Global Warming

Week 8-9 (August 4, 6, 11, 13):

Common Geologic Causes of Landslides and other Slope Failures; Accelerated Erosion; Subsidence, and Swelling Soils; Influence of Volcanic Eruptions on Weather Patterns and Human Civilization; Natural Influences on Global Warming vs. Global Cooling; Sea Level Rise

*Read Chapters 10, 11 (p.292-311), 12 (p. 313-326), 16, and 18;

***EXAM 2 is scheduled for Monday, August 18***

Part V: Oral Presentation of Student Research Projects

Weeks 9-10 (August 20, 25, and 27)

***Student Powerpoint Presentations constitute the final examination for this course. Student attendance (and moral support) is required for all presentations***