GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 284 - ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY
LECTURE SCHEDULE ---- FALL, 1999					Book
Date		Day	Topic		Chap.		Exercise Due Dates*
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Sept.	8	W	Introduction		Introduction
	10	F	Review of Physics/Chemistry		1
	13	M	Earth Structure and Materials I		2		No Exercise Due
	15	W	Earthquakes and Earthquake Hazards - I		3
	17	F	Earthquakes and Earthquake Hazards - II		3
	20	M	Earthquakes and Earthquake Hazards - III		3		I-2 Maps
	22	W	Predicting Earthquakes/Tsunamis		3,5
	24	F	Tsunamis		5
	27	M	Earth Structure and Materials II		2		II-3 Earthquakes I
	29	W	Earth Structure and Materials III		2
Oct.	1	F	Volcanism and Volcanic Eruptions I		4
	4	M	Volcanism and Volcanic Eruptions II		4		II-4 Earthquakes II
	6	W	Predicting Volcanic Eruptions		4
	8	F	Weathering and Soils - I		14
	11	M	Weathering and Soils - II		14		II-1 Volcanoes I
	13	W	Mid term Exam #1
	15	F	Landslides and Mass Wasting - I		6
	18	M	Landslides and Mass Wasting - II		6		II-2 Volcanoes II
	20	W	Surface Water Systems		15,17
	22	F	Surface Water Systems		15,1
	25	M	Groundwater Systems		15,17		II-6 Landslides
	27	W	Groundwater Systems		15,17
	29	F	Ecologic Systems		1
Nov.	1	M	The Earth in Time		Apdx C, 10		III-2 Water Quality
	3	W	Extinction and Evolution		Apdx C, 10
	5	F	River Flooding and Erosion		8
	8	M	River Flooding and Erosion		8		III-1,5 Groundwater
	10	W	Coastal Systems		9
	12	F	Coastal Flooding and Erosion		9
	15	M	Subsidence I		7		II-9 River Floods
	17	W	Subsidence II		7
	19	F	Mid-term Exam #2
	22	M	The Earth in Space		10, Essay p11-17		II-8 Subsidence
	24	W	Meteorite Impacts		10
THANKSGIVING BREAK
	29	M	Glacial Systems and Climatology		18 p. 469-475		No Exercise Due
Dec.	1	W	Energy Resources		11,12
	3	F	Mineral Resources		13
	6	M	Waste Management - Municipal		16		III-3,4 Surface Water
	8	W	Waste Management - Nuclear		16
	10	F	Expand as needed
	13	M	Review				No Exercise Due
Dec. 15-17,20-22			EXAM WEEK (Wed.--Wed.)
The final exam will be Friday, December 17, 1999 in the lecture room.
*Exercises are due in your discussion section on the week indicated in this schedule.
Time and TA assistance will be provided in the discussion section the week prior.
You are encouraged to do as much of the exercises on your own that you can, utilizing office hours.
GS 284 - Supplementary Information
	Instructors-						Office Hours
	John Hoaglund - 2002 CCL - 615-0106 - hoaglund@umich.edu						Wednesday 11-12
							Thursday 10-11
	Casey Hermoyian - 3520 CCL -647-7925 - csh@umich.edu						Monday 2-3
							Thursday  1-2
	This course deals with geologic processes that impact human activities.
	No previous training in geology is required for the course,
	although we will use some basic high school chemistry and physics.
	The class meets each week for 3 lectures (1PM, MWF) and 1 required discussion section,
	as indicated in the time schedule. A lecture time schedule is attached.
	Books for the course are:
	1) Murck, Skinner, and Porter, 1996, Environmental Geology: John Wiley, New York.
	2) Foley, McKenzie, and Utgard, 1999, Investigations in Environmental Geology 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall
	Both are available at local bookstores.
	Grading will be based on two hour exams, the final exam, and discussion tests/assignments.
	Grades will be calculated using the following weightings:
	Class Exams there will be two exams			35%
	Exercises and other Discussion Section Homework			30%
	Final Exam			30%
	Class/Discussion Participation			5%