Geol 107-2F Earth System Science

Fall 2007

Lecture: MWF 11:15 am - 12:10 pm, Berndt 235

Professor: Kim Hannula, Berndt 301, x7463, hannula_k@fortlewis.edu

Office hours:  MWF 10:05-11:05 am, 1:00-2:00 pm

 

Lecture section syllabus (Microsoft Word Document)

Course homepage

Lab schedule and handouts

Alternate readings in 10th edition of textbook

Textbook website

This web page will include daily announcements, links to handouts, and links to discussion questions.  It will not, however, include lecture notes.

Monday, August 27

Study questions for Wednesday, August 29

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, August 29

Where on Google Earth example

Wednesday, August 29

Remember: print copies of this week's lab assignment before lab!

Study questions for Friday, August 31

Answers to study questions for Friday, August 31

Where on (Google) Earth #1

The open-book quiz (handed out in class) will be due at the beginning of class on Friday, August 31.

Friday, August 31

Study questions for Monday, September 3

Answers to study questions for Monday, September 3

Turn in open-book quiz in class.

Answers to take-home quiz.

Monday, September 3

Study questions for Wednesday, September 5

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, September 5

E-mail me answers to this week's Where on Google Earth challenge by 5 pm on Tuesday to receive extra credit points.

Wednesday, September 5

Last week's Where on Google Earth extra credit challenge was New Orleans, Louisiana. I accepted a number of different observations for its geologic significance - that it was hit and flooded by Hurricane Katrina two years ago; that it is at (or below!) sea level; that it is on the bank of the Mississippi River (or other observations about the river); that it is surrounded by water. I will reply to the e-mails and tell each person who responded what his or her grade on the challenge is.

Answers to this week's Where on Google Earth challenge are due to me by e-mail by next Tuesday (September 11) by 5 pm.

Study questions for Friday, September 7

Answers to study questions for Friday, September 7

Mineral study sheet handout

Friday, September 7

Study questions for Monday, September 10

Answers to study questions for Monday, September 10

Quiz (with answers, posted after class)

Monday, September 10

Census date is tomorrow - check webopus and make sure you are registered for all your classes!

Answers to this week's Where on Google Earth challenge are due to me by e-mail by tomorrow - Tuesday (September 11) - by 5 pm.

Study questions for Wednesday, September 12.

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, September 12.

Wednesday, September 12

There are two images for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view and oblique view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by next Tuesday (September 18) by 5 pm.

Study questions for Friday, September 14.

Answers to study questions for Friday, September 14.

There will be a quiz at the beginning of class on Friday.

Friday, September 14

Study questions for Monday, September 17

Answers to study questions for Monday, September 17

Quiz, with answers (posted after class).

The web sites I showed in class today are found on earthquake.usgs.gov.

Monday, September 17

There are two images for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view and oblique view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by Tuesday (September 18) by 5 pm.

Study questions for Wednesday, September 19

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, September 19

The first exam will be on Friday, September 28 in class.

Wednesday, September 19

There are two images for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view and oblique view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by Tuesday (September 25) by 5 pm.

Study questions for Friday, September 21

Answers to study questions for Friday, September 21

The first exam will be on Friday, September 28 in class.

Friday, September 21

Study questions for Monday, September 24

Answers to study questions for Monday, September 24

Quiz (with answers, posted after class)

The first exam will be on Friday, September 28 in class.

Monday, September 24

Study questions for Wednesday, September 26

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, September 26

There are two images for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view and oblique view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by Tuesday (September 25) by 5 pm.

The first exam will be on Friday, September 28 in class, and will include all the material covered in lecture through Monday's lecture (metamorphic rocks), and all the labs through this week's lab (sedimentary and metamorphic rocks).

Wednesday, September 26

Study questions for Monday, October 1

Answers to study questions for Monday, October 1

The first exam will be Friday, September 28, in class. The exam will be closed book/closed note, but you may use a ruler and a calculator to help you answer questions.

There are two images for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view and oblique view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by Tuesday (October 2) by 5 pm.

