1. GEO 1001: Earth and its Environments Section 002 (Martin Saar)

2. EARTH and its Environments GEOLOGY 1001 – Section 002 Spring 2006: 4 Credits This course satisfies the Physical Science Core with Laboratory and the Environment theme of the Liberal Education requirements Instructor: Martin Saar 21 Pillsbury Hall, Telephone: 625-7332, E-mail: saar@umn.edu Office Hours: By an appointment Assistant Professor of Geology & Geophysics Areas of research: geophysical fluid mechanics volcanology hydrogeology hydroseismicity M.S.: U. of Oregon, 1998 Ph.D.: U.C. Berkeley, 2003 Postdoc: U. of Michigan, 2004 Faculty at UMN since 2005 Courses taught: Intro Geology at UO (2000) Advanced Hydrogeology at UO (2000) Seminar on heat and fluid flow at UMN (2005) Hydrofield camp at UMN (2005) Hydrogeology at UMN (2005)

3. Course Web Site: www.geo.umn.edu/courses/1001/1001_saar Contains: Syllabus Announcements Class Schedule - lecture outlines - reading assignments - quiz dates Quiz Info + Grades - study gudes - answer keys - grades Links you are responsible to check the website regularly for updated information, quiz grades and answers, announcements, etc I will try and post lecture outlines by the day before class but at the latest the morning of class so that you can print them out and bring them to the lecture.

4. Lab 35% 3 best of 4 in-lecture quizzes45% (3x15%) Comprehensive Final Quiz20% Course Grades Quizzes will be short (25 minute) closed-book exams that cover material from lecture, text, and material posted on the website. The quizzes will be a combination of multiple choice, and true/false questions. Only the best 3 of the 4 in-lecture quizzes will count towards your grade. Do not skip the first in-lecture quiz because this almost always comes back to haunt people! THE COMPREHENSIVE FINAL QUIZ CANNOT BE DROPPED.

5. Extra-credits and make-up assignments Each in-lecture quiz (quizzes 1 - 4) will include about 1 or 2 extra credit questions. Beyond this there will not be any extra credits or make-up assignments for any individual student as that would be unfair to fellow students. The only exceptions to this rule are due to documented illnesses or athletic commitments where an official notification from the athletic department is presented BEFORE the student is missing the quiz.

6. More About Grades Grades will follow the university’s system incorporating (+) and (-) letter grades. If you take the course on an S-N basis, an 'S' will be equivalent to a 'C-'

7. Title:Geology – An introduction to Physical Geology Authors:Chernicoff and Whitney Editions:4 th (Prentice Hall) 3 rd is OK (Houghton Mifflin) Available at Book Store in Coffman Memorial Union and at the Book Store on the corner of 15 th and University Text

8. Available only at the University Bookstore in Coffman Memorial Union in the same area as the lecture texts. You must pick up the lab manual, which costs $14, before the first lab. Labs do NOT meet until Monday, January 23! Lab Manual

9. Earth and Its Environments Goals:  A good understanding of how the Earth’s major geologic processes work and how they interact with society  Show that there is solid comprehensible evidence to support our explanations  An understanding of how science and the scientific method works

10. Some Topics That Will be Covered Origin of the Elements, Solar System, and Earth Plate Tectonics Geologic Time Volcanoes and Earthquakes Composition and Structure of Deep Interior Water (Rivers, Oceans, Glaciers, & Groundwater) Ice Ages and Climate Change [go to course web site]

11. Why Study Earth Sciences? [E1]

12. Why Study Geology? Protect Ourselves

13. Why Study Geology? Improve Planet’s Standard of Living

14. Why Study Geology? Curiosity Understand Our Surroundings

15. Geology: What is it? Study of the Earth Surface Processes Ocean floor Interior of the Earth Present Day and History of Earth Earth has evolved throughout its 4.5 billion year history

16. Our Changing Planet The planet has been transformed in its long history All the Earth’s components, atmosphere, hydrosphere, the solid earth and the biosphere have changed with time and are changing now The planets characteristics and composition of various parts have changed with time

17. Some major global changes with time

18. The physical geology of the Earth is modified through time by processes driven by two sources of ENERGY What Drives Geological Processes?

19. 1. Internal Energy of the Earth Formation of Solar System and the Earth

20. 2. External Energy from the Sun

21. The Earth’s Four Connected Systems includes humans and their products (technology)

22. Fast and Slow Rates fast slow Atmospherecloud form.ice ages Hydrosphereflash flooddeep ocean circulation Biospherelifetime ofgrowth of grassforest Geosphereearthquake mountain formation

24. Indonesian City ofBanda Aceh Before the tsunami and … … after the tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004

25. Indonesian City ofBanda Aceh Before the tsunami and … … after the tsunami of Dec. 26, 2004

26. The tsunami of Dec. 26, 20041/6

27. The tsunami of Dec. 26, 20042/6

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29. The tsunami of Dec. 26, 20044/6

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