Gwyneth Jones Visiting Assistant Professor (2007-08 + Autumn 2008) Geology and Environmental Studies University of Puget Sound For my Spring 2008 webpage, please click here.
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"The primary role of the geologist is to recognise the existence of phenomena before trying to explain them." --B.M. Keilhau, 1828
"To forget how to dig the earth and tend the soil is to forget ourselves." --Ghandi
Geology 101c - Physical Geology
Syllabus (.pdf)
Schedule (.pdf) - Subject to revision throughout the semester - REVISED 10/24/08 (RevdGEOL101Sched.pdf)
Student Information Sheet (.pdf)
Physical Geology Schedule & Assignments
Dates Topics Assignments & Other Information
Week #1
(9/1 - 9/7)
The Science of Geology
- Textbook: Ch. 1&11
- PowerPoint: .pdf
Readings due: Friday 9/5 Lab: None Homework: None Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
Week #2
(9/8 - 9/14)
How Do We Know What We Know?
- Textbook: Ch. 1&11
- PowerPoint: .pdf
Minerals
- Textbook: Ch. 2
- PowerPoint: .pdf
Readings due: Wednesday 9/10 Lab: Minerals (in your lab manual)
- Lab not turned in for grading
- Minerals Quiz at start of Week 3 lab period (W 9/17)
- Mineral ID charts, in 3 parts: Metallic luster (MineralID-A.pdf), Light-colored non-metallic luster (MineralID-B.pdf), Dark-colored non-metallic luster (MineralID-C.pdf)
Homework: Scientific method and math practice (.pdf) - Due by 4:00 pm sharp, Monday 9/8
- Concepts in Science & Hints on Experimental Design (.pdf)
- Usefulness of the Scientific Method (.pdf)
- Need a little extra help? -- See Math for Life (.pdf) and Study Survival Skills (.pdf), both from http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewire
Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
Week #3
(9/15 - 9/21)
Igneous Rocks
- Textbook: Ch. 3
- PowerPoint: .pdf
Readings due: Monday 9/15 Lab: Igneous Rocks (in your lab manual)
- Lab not turned in for grading
- Minerals Quiz at start of Week 3 lab period (W 9/17)
- Igneous Rocks (& Minerals Redux) Quiz at start of Week 4 lab period (W 9/24)
- Igneous Rocks handout with ID charts (IgneousID.pdf)
Homework: None
Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
Week #4
(9/22 - 9/28)
Volcanoes and Their Hazards
- Textbook: Ch. 4
Readings due: Monday 9/22 Lab: Point Defiance Field Trip
- Igneous Rocks (& Minerals Redux) Quiz at start of Week 4 lab period (W 9/24)
Homework: None
Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
- In the Path of a Killer Volcano (by WGBH/Nova) - Video shown in class Friday 9/26
- Brief summary - http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3env100y/env/ENV100/vid/volcano.html
- Some guidance questions - http://funnel.sfsu.edu/courses/geol302.4/pinatubo.pdf
- Guidance questions and related links - http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~rschott/g100/discex3.html
- Understanding Volcanic Hazards (by IAVCEI/UNESCO): - Video shown in class Monday 9/22
- Detailed lecture notes - http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol204/volhaz&pred.htm
- Also see - http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol204
- And - http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/About/What/Monitor/monitor.html
