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Organization
Lecturer
Maxwell Rudolph, Dept. Earth and Planetary Science
Email: max@seismo.berkeley.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays 11AM-12PM, Thursdays 1PM-2PM
Office: 169 McCone Hall
Expectations
- Lecture attendance: MW 5-7:30pm.
- Completed assignments: approximately one per week.
Assignment info.
- Two field trips to explore the Hayward fault and slow-moving landslides in Berkeley. Each lasts ~2 hr.
Field trip info.
Textbook
"Earthquakes" (5th edition) by Bruce Bolt. Published by Freeman.
The textbook website
also has some useful study aids including the Flashcards for each chapter.
Grading
20% - Assignments
10% - In-class activities
20% - Field Trip Reports
20% - Midterm*
30% - Final*
* some
example questions
are available.
No late work will be accepted unless with the prior approval of the instructor.
No electronic submissions will be accepted unless with the prior approval of the instructor.
Website - http://www.seismo.berkeley.edu/~max/eps20
Includes information about the course, syllabus and additional resources. Additional information is on bSpace
Prerequisites
None - this class is intended for non-scientists and scientists alike.
Credit
EPS 20 is a 3 credit course.
EPS 20 fulfills the Physical Science breadth requirement.
Catalog description
Introduction to earthquakes, their causes and effects. General discussion of basic principles and methods of seismology and geological tectonics, distribution of earthquakes in space and time, effects of earthquakes, and earthquake hazard and risk, with particular emphasis on the situation in California.
See the objectives webpage for a more detailed description.
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