G148 Volcanoes and Earthquakes
| Instructor: Sarah Hoover |
| sarahh@clackamas.edu |
| 503-657-6958 ext 2812 |
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Lectures |
Objectives |
Homework/Labs | Reading Assignments | Links |
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Basic structure of the earth and plate tectonics |
Week 1 | USGS This Dynamic Planet (plate tectonic overview) |
Geology Dictionary Paleomap project (reconstruction of the earth's plates with time) |
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Week 2
Faults, history of seismology, seismic waves and magnitudes |
Week 2 |
USGS Earthquake page
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USGS | |
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Week 3 History of seismology, magnitudes, intensity quake hazards and mitigation
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Week 3 |
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Parkfield
earthquake observatory
USGS New Madrid 1811 quake |
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Week4 finish quake hazards, Quake types & locations, Monitoring
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Week 4 | Wasatch Fault | ||
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Week 5 Regional quakes and local Quakes MIDTERM |
Week 5 | Nisqually Earthquake | ||
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Week 6 Introduction to volcanoes, structures characteristics, types, mechanics and products |
Week 6 | Earthquake epicenter |
Portland Monthly Article on Earthquakes March 2009
Read through sections on Eruption Dynamics, Volcanic landforms, Eruption Products, Eruption types
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Volcano World Volcanoes.com |
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Week 7 Silicic volcanism & the NW |
Week 7 |
Silicic Volcanism Read through the accounts of each volcanic eruption |
Volcanoes
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Mt St Helens Statistics (summary) |
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Week 8 NW Silicic Volcanism and intro to Basaltic volcanism and the NW |
Week 8 |
Columbia River Flood Basalts (CRBs)
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Week 9 (use Basaltic lecture notes from Week 8) Basaltic Volcanism and Monitoring and predicition. Local potential |
Week 9 | Monitoring Techniques (Suggested reading/perusing for more details) | Tsunami link Dogami | |
| CCC Library | ||||
| WEEK 10: FINAL....DON'T BE LATE!!! | Geology of Portland | |||
| Finals Week: I will be in my office from 4-5 if you want to know how you did on your final/in the class | ||||
Interesting/related articles:
| Earthquake Conversations: Scientific American Jan 2003 | Ebsco Data Base CCC Library |
| Summery of NW volcanism | |