Natural Hazards
...living with uncertainty
Geological Sciences 147, Winter 2003Lecture: Tues Thurs, 2:30-4:00 , in Room: 3540 CC Little Bldg.
Prof: Larry Ruff, 763-9301, e-mail: ruff@umich.edu, office: 4518A CC LittleGrading: based on a combination of class presentations & written work.
| Theme (Reading) |
Tues >>topic | Thurs >>topic |
| intro & EQs | Jan 7: intro to hazards & uncertainty | Jan 9: intro to Plate Tectonics & EQ hazards. |
| Tectonics & EQs (Chapts 2-3) |
Jan 14: Tectonics & EQs | Jan 16: Tectonics wrap-up |
| Earthquakes (Chapts 4-5) |
Jan 21: Earthquake Mitigation | Jan 23: Volcanos: |
| Volcanos (Chapt 6-7) |
Jan 28: Subduction Zone Volcanos | Jan 30: Hotspot Volcanos |
| Landslides (Chapt 8) |
Feb 4: intro to Landslides |
Feb 6: landslides......and mitigation |
| Climate (Chapt 9) |
Feb 11: Intro to atmospheric circ |
Feb 13: more on atmospheric circ...
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| Climate... (Chapt 10) |
Feb 18: Greenhouse: | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Feb 20: how our climate system works ... |
| spring break | ||
| ...to weather (Chapt 11) |
Mar 4: ...and works! |
Mar 6: Hurricanes |
| Climate & Ice Ages (Chapt 9) |
Mar 11: climate thru time |
Mar 13: ...ice ages & climate through geologic time |
| Floods (Chapt 12 ) |
Mar 18: floods | Mar 20: flood mitigation... or promotion? |
| Extinction (Chapt 13 & 14) |
Mar 25: discussion of tsunamis |
Mar 27: lack of water! |
| impacts & extinction (Chapt 15) |
Apr 1: impacts |
Apr 3: mass extinctions & our future |
| Student Presentations (Chapt 16) | Apr 8: final pres #1 |
Apr 10: final pres #2 |
| impact of Student Presentations! |
Apr 15: final pres #3 |
pause to contemplate |
