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EPS 80 — Course Schedule
Class: McCone 141; MW 1-4:30 pm
Office Hours: F 1-2 pm; EAOP students F 2-3 pm
July 3 — Introduction
Origin of the Solar System, Elements, Formation of Earth; What makes environments habitable?
Course syllabus; Review Slides
Homework: Assigned Geologic Event DUE 7/5
July 31 — Fluids + Oceans
Daria lesson on fluids; Review for test
Review Slides
Homework: Study Guide
July 10 — Tectonics
History; Plate Boundaries; Mountains; Hazards;
Review Slides
Homework: Geology in the News DUE 7/12
July 12 — Tectonics
Local Geology; Faulting Types; Mantle convection
Homework: Lab 2 DUE 7/17
July 15/16 — Field Trip
Field trip will begin within the 16th and Mission BART stop at 9:00 am. Wear comfortable shoes for a long, STEEP, walk. Please bring a notebook, pencil, a water bottle and packed lunch. We anticipate returning to BART by 2 pm.
July 17 — Earthquakes
Seismic Waves; Faulting Types; Liquefaction; Hayward and San Andreas Faults
Review Slides
Homework: Study Guide
July 19 — Volcanoes + Midterm Exam
Volcanism across the solar system; Eruptions; Climate effects; Hot spots; Igneous Rocks
Review Slides
July 26 — Soils + Careers (Zoom)
Soil Formation; GeobiologyAgriculture; Conservation; Geobiology; Dust Bowl
Homework: Test corrections DUE 7/31;
Lab 3 (word) DUE 8/2; Please use readings to left with assignments at end of Lab (pdf)
August 7 — Pollution + Water
Super Fund sites; Mercury and Arsenic; Groundwater flow
Homework: Lab 4 DUE 8/9
August 9 — Final Projects
Readings
1-2:30 pm : A, C, D, E, F, L, M, J, R, M
3-4:30 pm : B, U, H, K, D, G, T, V, P, N, S