GEOL-0820 Natural Disasters Spring, 2024


WEEK DATE TOPIC CHAPTER
1 1/8 Overview and Introduction to Natural Disasters 1
  1/10 Energy Sources for Disasters 2, 9
    Recitation: No Recitation Meeting  
       
2 1/15 NO CLASS: MLK Day  
    Video Homework: "Panic in the Ring of Fire" (Discovery Canada) #
  1/17 Elements and Minerals #
    Recitation #1: Mineral Identification & Carnegie Museum Homework  
       
3 1/22 Rocks and the Rock Cycle #
  1/24 The Scientific Method & Plate Tectonics #, 2
    Recitation #2: Rock Identification  
       
4 1/29 Plate Tectonics: Plate Boundaries and Earth Structure 4
  1/31 Earthquakes: Science & Monitoring 3
    Video Homework: "The Day the Earth Shook" (NOVA) #
    Recitation #3: Plate Tectonics  
       
5 2/5 Earthquakes: Mitigation & Tsunami Science 3, 8
  2/7 Tsunamis: Monitoring & Mitigation 8
    Recitation #4: Earthquakes  
       
6 2/12 * Exam #1 weeks 1-5
  2/14 * Volcanoes: Lava Properties & Eruption Types 6
    Recitation #5: Tsunamis  
       
7 2/19 Volcanoes: Monitoring & Mitigation 7
    Video Homework: "Understanding Volcanic Hazards" (IAVCEI) #
  2/21 Landslides Types & Ground Collapse 15
    Recitation #6: Volcanoes  
       
8 2/26 Landslides: Assessment, Mitigation and Case Studies 15
  2/28 Extreme Heat & Desertification 10
    Recitation #7: Landslides  
       
9 3/4 Thunderstorms and Lightning 10
  3/6 Tornadoes: Science, Monitoring & Mitigation 10
    Recitation #8: Deserts & Extreme Heat  
       
10 3/11 NO CLASS: Spring Break  
  3/13 NO CLASS: Spring Break  
    Recitation: No Recitation Meeting  
       
11 3/18 Exam #2
  3/20 Hurricanes: Science 11
    Recitation #9: Tornadoes  
       
12 3/25 Hurricanes: Monitoring & Mitigation 11
  3/27 Hurricanes: Case Studies 11
    Recitation #10: Hurricanes  
       
13 4/1 Flooding: Science 13
  4/3 Flooding: Monitoring & Mitigation 13
    Video Homework: "Flood!" (NOVA) #
    Recitation #11: Flooding  
       
14 4/8 Wildfires: History & Science 14
  4/10 Wildfires: Monitoring & Mitigation 14
    Recitation #12: Wildfires  
       
15 4/15 * Mega Disasters: Climate Change 12, #
  4/17 * Mega Disasters: Mass Extinction Events 17, 18, #
    Recitation #13: Jeopardy! (final exam review)  
       
16 4/26 Final Exam: Friday, 8:00 - 9:50 am ** weeks 11-15
       
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# taken from supplementary material not in the textbook

* dates in red indicate Prof. Ramsey's research travel. Lectures will be given by either Dr. Ian Flynn, Dr. Daniel Williams, or Dr. Evan Collins from the Geology Department.

** the date and time of the final exam are selected by the University Registrar's Office, and will be in the same room as the lecture. You must be available during this time, so do not plan your move out and head home the weekend before finals!! I do not give make-up or early exams.