OCEAN/ESS 410 - Schedule for 2011
Version 1
Week # Lecture Date   Activity Topic
1 Wed, Sept 28   Lecture 1. Class Introduction
Earth Structure and Plate Tectonics
      W/Th Lab 1. Plate Tectonic Summary Map
2 Mon, Oct 3   Lecture 2. Evidence for Plate Tectonics from Magnetics
      M/T Lab 2. Magnetic Anomalies
  Wed, Oct 5 A Thought Experiment 3. Understanding Conductive Cooling: Thought Experiment
    A W/Th Lab 3. Juan de Fuca Plate
  Sat, Oct 8 - Sun, Oct 9     Mt St Helens Field Trip (Required but Washington Beaches is a makeup)
3 Mon, Oct 10   Lecture 4. Cooling of the Ocean Plates (Lithosphere)
Introduction to News & Views Writing Assignment
      M/T Lab 4. Subsidence of the Ocean Basins
  Wed, Oct 12   Lecture 5. Seismology
      W/Th Lab 5. Earthquake Location
News & Views Paper Paper Selection Due
4 Mon, Oct 17 A Lecture 6. Paper Discussion 1
    A M/T Lab 6. Mid-Ocean Ridge Structure from Seismic Reflection Profiles
  Wed, Oct 19 A Lecture 7. Preparation for Cruise
      W/Th Lab None Lab - Thursday Cruise
  Thu, Oct 20   7:00-17:00 Cruise on the R/V Thompson to Puget Sound (= 2 labs)
5 Mon, Oct 24   Lecture 8. Mantle Melting and Oceanic Crust 
    A M/T Lab 8. Phase Diagrams and Igneous Rocks 
  Wed, Oct 26 A Lecture 9. Paper Discussion 2
      W/Th Lab 9. Igneous Rocks
  Fri, Oct 28   9:30-10:20 Optional Mid-term review session (Lecture Room)
6 Mon, Oct 31   Lecture 10. Mid-Ocean Ridges
      M/T Lab 10. Segmentation of Mid-Ocean Ridges
  Wed, Nov 2   Lecture Hour Mid-Term
      W/Th Lab 11. Geological mapping of the seafloor
7 Mon, Nov 7   Lecture 12. Faulting and Earthquake Focal Mechanisms
Draft News & Views Articles Due
       
      M/T Lab 12. Determining a Focal Mechanism
  Wed, Nov 9   Lecture 13. Subduction Zones
      W/Th Lab 13. Seismology of Subduction Zones 
  Sat, Nov 12 - Sun, Nov 13     Washington Beaches Makeup Field Trip (joint with Ocean/ESS 230)
8 Mon, Nov 15   Lecture 14. Paper Discussion 3
      M/T Lab 14. Focal Mechanism Review Lab
  Wed, Nov 17   Lecture 15. Physics of Sediment Transport
      W/Th Lab 15. Sediment Transport
Week # Lecture Date   Activity Topic
9 Mon, Nov 21   Lecture 16. Sediment Transport Across the Continental Shelf and Pb-210 Dating
      M/T Lab 16. Sediment Accumulation rates on the Washington Continental Shelf
  Wed, Nov 23   Lecture 17. Paper Discussion 4
      W/Th Lab None - Thanksgiving
10 Mon, Nov 28   Lecture 18. Sequence Stratigraphy and Eustacy
      M/T Lab 18. Sequence Stratigraphy
  Wed, Nov 30   Lecture 19. Submarine Canyons and Deep Sea Sediments
      W/Th Lab 19. Deep Sea Sediments (short lecture) and equatorial Sedimentation
11 Mon, Dec 5 A Lecture 20. No Class 
    A M/T Lab 20. Continental Margin Bathymety
  Wed, Dec 7   Lecture 21. Student Presentations
Final News & Views Articles Due
      W/Th Lab 21. Student Presentations  
  Fri, Dec 9   Lecture Optional Review Session (Lecture Room)
  Wed, Dec 14   8:30-10:20 Final Exam
A Instructor Away