Week 2

Topics:

  • Theme B - Plate Tectonics and Seafloor Geography

Required Readings:

  • Textbook
    • Chapters 3 and 4
  • PowerPoints
    • Chapter 3 - In Portable Document Format (.pdf file)
    • Chapter 4 - In Portable Document Format (.pdf file)
  • Other Readings
    • Required: http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/dynamic/dynamic.html
    • Optional A: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/animate/pltecan.html
    • Optional B: http://www2.nature.nps.gov/geology/usgsnps/pltec/pltec1.html
    • Optional C: http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/oceanography_how_deep.html
    • Optional D: http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/1995/Oct/hour1_102095.html
    • Optional E: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/horizon/1999/vents.shtml

Lab Due:

  • Lab #2: Seafloor Spreading, Plate Tectonics, and Marine Geography
    • Due this Saturday
    • Lab #2 Handout (.pdf file)
      • Supplementary/color images for Lab #2 (.pdf file)
      Lab #2 Hints (.html page)
    • Lab #2 Submission Form (.html file)

Quiz/Exam Due:

  • Quiz #2
    • Due this Saturday
    • Chapters 3 and 4 and related material

Other Assignments Due:

  • Week 2 Q&A Discussion Assignment (.html page)
    • Part A - Due this Saturday
    • Part B - Due next Wednesday
  • Scientific Method Assignment
    • Assignment instructions (.html page)
    • Due this Saturday
  • Download and/or print this Geologic Time Scale file. You will refer to it throughout the course, so put it in a handy location.
  • Here's a good resource on how radiometric dating works (pardon the references to Christianity; he's responding to some of the inaccurate objections to the science).