TAs: Tom Birren, Peter Scheuermann, and Nina Whitney
Office hours: You can almost always find me after class (3A or convo time). For other times, check my schedule to see times when I am available, then send me an email (where you also propose several times where you are available).
You can download a free app for the iPod, iPodTouch, iPhone, showing strike and dip here.
Here are links to seismograph programs for your Apple computer computer, dashboard, and portable device.
There are some nice demos for plate tectonic environments here.
Course Updates
Week 10
Lab projects: we'll eat snacks and look at your devices on Wednesday.
Wiki: your revisions are due on Monday November 21st at 8:30 am. If you finish before this time, I would appreciate if you send me an email.
Week 9
Reading: look at the figures in Chapters 9 and 10. Read as much as you like; it will be interesting.
Wiki: you should be done with all your sections. Now is the time for revision.
I have wiki office hours all week in order to meet with every person who wants help - don't forget to come with questions.
Review sessions: I have one on Wednesday night at 8:30. The three TAs have one on Thursday night at 7:30.
Week 7
Reading: start checking out the chapter on subduiction zones for next week.
Homework: please bring your homework to class on Monday next week. Have it printed out by the start of class.
Wiki: I've changed the wiki deadlines: this coming Monday is the deadline for you to finish you plate motion AND plate history sections (for those of you who have been putting this off). Next Friday will be the deadline for the topic-of-choice.
Week 6
Reading: Start checking out Chapter 6, on ocean ridges, for next week.
Wiki: For next Monday, there is a new assignment about the long-term history of your tectonic plate. This is the second-to-last installment for the wiki. The following week, you will choose the topic that you are interested in, so start thinking about possible ideas.
Lab: From now on, lab time is for your project. If you need equipment, think about getting it before lab. Remember to keep receipts so we can reimburse you.
Homework: there is a new homework assignment about Euler poles for Friday next week. A pdf of the homework can be found here.
Week 5
Reading: you can be reading Chapter 4 and even some of Chapter 5.
Wiki: More plate work to do. For Monday that past, there was an assignment about volcanism on your plate. For Wednesday next, there is an assignment about plate motion.
Week 4
Reading: On to Chapter 3 - start by really looking at the figures. None of the fake looking at the figures. Test yourself - could you write a figure caption for each figure?
Wiki: complete your third plate assignment for Monday. Keep posting comments to other plate pages.
Lab: your gravity lab is due on Thursday. You can turn in a group report.
Homework: the isostasy homework deadline was moved until Wednesday.
Week 3
Reading: Now you should be able to read section 2.1. Spend some time looking at the diagrams near the end of Chapter 2.
Wiki: complete your second plate assignment for Monday. The revisions of other plates are due on Friday.
Lab: your seismology report about the earthquake in Turkey is due in lab. Each person should turn in their own stereonet of the focal mechanism but all other sections can be completed as a group.
Homework: there's a homework that is probably due on Friday.
Week 2
Reading: You could start reading Chapter 2 - I'd say sections 2.2 -2.4 are a good start. Don't do section 2.1 yet, because we haven't talked about any of it. You can skip (permanently 2.5, 2.6, and 2.10).
Wiki: complete your first plate assignment for Monday. Refer to the map in our classroom if you have questions about your portion of a big plate. You can find the wiki here.
Homework: the scorpion assignment is due on Wednesday. You can work with a partner - if you do, please indicate this on your hand-in and be sure to write answers to questions in your own words. You will need a compass (not the magnetic kind) - I left some on the back table of the classroom. Please don't take them from the classroom. Extra copies of the assignment are in an envelope outside my office.
Week 1
Reading: Read Chapter 1 in the textbook for Wednesday. This week, you can also start to look through Chapter 2. Before reading the text in Chapter 2, start by looking at all the diagrams and trying to figure out what they mean.
Wiki: complete your first wiki assignment for Wednesday. You can find the wiki here. The assignment is posted on the weekly assignment page. After this week, the assignments will typically be due on Mondays.
Business for Wednesday: read the syllabus so you know what's coming this term.
