EARTH SCIENCES 10 Fall 1996

Revised Nov. 5, 1996

Check out the WWW home page at: http://glass.ucsc.edu/~es10/

Lectures:

Tuesday and Thursday, 12-1:45, Classroom Unit I

Instructor:

Alfred Hochstaedter, Earth and Marine Sciences C470A
Office Hours: T Th 2-3, and by appointment; please come see me!
Phone: 459-5228
e-mail: ahochstaedter@earthsci.ucsc.edu

Textbook:

The Dynamic Earth 3rd addition, by Skinner and Porter

A lab is associated with this class. We strongly encourage you to take this lab. Learning science resembles riding a bicycle; you have to do it to learn it. Taking the lab will help you do better on tests. The lab, however, is optional for non-ES majors.

Labs:

Earth and Marine Science D226; five out of the following six will probably run
Mon: 9:30-12:30, 12:30-3:30
Wed: 2-5, 6-9
Thurs: 8:30-11:30, 2-5

TAs:

Josh Stein, Jacob Lawrence, and Paul Lawlor; and Brian McAdoo (GeoACE)

Lab Manual:

Laboratory Manual for Physical Geology (8th ed) Zumberge & Rutford and the Reader for ES10, available at the Copy Center

Lecture Outline

Date		HW	Topic							Text Chapter
Sept 26	Th		Gaia: the Earth and other Planets			1, 18
Oct  01	Tu		Earth Systems: Hydrologic and Tectonic			1, 18
     03		1	Minerals						2	
     08	Tu		Magma and Igneous Rocks					3
     10		1	Reworking: Sedimentary Rocks				7, 4
     14	Tu		Remaking: Metamorphic Rocks				5
     17		2	Geologic Time	 and how We Measure It			6
     22	Tu		Landscape Evolution					8, 11, 12 
     24		2	EXAM I
     29	Tu	3	Water: On and Below the Surface				9, 10
     31			Coasts							13
Nov  05	Tu	3	Coasts and Structure (remember to vote)	 		14
     07		4	Structural Geology					15
     09	Sat		Field Trip: north coast faults; It's FUN!
     12	Tu		Earthquakes I						15
     14		4	Earthquakes II and intro to Plate Tectonics		16
     19	Tu		EXAM II						
     21			Tectonics						16
     26	Tu		Climate and Geology of California			19
     28			Holiday
Dec  03	Tu		Guest Lecture: Debra Stakes, MBARI, Geology of Monterey Bay
     05			Summary
     13	Friday		Comprehensive Final Exam  12-3 pm