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Geo 157 Lectures: |
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Attend all the Geology 157 lectures [except April 28
(157 midterm )] and participate in lecture-time
activities. Please inform Atwater in advance if you need to
miss. |
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Personal Journal: |
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Keep a running written journal in which you summarize and
clarify the lecture material for yourself and write down
questions for the evening discussions. This works best if
you do it immediately following each lecture. (Journals
subject to occasional, capricious inspection by
Atwater.) |
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Geo 157 Lab: |
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Drop in as needed in order to complete (to your
satisfaction) the double-starred lab exercises and be ready
to present them in our evening seminar. These are likely to
show up in your oral exams, so don't shirk. |
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Evening Seminars: (W 6-9 PM or other time by group consensus): |
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Each evening seminar meeting will be divided into two
halves. During the first half we will discuss and explore
the materials recently covered in Geo 157 lecture and lab.
During the second half we will further explore topics of
interest to the group, reviewing articles in the literature
as a group or having student presentations. |
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Expected Preparations for the Seminar (first half): |
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Have your journal and written questions ready to present
and discuss. Have the problem set ready to present and
discuss, including the answer to "What did I learn from
doing these problems?" |
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(second half, first seven weeks): |
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Read the chosen article and prepare a 10 minute
presentation to lead off the discussion of it (or to add to
the presenter's version). Presenter chosen at random by
Atwater. |
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(second half, last three weeks): |
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Prepare and present a 45 minute lecture on a plate
tectonic subject of your choice. Assign the group an article
to read in advance. Provide xeroxed lecture notes and
annotated bibliography when you speak. |
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No exams,
no formal written papers. |
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Geology 157X, Plate Tectonic Discussion: (1 unit, concurrent or previous enrollment in Geo 157 required ) |
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Attend all the graduate seminars and actively participate
in the discussions (your chance to give those grad students
a hard time!). |
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First evening seminar: Wed, April 1, 6-9 PM, Webb 1006C (dept. conf. room). Reading for the first seminar: |
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We will read about and discuss the plate tectonics of the northeast Pacific and Western North America. Geo 235 students: Choose one or the other of the following papers, read it, and prepare a 10 minute presentation summarizing the most salient points. |
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1. Intro article: T. Atwater, 1990, "Tectonics of the Northeast Pacific", Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada, Series I, Vol. I, p 296-318.. |
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2. Latest stuff - going to press this week! T. Atwater and J. Stock, 1998, "Pacific-North America Plate Tectonics of the Neogene Southwestern United States - an Update",.manuscript. |
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Copies of these articles are available in the Lounge, Webb 10. Do not remove them from the building. If you wish to own your own copy, feel free to xerox it (at your own expense). I'll bring and put up relevant maps for us to point at. |
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