- Reducing Volcanic Risk (by IAVCEI/UNESCO)
- Mafic vs. Felsic Hazards (.pdf) - Good visuals
- Ash and Aviation Safety (.pdf) - Audio clip played in class Monday 9/22
- Sarah's Current Event: "Natural Ice Dam Bursts for the First Time in Winter: Climate Change the Cause?" (.ppt)
- Rose's Current Event: "Kilauea Volcano: Relocation of Farmers from Vog Suggested" (.ppt)
Week #5
(9/29 - 10/5)
Sedimentary Processes
Readings due: Wednesday 10/1 Lab: Sedimentary Rocks (in your lab manual)
- Lab not turned in for grading
- Sedimentary Rocks Quiz at start of Week 6 lab period (W 10/8)
- Sedimentary Rock ID handout (SedHandout.pdf) and ID charts (SedID.pdf)
Homework: None Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
Week #6
(10/6 - 10/12)
Metamorphic Processes
Readings due: Wednesday 10/8 Lab: Tombstone Weathering Field Trip (in your lab manual)
- Lab due by the start of class next Wednesday (10/15)
- Sedimentary Rocks Quiz at start of Week 6 lab period (W 10/8)
Homework: None Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
Week #7
(10/13 - 10/19)
(continued)
Readings due: None Lab: Metamorphic Rocks (in your lab manual)
- Lab not turned in for grading
- The comprehensive Minerals & Rocks Lab Practical Exam will be at start of Week 9 lab period (W 10/29)
Homework: None Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
- GUEST LECTURE by Gene Reckin - "The Libby, Montana Story: Geology, Asbestos, and Human Health" (.pdf) - In class Friday, 10/17/08
Week #8
(10/20 - 10/26)
Geologic Time
Readings due: Wednesday 10/22 (Monday is Fall Break) Lab: Topographic and Geologic Maps - Lab.pdf and Maps.pdf
- The Tacoma North 7.5' topo map and related materials are outside our classroom
- Lab due by the start of class next Wednesday (10/29)
- The comprehensive Minerals & Rocks Lab Practical Exam will be at start of Week 9 lab period (Wednesday 10/29)
Homework: Geologic time (.pdf) - Due by 1:00 pm Wednesday 10/22
Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
- Geologic Time Scale (One-Page.pdf or Two-Per-Page.pdf) - Memorize the eons, eras, and periods, in order, before Exam #2
- 2 good PowerPoint PDFs about geologic time (Stratigraphy ppt and Time ppt) are at Rob Viens's Earth History course website: http://www.scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/rv/103/calendar08.html
- Friday 10/24: "The Day the Earth Shook" (NOVA/PBS)
Week #9
(10/27 - 11/2)
Structural Geology
- Textbook: Ch. 9
- PowerPoints: PartA.pdf
Earthquakes
- Textbook: Ch. 10
Plate Tectonics (redux)
- Textbook: Ch. 12
Readings due: Monday 10/27 Lab: Minerals & Rocks Lab Exam
- The comprehensive Minerals & Rocks Lab Practical Exam will be at start of Week 9 lab period (W 10/29)
Homework: Structural Geology and Earthquakes Lab/Homework (.pdf)
- Due Monday 11/3
Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
- Tamara's Current Event: "Geology in Peru" (.odp)
Week #10
(11/3 - 11/9)
(continued)
Readings due: None Lab: Garfield Gulch Field Trip (see your lab manual - Specific instructions discussed in field)
- Due Wednesday 11/5: Pre-trip for Garfield Gulch Field Trip (.pdf)
Homework: Earthquakes Around the World Homework (.pdf)
- Due Wednesday 11/5; please start it right away.
Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
- None
Week #11
(11/10 - 11/16)
(continued)
Readings due: None Lab: Garfield Gulch Sediment Analysis (see your lab manual - Specific instructions discussed in class)
- Garfield Gulch Field Trip & Sediment Analysis Write-up due Monday 11/24
Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
Week #12
(11/17 - 11/23)
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Week #13
(11/24 - 11/30)
Mass Wasting
- Textbook: Ch. 14
- PowerPoint: .pdf
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Water
Readings due: Monday 11/17 (Ch. 14); Friday 11/21 (Ch. 15); Monday 11/24 (Ch. 16) Lab: Landslides - Lab.pdf
- Due by Friday 11/21
- Reminder: Garfield Gulch write-up is due Monday 11/24
Mini-Lab: Flood Recurrence - FloodRecurrenceEx.pdf
Handouts, Supplements, Current Events:
- Earth Revealed: Mass Wasting (.html) - Video shown in class Friday 11/14
- Geo-Journal - Start keeping track of your mass wasting observations (.pdf)
- Floods role-play (11/19) - PPT with roles and Pierce County map (.ppt) & Tips for Effective Public Testimony (.html or .pdf) & Pierce County Map Gallery (.html)
- Freshwater Resources (.pdf)
- An Inconvenient Truth - Homework and in-class discussion - Here is the assignment file (.pdf) - In-class discussion will be Wednesday 12/2, so view the film and its update, and do the homework, BEFORE class that day - Two supplemental readings: inconvenient_truth.jpg and AnInconvenientTruth.pdf
- ANSWER KEYS for Maps, Earthquakes, Mass Wasting, and Floods Labs (.pdf) - posted 11/28
Week #14
(12/1 - 12/7)
Glaciers & Climate Change/Global Warming
- Textbook: Ch. 17
- An Inconvenient Truth (film)
Readings due: Monday 12/1 (Ch. 17) Lab: Glaciers - GlaciersLab.pdf
- Started in class Wednesday 12/3; we will finish in class Friday 12/5
- We will also do this ClimateLab.pdf on Friday 12/5
- Class meets in McIntyre 324 on Friday 12/5 so we'll have computers
An Inconvenient Truth: Homework & Class Discussion - Wednesday 12/3
Week #15
(12/8 - 12/14)
Exam #3 - Due Wednesday 12/10 (see exam handout for specific instructions) - Exam3.pdf (if you submit on paper) or Exam3.doc (if you submit via email), plus FiguresForExam3.pdf (you will need these also!) - Posted Thursday 12/4
Geology 105 - Introduction to Oceanography
Syllabus (.pdf)
Schedule (.pdf) - Subject to revision throughout the semester - REVISED 11/7/08 (RevdGEOL105Sched.pdf)
Student Information Sheet (.pdf)
Oceanography Lab and Field Assignments
Handout In Lab Due Date and Other Information Marine charts and navigation Lab1.pdf Week 2 (M 9/8 or F 9/12) * By 4:00pm sharp, Week 2 (M 9/8 or F 9/12) * Hints for this lab (.html) * Color image of Puget Sound compass rose (.pdf) Geology and geography Lab2.pdf Week 3 (M 9/15 or F 9/19) * My favorite geologic time scale (.pdf) * Extra credit lab opportunity (.pdf) Seafloor materials Sediment sieving section (Lab3aSieving.pdf)
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Other section (Lab3b.pdf)
Week 4 (M 9/22 or F 9/26)
* Color images of 8 ocean sediment samples (.pdf) - FOR THE LAST PART OF THE "HOMEWORK" Lab.pdf and Table.pdf and Hints.html * NOTE: The sediment sieving section of this lab (Sieving.pdf) is due by the end of your lab period this week (9/22 or 9/26) - The other portion of the lab (Lab.pdf) becomes HOMEWORK due at the start of next week's lab period (9/29 or 10/3). It REPLACES the Virtual Dating/Virtual Earthquake homework listed in the course schedule. Coastal processes Lab4.pdf Week 5 (M 9/29 or F 10/3) * Stream-table section was included. Commencement Bay-Puget Creek lab - Part 1: Field trip Lab5a.pdf - Field trip handout Week 6 (M 10/6 or F 10/10) Meet at front (Union Ave.) door of Harned by 2:00 sharp. If you are late, you must find your way to the outlet PUGET CREEK, along Ruston Way (near C.I. Shenanigan's restaurant). Commencement Bay-Puget Creek lab - Part 2: Labwork