ESS/OCEAN 230TIME & PLACE:INSTRUCTORS TADate Lecture Subject LabGRADINGESS/OCEAN 230RIVERS AND BEACHES (3/5 CREDITS)2006TIME & PLACE: Lecture: M, W & F 1:30 - 2:20 Room 175, Johnson HallLab (for 5 credits) W 2:30 – 3:20 Room 027, Johnson HallINSTRUCTORS TADave Montgomery Chuck Nittrouer Tina Drexler341 JHN / 685-2560 111 MSB / 543-5099 112 MSB / [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] FEE: $50WEBSITE: http://gis.ess.washington.edu/grg/courses05_06/ess230/Date Lecture Subject Lab 9/27 1 Introduction Field-Trip Orientation9/29 2 Source to Sink10/2 3 Mountains: Weathering10/4 4 Mountains: Soil Preparation for Field Trip A10/6 5 Mountains: Erosion10/7 Field Trip A – Hike to Squire Creek Slide10/9 6 Rivers: Materials and Sediment Transport10/11 7 Beyond the Beach Preparation for Field Trip B10/13 8 The Floor of Puget Sound Report for Field Trip A due (in class)10/16 9 Marine Sedimentation: Particles10/18 Field Trip B – Cruise on Puget Sound (no lecture)10/20 10 Marine Sedimentation : Transport10/23 11 Marine Sedimentation: Global Perspective10/25 Mid-Term Exam Discuss Field Trip A10/27 12 Alluvial Rivers Report for Field Trip B due (in class)10/30 13 Bedrock Rivers11/1 14 Floodplains Preparation for Field Trip C;Discuss Field Trip B11/3 15 Channel Response11/4 Field Trip C – Raft Trip down Cedar River11/6 16 River Restoration11/8 17 finish rivers Mid-Term Exam discussed11/10 HOLIDAY11/13 18 Estuaries: Processes Report for Field Trip C due (in class)11/15 19 Estuaries: Sedimentation Preparation for Field Trip D; Discuss Field Trip C11/17 20 River Deltas 11/18&19 Field Trip D – Tour around Olympic Peninsula Beaches11/20 21 Human impacts on Estuaries and Deltas11/22 22 Human impacts on Rivers no lab11/24 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY11/27 23 Beaches: Processes Report for Field Trip D due (in class)11/29 24 Beaches: Sedimentation Discuss Field Trip D12/1 25 Beaches around the world12/4 26 Beaches around Washington12/6 27 King of Fish: the thousand-year run of Salmon no lab12/8 28 Dirt: erosion of civilizations12/11 FINAL EXAM 2:30 – 4:20GRADINGFor 3 credits: midterm = 35%; field trip/reports = 20%; final exam = 45%Participation in one Field Trip (A, B or D) requiredFor 5 credits: midterm = 30%; field trip/reports = 30%; final exam = 40%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
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