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Instructor Sebastiano D'Amico (email)
Academic honesty and disability accomodations
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08/24/09 |
Introduction |
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08/26/09 |
Units |
SI Units
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| 08/28/09 |
Measurements |
Determine Volume of fluid |
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| 08/31/09 |
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| 09/02/09 |
Units, Density |
Java earthquake of September 2,
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| 09/04/09 |
Intensity - Part I |
Bolt Chapter 8, Appendix C | Bolt Chapter 8 Appendix C |
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| 09/07/09 |
NO CLASS LABOR DAY |
Bolt Chapter 1 |
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| 09/09/09 |
Intensity Part II |
Maps and contours, errors |
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| 09/11/09 |
Intensity |
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HW2 Due Sept 18 |
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| 09/14/09 | Seismograph |
Seismograph and Seismogram |
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| 09/16/09 |
MEQ 800 Portable Seismograph |
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| 09/18/09 |
SLU EQ Center |
Earthquake Center Tour |
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| 09/21/09 |
Seismic Waves P & S |
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| 09/23/09 |
Earthquake Location |
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| 09/25/09 |
Seismograms P and S waves |
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| 09/28/09 |
Movie and Assignment |
Ass1 -
Paper on Tangshan earthquake Due Oct 5 |
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| 09/30/09 |
QUIZ 1 | Units Bolt Chapter 1 Bolt Chapter 8 - Intensity of Shaking (first section) Appendix C |
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| 10/02/09 |
Epicenter |
Earthquake Location |
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| 10/05/09 |
Seismic phases in the Earth: P,
S, PP, PPP, PKP, PKS, PcP, ScS |
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Wadati technique to get origin
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Location using distances from
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Introduction to magnitude -
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| 10/16/09 |
MagnitudeHTML | HTML Review this |
HW2 Due Friday Oct 23 |
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FALL BREAK |
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| 10/21/09 |
Scientific method: Scientific Method -University of Rochester The scientific method has four steps 1. Observation and description of a phenomenon or group of phenomena. 2. Formulation of an hypothesis to explain the phenomena. In physics, the hypothesis often takes the form of a causal mechanism or a mathematical relation. 3. Use of the hypothesis to predict the existence of other phenomena, or to predict quantitatively the results of new observations. 4. Performance of experimental tests of the predictions by several independent experimenters and properly performed experiments. Wikipedia 1. Use your experience - consider the problem and try to make sense of it. Look for previous explanations; if this is a new problem to you, then do 2. Conjecture an explanation - when nothing else is yet known, try to state your explanation, to someone else, or to your notebook. 3. Deduce a prediction from that explanation- if 2 were true, then state a consequence of that explanation. 4. Test - look for the opposite of that consequence in order to disprove 2. It is a logical error to seek 3 directly as proof of 2. This error is called affirming the consequent.
This model underlies the scientific
revolution. One thousand years ago, Alhacen demonstrated the
importance of steps 1 and 4. Galileo (1638) also showed the importance of step 4 (also called Experiment) in Two
New Sciences. One possible sequence in
this model would be 1, 2,
3, 4. If the outcome of 4 holds, and 3 is not yet disproven,
you may continue with 3, 4,
1, and
so forth; but if the outcome of 4
shows 3
to be false, you will have go back to 2 and try to invent a new 2, deduce a new 3, look for 4, and so forth. Note
that 2 can
never be shown to be absolutely true by scientific method[7];
only that 2 can
be shown to be absolutely false by scientific method. (This is what
Einstein meant when he said "No amount of
experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove
me wrong.") Science Buddies Kids Research Rack History of scientific method - wikipedia 2 Aristotelian science and empiricism 3 Emergence of inductive experimental method 5 Integrating deductive and inductive method
10 Notes and references Timeline of the history of the scientific method - wikipedia Writing Scientific papers How to write a scientific paper How to write a paper in Scientific Journal Style and Format |
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| 10/23/09 |
Earthquake Focal mechanisms and beachballs | HTML Read This |
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| 10/26/09 |
Faults and Faulting | HTML Bolt Chapters 3,4,7,11 |
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Elastic Rebound | HTML | HW3 HW4 Due Wednesday Nov 4 |
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| 10/30/09 |
Plate Tectonics Overview |
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Continents vs Oceans |
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| 11/04/09 |
QUIZ 2 |
Lectures
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| 11/09/09 |
INTRODUCTION TO FINAL ASSIGNMENT |
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| 11/11/09 |
FINAL ASSIGNMENT |
Oral presentations Nov 20, 30, Dec 2, 4, 7 |
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| Plate Tectonics | Powerpoint Link to Visualizations |
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| Plate Tectonics | Earth's
Magnetic Field Apparent Polar Wandering What is polar wandering? What was the contribution of Vine-Matthews? |
Plate Motions HTML |
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| Plate Tectonics |
mid-ocean ridges - Tuzo Wilson's puzzle (in class exercise) Tuzo's
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neic_slu.ppt (Dr. Benz's Powerpoint
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Presentation |
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| 11/23 |
2004 Tsunami |
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Last class - Evaluation |
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revision: October 26, 2009