Lab5b.pdf - Lab work handout Week 7 (M 10/13 or F 10/17) - Writeups due 10/27 for Monday section or 10/31 for Friday section * Here is the EXCEL SPREADSHEET (.xls) to which each contributed their data. Use it in your report. - UPDATED 10/18/08 WITH ALL OF THE DATA (MONDAY & FRIDAY LAB SECTIONS) * Here is an extra-credit (optional) lab (.pdf), due Friday 10/24. If done well, it will replace your lowest regular lab grade (it cannot replace the Commencement Bay-Puget Creek report). Fall Break -- Week 8 (M 10/20 or F 10/24) -- Surface currents Lab6.pdf Week 9 (M 10/27 or F 10/31) * Here is the satellite image (.pdf) you'll need for Part 3 of the lab Tides Lab7.pdf Weeks 10-11
(M 11/3 or F 11/14)* Lab writeups due Wednesday 11/12 for the Monday lab section and Monday 11/17 for the Friday lab section. EARLIER IS FINE! * Diurnal Range = "The difference in height between mean higher high water and mean lower low water." (NOAA.gov) Oil spills Lab8.pdf Week 12 (M 11/17 or F 11/21) * Oil Spills in the Marine Environment (.pdf)
* Threat of an Oil Spill in Puget Sound (.pdf)
* Experiment Demonstrating Oil Bioremediation (.pdf)An Inconvenient Truth Lab9AIT.pdf
Week 13 (M 11/24 or F 11/28)= Homework and in-class discussion, rather than lab
Here is the assignment file (.pdf) - In-class discussion Monday, 11/24 Marine biology Lab10.pdf Week 14 (M 12/1 or F 12/5) * Part A - Whale Fossil Strips #1-#5 (.pdf)
* Part A - Geologic Time Scale (.pdf)
* Part C - Whale DNA Strips (.pdf)
* The Origin of Whales and the Power of Independent Evidence (.pdf)Extra-credit lab option: Carbon Cycle & Global Climate Change (.pdf) - Due by Wednesday 12/10
Oceanography PowerPoint Files & Class Assignments
Textbook & PowerPoints Due Exam #1 Material Chapters 1 & 2 - Origins & History * Friday, September 5 * 2 tables of Geologic Time Analogies (.pdf) * Steps in Critical Thinking (.pdf) * Homework: Scientific method and math practice (.pdf) - Due before 4:00pm sharp, Monday 9/8/08
* Concepts in Science & Hints on Experimental Design (.pdf)
* Usefulness of the Scientific Method (.pdf)
* Need a little extra help? -- See Math for Life (.pdf) and Study Survival Skills (.pdf), both from http://bcs.whfreeman.com/thelifewireChapter 3 - Earth Structure & Plate Tectonics * Monday, September 8 * My favorite geologic time scale (.pdf) * Current event: "Trident to Test Wave Power Device off Suffolk Coast", by Nick Schleicher (.ppt) * Current event: "Gulf 'Dead Zone' Suffocating Fish and Livelihoods", by Michelle Levesque (.ppt) * Current event: "Large Hadron Collider", by Ivo Andov (.ppt) Chapter 4 - Ocean Basins * Monday, September 15 * Current event: "Offshore Wind Power", by Elliott Largent (.ppt) * Current event: "Great Carrier Reefs: Old Navy Ships Become Artificial Reefs", by Corey Sample (.ppt) Chapter 5 - Sediments * Monday, September 22 * NOTE: The sediment sieving section of this week's lab (Sieving.pdf) is due by the end of your lab period this week (9/22 or 9/26) - The other portion of this week's lab (Lab.pdf) becomes HOMEWORK due at the start of next week's lab period (9/29 or 10/3). It REPLACES the Virtual Dating/Virtual Earthquake homework listed in the course schedule. * Current event: "The Magmatically Triggered Slow Earthquake at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii", by Dani Rosengrant (.ppt) * Current event: "Privately Owned Fisheries May Help Shore Up Stocks", by Sarah Paulos (.ppt) * Current event: "Hurricane Erosion", by Mitch Kremm (.ppt) Chapter 5-to-11 Transition * Friday, September 26 * Rock & Mineral ID Guide (.pdf) * "Shoreline Living: Protecting Our Shorelines & Puget Sound" - Video shown in class on 9/26/08 Chapter 11 - Coasts (Also study the "Waves & Coasts" chapter at the end of your book) * Monday, September 29 * In-class small-group discussion Wednesday, October 1 * Beach: A River of Sand - Video shown in class on 10/3/08 EXAM #1 was on Friday 