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Lecture notes and reading downloads
This is your download center for all lecture notes and some reading materials.
Lecture notes: The PowerPoint slides from all lectures will be posted here as pdf files. The best use of these notes is to bring them to class so you can annotate the slides during lectures.
Assigned reading: Most of the reading is from the class textbook: Bolt, "Earthquakes" 5th edition. Readings from Bolt will not be posted, you should buy the book. Other readings will be posted here along with the lectures to which they are relevant.
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Most recently posted at the top
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Thu Nov 5
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The Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
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notes (pdf)
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Tue Nov 3
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Midterm II - in class
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Thu Oct 29
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Mt Pinatubo eruption
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video - no notes
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no audio
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Tue Oct 27
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The Sumatra earthquake and tsumani
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video - no notes
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no audio
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Thu Oct 22
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Tsunami, earthquakes and volcanoes
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Tue Oct 20
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Seismic gaps
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Thu Oct 15
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Magnitude and energy
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Tue Oct 13
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Interpreting seismograms
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Thu Oct 8
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Generating the wiggles
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Tue Oct 6
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Midterm I - in class
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Thu Oct 1
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Building up to an earthquake
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Tue Sep 29
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Plate tectonics
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Thu Sep 24
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Hurricane Katrina
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Tue Sep 22
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Where earthquakes occur
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Thu Sep 17
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The Hayward Fault
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Tue Sep 15
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Faults
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Thu Sep 10
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The Great 1906 Earthquake and Fire
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Tue Sep 8
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Earthquake preparedness: Be Ready
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Required Reading:
Putting down roots in earthquake country (either version)
Northern CA version or
Southern CA version
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notes (pdf)
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audio (mp3)
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Tue Sep 1,
Thu Sep 3
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Future earthquakes. CS: The Hayward Temblor Part I and II
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Required Reading: Reisner p85-111
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notes (pdf)
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Part I audio (mp3)
Part II audio (mp3)
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Thu Aug 27
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California and earthquakes
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Quick Web Exercise:
Who are you?
Due: 5pm Fri Aug 28th
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notes (pdf)
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no audio
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Many documents are pdf for which you will need Adobe Reader which is available for
download free of charge.
References used by the class
- Bolt, "Earthquakes" 5th edition.
The textbook website
also has some useful study aids including the Flashcards for each chapter.
- Reisner, "A Dangerous Place, California's unsettling fate"
- Zeilinga de Boer and Sanders, "Earthquakes in Human History"
- "Scenario for Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake on the Hayward Fault." Report by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, HF-96, September 1996.
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