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ESS/OCEAN 230TIME & PLACE:INSTRUCTORS TADate Lecture Subject LabGRADINGESS/OCEAN 230RIVERS AND BEACHES (3/5 CREDITS)2007TIME & PLACE: Lecture: M, W & F 1:30 - 2:20 Room 14, Ocean Teaching BldgLab (for 5 credits) W 2:30 – 3:20 Room 205, Ocean Teaching BldgINSTRUCTORS TADave Montgomery Chuck Nittrouer Andy Ritchie341 JHN / 685-2560 111 MSB / 543-5099 323 JHN / [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] COURSE FEE: $50 (5 credits), $20 (3 credits)WEBSITE: http://gis.ess.washington.edu/grg/courses07_08/ess230/Date Lecture Subject Lab 9/26 1 Introduction Field-Trip Orientation9/28 2 Source to Sink10/1 3 Mountains: Weathering10/3 4 Mountains: Soil Field Trip A Preparation10/5 5 Mountains: Erosion10/6 Field Trip A1 – Nisqually River Watershed10/8 6 Rivers: Materials and Sediment Transport10/10 7 Beyond the Beach no lab10/12 8 The Floor of Puget Sound Report for Field Trip A1 due (in class)10/13 Field Trip A2 – Nisqually River Watershed10/15 9 Marine Sedimentation: Particles10/17 10 Marine Sedimentation : Transport Field Trip B Preparation10/19 11 Marine Sedimentation: Global Perspective Report for Field Trip A2 due (in class)10/22 12 Estuaries: Processes10/24 Field Trip B – Cruise on Puget Sound (no lecture)10/26 13 Estuaries: Sedimentation10/29 14 River Deltas Report for Field Trip B due (in class)10/31 Mid-Term Exam Discuss Field Trip B11/2 15 Alluvial Rivers11/5 16 Bedrock Rivers11/7 17 Floodplains Mid-Term Exam discussed11/9 18 Channel Response11/12 HOLIDAY11/14 19 River Restoration Field Trip C Preparation 11/16 20 Finish Rivers11/17&18 Field Trip C – Tour around Olympic Peninsula Beaches11/19 21 Human impacts on Rivers 11/21 22 Human impacts on Estuaries and Deltas no lab11/23 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY11/26 23 Beaches: Processes Report for Field Trip C due (in class)11/28 24 Beaches: Sedimentation Discuss Field Trip C11/30 25 Beaches around the world12/3 26 Beaches around Washington12/5 27 King of Fish: the thousand-year run of Salmon no lab12/7 28 Dirt: erosion of civilizations12/10 FINAL EXAM 2:30 – 4:20GRADINGFor 3 credits: midterm = 40%; field trip/report = 20%; final exam = 40%Participation in one Field Trip (A) requiredFor 5 credits: midterm = 35%; field trip/reports = 30%; final exam = 35%Participation in all Field Trips requiredField-Trip Reports: due on dates indicated above credit for report will be reduced, if 1 or 2 days late; no credit for >2 days lateStrongly suggested: supplemental field-trip insurance:Information:http:// www.washington.edu /admin/risk/documents/Domestic_Trip_Coverage.pdfApplication:http:// www.washington.edu


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