OCEAN/ESS 410 Marine Geology and Geophysics

Instructor: William Wilcock Office: 126 Marine Sciences Building Teaching Assistants: Monica Riess Office: 266 Marine Sciences Building Dax Soule Office: 124 Marine Sciences Building Please include Ocean 410 or ESS 410 in the subject line of s

Class Meeting Times and Locations: Lectures –M/W 9:30-10:20 Ocean Sciences Building 425 Labs –AA Section TTh 9:30-11:20 –AB Section TTh 1:30-3:20 Ocean Sciences Building 111 (GIS Lab) Office hours: Instructor - after lectures, during/after labs or by appointment. TAs – after/before lectures, during/after labs or by appointment. Please include “Ocean 410” or “ESS 410” in the subject line of s

Class Web Site This is the source for updated class information so please use it. Class Goes to all the class but you must send the from your UW account.

Syllabus Interpreting maps and cross-sections Plate tectonics and the structure of the ocean basins Earthquakes Mid-ocean ridges and subduction zones Sediment transport across the continental shelf Deep-sea sedimentation Textbook None but reading will be added to the website

Ways to get more MG&G OCEAN/ESS 230 Rivers and Beaches – Nittrouer & Montgomery (fall) OCEAN 450 Climatic Extremes – Johnson and Quay (winter) OCEAN 454 Hydrothermal Systems: An Interdisciplinary View – Lilley & Baross (winter) OCEAN 411 Juan de Fuca Ridge / Hydrate Ridge Cruise – Kelley & Delaney (summer) MG&G Seminar – Mondays 12:30-1:20 in MSB 123

Class Format - I Lectures – 2 per week PowerPoint files available on line (will require UW Net ID) but you should take notes. Labs – 2 per week - you learn best by doing things You will be provided with a paper copy of the lab so there is no need to print it out but it will be posted on-line ahead of time and you may want to read it beforehand Unless instructed otherwise answers should be on a separate piece of paper and organized. Due for full credit no later than the start of the following lab Bring a ruler, calculator, pencil, and memory stick to each lab

Class Format - II Term paper – selection, statement of news, and draft and final Nature News & Views article - only 500 words long. Presentations of term paper material Mid-term – Mon, Oct 27 or Tue, Oct 28 – Need Class Input. Final (2 nd mid-term) – Wed, Dec 10

Field Trips Mt. St. Helens - Sat/Sun October Olympic Peninsula Beaches - Sat/Sun October (joint with Ocean/ESS 230 field trip) You are required to participate in one. The Mt St. Helens field trip is the field trip for this class and the Olympic Peninsula Beaches is a makeup. You can chose to go on either but there is no makeup for the makeup.

Grading 20% - Mid-term exam** (assuming 2-hr mid-term) 20% - Final exam** 30% - Lab exercises and paper discussions* 5% - Draft version of ‘News & Views’ article** 10% - Final version of ‘News & Views’ article** 10% - In-class presentation 5% - Field Trip Participation (Mt. St. Helen's or Washington Coast) *Your 2 worst lab/discussion scores will be excluded from final grade. **A score above zero is required in each of these components to pass the class.

Policies Deadlines Lab exercises will be due at the start of the following lab. Other assignments will be due on date stated on the assignment and on the website. If you need an extension on an assignment notify & discuss with instructor or a TA as soon and practical and we will find a way to help Unless you have been granted an extension, assignments turned in up to 1 week late will be graded for only 50% credit. Working collaboratively You are encouraged to work collaboratively on the class exercises but, unless otherwise approved, everyone should turn in their own set of answers.

How to get a bad grade in the class Don’t come to class. Turn in the labs late or better still don’t turn them in at all. Don’t participate in the field trip Don’t communicate with the instructor & TA

2006 Summary of Grades

My Evaluation Bubble Evaluation –Clarity of voice –Instructor’s enthusiasm –Instructor’s interest in whether student learned –Amount you learned in the course –Relevance & usefulness of course content Yellow Sheets On-line comments –I read your comments carefully

Instructor Away Tu. Sept. 30 – Th. Oct. 2 –R/V Thompson testing instrument for vertical seafloor geodesy. Tu. Oct. 21 – Th. Oct. 23 –UNOLS (Academic Fleet) Annual Meeting –Future of the Amphibious Array Facility meeting.

Announcement I Undergrad TA Opportunity Mikelle Nuwer is looking for undergrads to help a graduate TA teach one or more lab sections of Ocean 101. Lab sections meet on Tuesdays from 10:30-12:30 and 12:30-2:20pm and on Thursdays from 12:30-2:20pm. There is also a weekly training meeting on Monday afternoons (ideally from 12:30-2:20pm, but we can reschedule if need be). No experience necessary - students should have taken either Ocean 101 or Ocean 200. Pay is $14/hour. If interested Dr. Nuwer

Announcement II Notetaker needed for this class There is a student in our class who needs a copy of the class notes. Disability Resources for Students is looking for at least two notetakers; a primary who would be able to upload their notes every day, and an alternate who would be on standby as a back-up notetaker. If you take accurate and legible notes, please see me at the end of class.