Tectonic History of the Western United States
GEOL 5690, Spring 2010
Meets: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:00 - 1:50
pm, BESC 1B81
Instructor: Craig
Jones, ESCI 440C, x2-6994, cjones@cires.colorado.edu
Text: Turcotte and Schubert, Geodynamics, 2nd edition.
Baldridge, Geology of the American
Southwest is optional
Stüwe, Geodynamics of the Lithosphere:
An Introduction can be helpful
News:
Final Exam will be at official time, 5 May, 4:30 pm. A sample exam is now online
Lots of excess background readings moved to bibliography page
What's here now:
Schedule
- Older dates in schedule archive
- Wednesday April 28: Andy Wickert and Weisen Shen and presentations
- Friday April 30: Dustin Ward, Will Levandowski and Dave Brown presentations (will run late)
- Wednesday May 5, 4:30 pm: Final
Homeworks:
- Homework 1 (was due 1/20/10)
- Homework 2: In class we will assign one paper to each student,
and the homework assignment is to read that paper, identify (1) what aspect
of the Baja-British Columbia dispute the paper seeks to attack (2) the new
data and/or new analysis brought to bear, and (3) what conclusions they reach
and, if applicable, (4) what data they choose to dismiss. You'll hand in
this brief summary (does not need to be a brilliant summary but more than
your own cryptic notes) and Friday's class will be a round table where we
see if you all can reconcile these different works.
- Homework 3 (due 3/3/10)
- Homework 4 (due 4/7/10)
Handouts: (Will be noted if updated)
Please send mail to cjones@cires.colorado.edu
if you encounter any problems or have suggestions.
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