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General Geology - GEOL 1113
• Instructor: Dr. Glen S. Mattioli, Professor
• Office: Ozark Hall 27B• Office Hours: MWF 10:30 - 11:30 AM• Office Phone: 575-7295
• Class Web Page: http://comp.uark.edu/~mattioli/geol_1113.html
• Email: [email protected]
2006 Exams, Syllabus, and Grading
Class Purpose: To introduce undergraduate students to physical geology, Earth’s internal structure and materials, and Geologic Time. Emphasis will be on developing close connections between Earth materials and processes within a Plate Tectonic framework.
Four 1 Hour Examinations and Comprehensive Final
Part I - Rocks and Minerals: Fri. Sept. 22nd
Part II - Geologic Time and Surface Processes: Fri. Oct. 20thPart III - Deformation, Earthquakes, & Earth Structure: Mon. Nov. 13thPart IV - The Big Picture: Tectonics & Orogenesis: Fri. Dec. 1st
FINAL - Saturday, December 9th, 7:30-9:30 AM
Grades and GradingGEOL1113 - Final Points - 2005
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Physical Geology, 11/eCharles C. Plummer
California State University at Sacramento
Diane H. CarlsonCalifornia State University at Sacramento
The Late David McGearyEmeritus of California State University at Sacramento
Copyright © The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Permission required for reproduction or display.
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Why Study Geology?• Mitigating Geologic Hazards
– Earthquakes– Volcanoes
• Supplying Things We Need– Metals– Minerals– Petroleum
• Protecting the Environment– Water cycle– Global Change: Sea level rise
• Understanding Our Surroundings– The Earth’s relationship to other planets– Geological Time
Recent Southern California Earthquakes
Northridge (94) San Fernando (71) Sierra Madre (91)
Whitter Narrorws (87) Long Beach (33)From: http://www.scecdc.scec.org/labasin.html
TIME: January 17, 1994
4:30:55 am PST
LOCATION: 34° 12.80' N, 118° 32.22'W;
20 miles west-northwest of Los Angeles1 mile south-southwest of Northridge
MAGNITUDE: MW 6.7
TYPE OF FAULTING: blind thrust
FAULT INVOLVED: Northridge Thrust (also known as the Pico Thrust)
DEPTH: 18.4 km
Northridge Earthquake Facts
Original AVS animation by Ian Sammis and Damien Sullivan.
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Northridge Rupture Model
Wald, David J., Heaton, Thomas H., and Hudnut, K.W. The Slip History of the 1994 Northridge, California, Earthquake Determined From Strong-Motion, Teleseismic,GPS, and Leveling Data, Special Northridge Earthquake Issue of the Bull. of the Seismo. Soc. of America
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University of Arkansas
Geoscience Graduates vs Oil Price1938 - 2005
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Note: Oil Prices from WTRG Economics (www.wtrg.com) and Graduate numbers from University of Arkansas
An Overview of Physical Geology—Important Concepts
• Internal Processes: How the Earth’s Internal Heat Engine Works
• The Earth’s Interior
• The Theory of Plate Tectonics
• Surficial Processes: The Earth’s External Heat Engine
convection in the mantle
models
observed heat flowwarm: near ridgescold: over cratons
from: http://www.geo.lsa.umich.edu/~crlb/COURSES/270
from: http://www-personal.umich.edu/~vdpluijm/gs205.html
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From: "Dynamic models of Tectonic Plates and Convection" (1994) by S. Zhong and M. Gurnis
obvious from space that Earth has two fundamentally differentphysiographic features: oceans (71%) and continents (29%)
global topography
from: http://www.personal.umich.edu/~vdpluijm/gs205.html
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