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Earthquake Geology and Neotectonics Geology 415 and 515 Spring 2001 Schedule
Date Lecture Topics & Exams Laboratory Exercises, & Major deadlines Readings
March Overview Allen, 1975; 27 & 30 Rock Deformation and Structure Yeats et al., Chapts. 1, 2 (pgs. 17-18; 25- 28) & 3; Chapts on faults in any structural geology text April 2 Lab: Introduction to Seismology of the Week: The World Wide Web; Airphoto Exercise - Identifying faults; Earthquake solutions, epicenters, & magnitude [due in one week] April 2, 3 Seismic waves and earthquake magnitude Yeats et al., Chapt. 4 (pgs. 42-82) & 6 The earthquake cycle
April 9 Lab: Strike-slip faulting [due in two weeks] Rubin in Washington D.C. April 9, Tectonic geomorphology & environments: Yeats et al., Chapt. 8 (pgs. 167-169; skim 10, & 13 strike-slip faults 169-186; 186-221; skim 221-224; 225- 228) April 13 Due: term paper topic & references April 16, Tectonic geomorphology & environments: Yeats et al., Chapt. 4 (pgs. 52-82) 17, & 20 normal faults April 23 Tectonic geomorphology & environments: Yeats et al., Chapt. 11 (pgs. 371-378; 400- subduction zones 408) April 23 Lab: Extensional faulting [due in two weeks] April 24 mid-term exam April 27 No class Ð CMR on field trip April 30 No class Ð CMR on field trip May 1 Tectonic geomorphology: Due: term paper outline Yeats et al., Chapt. 10 (pgs. 301-302; skim thrust faults sections of interest 302-327; 328-332) May 4 Tectonic geomorphology: Yeats et al., Chapt. 10 (pgs. 301-302; skim thrust faults sections of interest 302-327; 328-332) May 7 Secondary effects Yeats et al., Chapts. 12 May 7 Lab: Convergent tectonics [due in two weeks] May 8, 11 Earthquake geodesy and the earthquake Yeats et al., Chapts. 12 & 5 (pgs. 88-106) & 14 cycle Bourne et al. (1998) Spring, 2001 2
May 15, Paleoseismology Yeats et al., pgs. 229-243; Meisling, 1979 and 18 May 21 Paleoseismology Lab: Paleoseismology [due in two weeks May 21 & Tectonics of selected Hauksson, et al., 1995 22 regions: California historical events & skim WGCEP, 1995 plate kinematics; California hazard Keller & Pinter, p. 275-286 mapping/forecasting; Cascadian Atwater, 1987 subduction Atwater et al., 1991 zone
May 25 No class, but term paper is due Due: term paper May 28 Memorial Day May 29, & Earthquake Geology Seminar Abstracts - Lab: Earthquake Geology Seminar Abstracts - Formal attire June 1 Oral presentation of term-paper topics Oral presentation of term-paper topics Formal attire June 4 Final Exam 8:00 am
Reading assignments : Photocopies of articles will be located in the classroom. These articles are to remain in the class room!! The only exceptions are to make personal photocopies, but please return the articles immediately.
TBA - To be announced. Allen, C., 1975, Geological Criteria for Evaluating Seismicity: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 86, p. 1041-1057. Atwater, B. F, 1987, Evidence for great Holocene earthquakes along the outer coast of Washington State: Science, v. 236, p. 942-944. Atwater, B.F., Stuiver, M., and Yamaguchi, D., 1991, Radiocarbon test of earthquake magnitude at the Cascadia subduction zone: Nature, v. 353, p. 156-158. Bourne, S. J., England, P. C., and Parsons, B., 1998, The motion of crustal blocks driven by flow of the lower lithosphere and implications for slip rates of continental strike-slip faults, Nature: Nature, v. 391, p. 655-659 Hauksson, E., Jones, L. M., and Hutton, L. K., 1995, The 1994 Northridge earthquake sequence in California: Seismological and tectonics aspects, Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 100, p. 12,335-12,355. Keller, E. A. and Pinter, N., 1996, Active Tectonics. Prentice-Hall. Meisling, K. E., 1979, Possible emplacement history of a sandblow structure at Pallet Creek, California: Geological excursions in the southern California area, p. 63-67. WGCEP, 1995, Working group on southern California Earthquake probabilities, Seismic hazards in southern California: probable earthquakes, 1994-2014, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 85, p. 379-439. Yeats, R. S., Sieh, K., and Hall, C. R., 1997, The Geology of Earthquakes. Oxford University Press.