10/10/08 Here is the ESSAY written in advance and brought to the exam (.pdf) * Current event: "Rubber Ducks and Glaciers?", by Hope Shaffer (.ppt) * Current event: "Desalinization for Drinking Water", by Corinne Henneberg (.ppt) * Current event: "Sounds Travel Farther Underwater as Oceans Become More Acidic", by Maggie Ahlrichs (.ppt) * Current event: "Stinging Tentacles Offer Hint of Oceans' Decline", by Justine Shepherd (.ppt) Exam #2 Material Chapter 6 - Water * Monday, October 6 * Here (.ppt) is the Pop Quiz given in class on Wednesday 10/8/08 * Current event: "Sowing the Seas", by Justine Shepherd (.ppt) * Current event: "Diatoms for Future", by Stan Freedman (.ppt) * Current event: "Dubai's Artificial Islands", by Christina Miller (.key) Chapter 7 - Atmospheric Circulation and
Chapter 8 - Ocean Circulation* Wednesday, October 22 * Current event: "Corals and African Dust", by Ardea Smith (.ppt) * GUEST LECTURE by Joel Elliott - "Puget Sound Water Quality: Low Oxygen and Dead Zones in Hood Canal" - In class Friday, 10/24/08 Chapter 9 - Waves and
Chapter 10 - Tides* Monday, November 3 * Here are some good Coriolis Effect animations and visuals (.doc) * Waves on Water - Video shown in class on 11/3/08 EXAM #1 was on Wednesday 11/12/08 Here is the Exam #2 PPT Outlines/Study Guide (.pdf) * Current event: "Is Global Warming Worsening Hurricanes?", by Ashley Kardian (.ppt) * Current event: "The Hottest Water on Earth: Black Smokers & Supercritical Water in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge", by John Derksen (.ppt) * Current event: "The Hottest Water on Earth: Black Smokers & Supercritical Water in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge", by John Derksen (.ppt) * Current event: "Geoengineering: A Sun Shade for Planet Earth", by Keaton Wilson (.pdf) * Current event: "Dead Water", by Fletcher Stucky (.ppt)
Exam #3 Material "Tsunami" chapter & other assigned readings * Friday, November 14 - Assignment: Be sure you have read the Tsunami Chapter (in your textbook) and the 3 Required Other Readings (TsunamiResources.html) Resources for Pierce County Tsunami Advisory Board (11/14 & 11/17):
* http://www.futurewise.org/resources/resources/testimonytips/ (or .pdf)
* Supplemental Tsunami Information for Role Play (.ppt) (beyond TsunamiResources.html )
* What is your team's PLAN? What additional INFORMATION would be useful in developing the plan?* Current event: "PISCO", by Isaac Saarman (.ppt) Chapter 15 - Uses & Abuses of the Ocean * Monday, November 17
* Oil Spills in the Marine Environment (.pdf)
* Threat of an Oil Spill in Puget Sound (.pdf)* An Inconvenient Truth - Homework and in-class discussion - Here is the assignment file (.pdf) - In-class discussion Monday, 11/24, so view the film and its update, and do the homework, BEFORE class that day - Two supplemental readings: inconvenient_truth.jpg and AnInconvenientTruth.pdf
* Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program: Seafood guides (including the new SUSHI guide) - http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/seafoodwatch.aspx ; Sustainable fisheries information (bycatch, habitat damage, aquaculture, overfishing) - http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_issues.aspx ; What you can do - http://www.mbayaq.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_consumers.aspx
* Current event: "Mysterious Microbe May Play Important Role in Ocean Ecology", by Andrew Grady (.ppt) * Current event: "International Whale Meat Trade", by Jeanne Stevens (.ppt) Chapter 12 & 13 & 14 - Marine Biology * Monday, December 1 Extra-credit lab option: Carbon Cycle & Global Climate Change (.pdf) - Due by Wednesday 12/10 Exam #3 - Due Wednesday 12/10 (see exam handout for specific instructions) - Exam3.pdf and AnswerSheet.doc - Posted Thursday 12/4 * Current event: "Broken Arrows: The Lost Bombs of the Cold War", by Jennifer McFadden (.ppt)
