G457U Volcanoes & Earthquakes, Winter Term 2007

Volcanoes portion (50% of total of class)

G457, CRN# 41495, 4 credits

instructor: Martin J. Streck office: Geol 17H

phone: 725-3379 email: streckm@pdx.edu

Dept. of Geology office hours: T 1 - 2 pm and by appointment

Lecture: TR, 16:00-17:50, PCAT 140

Schedule: Reading

Lecture 1: Introduction to Volcanoes…………………...........................Chapter 2

Lecture 2: Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics………….............................Chapter 2

Lecture 3: Volcanoes and Eruptions………………….............................Chapter 3.......Exercise1

Lecture 4: Volcanoes and Eruptions………………….............................Chapter 3

Lecture 5 : Water and Volcanoes……………………..............................Chapter 4

Mid-term exam: March 1

Lecture 6 : Volcanic “Hurricanes”.....................................................Chapter 5

Lecture 7 : “Falling” Volcanoes and Floods of Mud............................Chapter 6

Lecture 8 : Lava Flows...................................................................Chapter 7

Lecture 9 : Eruptions and Atmosphere.............................................Chapter 8

Lecture 10 : open…………………………………….................................TBA

Final exam: Tuesday March 20, 15:30-17:20

Text: Volcanoes, Crucibles of Change, R.V. Fisher, G. Heiken, J.B. Hulen –Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 1997, ISBN:0-691-00249-5

Grade Allocation:
Excercises (10% each) 20%

Mid-term exam 30%

Final written exam 40%

Term paper 10%

Grading Policy:

93-100 A

90-92 A–

87-89 B+

83-86 B

80-82 B–

77-79 C+

73-76 C

70-72 C–

67-69 D+

63-66 D

60-62 D–

< 60 F