Monday, October 1

Study questions for Wednesday, October 3

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, October 3

USGS "did you feel it" web page

USGS Mercalli intensity map for 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

Association of Bay Area Governments seismic hazard web page

Wednesday, October 3

Continue using the same study questions as assigned for 10/3 for Friday. We will talk more about subduction zones, continent-continent collisions, and transform plate boundaries on Friday.

There are two images for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view and oblique view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by Tuesday (October 9) by 5 pm.

There will be a quiz on Friday, covering earthquakes and divergent plate boundaries.

Powerpoint slides used Wednesday and Friday in class.

Friday, October 5

Quiz (with answers, posted after class)

Study questions for Monday, October 8

Answers to study questions for Monday, October 8

Powerpoint slides used Wednesday and Friday in class.

Monday, October 8

We will be discussing the tectonic history of the western US (and where Colorado's mountains come from). Look at the web sites for Wednesday's class and look for times when mountains appeared here. What was happening elsewhere in the world? Given the possible ways that mountains can form (described in your textbook), which explanations fit our mountains best?

Wednesday, October 10

Study questions for Friday, October 12

Answers to study questions for Friday, October 12

There will be a quiz during class on Friday, October 12.

Web sites used for Powerpoint slides today include Ron Blakey's paleogeography of the western US and Chris Scotese's paleomap project (especially the Early Carboniferous and the Late Carboniferous - but the entire set of images is good to help visualize changes through time).

There are two images for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view and oblique view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by Tuesday (October 16) by 5 pm.

Friday, October 12

Study questions for Monday, October 15

Answers to study questions for Monday, October 15

Quiz (with answers, posted after class)

Monday, October 15

There are two images for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view and oblique view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by Tuesday (October 16) by 5 pm.

Study questions for Wednesday, October 17

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, October 17

Wednesday, October 17

Study questions for Friday, October 19

Answers to study questions for Friday, October 19

There will be a quiz in class on Friday (Oct 19).

The next exam will be Friday, October 26.

There is only one image for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by Tuesday (October 23) by 5 pm.

Friday, October 19

Quiz (with answers posted after class)

Study questions for Monday, October 22

Answers to study questions for Monday, October 22

The next exam will be Friday, October 26.

Monday, October 22

Study questions for Wednesday, October 24

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, October 24

The next exam will be Friday, October 26.

Wednesday, October 24

There will be an exam in class on Friday, October 26.

One question on the exam will be: "Trace the water you drink from precipitation to tap." You may use either Durango city water or the water you drink at home for your answer, but you need to consider the hydrologic cycle and how it applies specifically to the place where your water comes from.

Monday, November 5

Study questions for Monday, November 5

Answers to study questions for Monday, November 5

Study questions for Wednesday, November 7

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, November 7

Powerpoint slides from Monday's lecture

Wednesday, November 7

Study questions for Friday, November 9

Answers to study questions for Friday, November 9

There is only one image for this week's Where on Google Earth challenge: map view. Answers are due to me by e-mail by Tuesday (November 13) by 5 pm.

There will be a quiz in class on Friday, November 9.

Powerpoint slides from Wednesday's lecture

Friday, November 9

Study questions for Monday, November 12

Answers to study questions for Monday, November 12

Quiz (with answers) posted after class

Powerpoint slides from Friday's lecture

Monday, November 12

Study questions for Wednesday, November 14

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, November 14

Weather journal assignment (requires observations starting now; due Friday, Nov. 30)

Powerpoint slides used Monday, 11/12 and Wednesday, 11/14

Monday, November 26

Use study questions for Wednesday, November 14.

Weather journal assignment will be due on Friday.

Relative humidity demo from class

Powerpoint slides used in lecture 11/26

Study questions for Wednesday, November 28

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, November 28

Wednesday, November 28

Study questions for Friday, November 30

Answers to study questions for Friday, November 30

Weather journal is due Friday, November 30 - replaces quiz

Friday, November 30

Weather journal is due today.

National Weather Service blizzard warning for San Juan Mountains

Study questions for Monday, December 3

Answers to study questions for Monday, December 3

Monday, December 3

Study questions for Wednesday, December 5

Answers to study questions for Wednesday, December 5

Powerpoint slides used in lecture 12/3

Links:

Spring arrives early in western streams

Climate change predictions for US

National Snow Analyses - maps

Wednesday, December 5

There will be an exam Friday in class.