Geology 460: Solid Earth Geophysics
Lecture: CRN 25313 Section 10 T 5 PM – 7:50 PM Founders Hall 179
Lab: CRN 25328 Section 11 R 5 PM – 7:50 PM Van Matre 109
- Instructor: Dr. Jason Robert Patton
- Email: Jason.Patton at humboldt.edu
- Office: Founders Hall 136
- Phone: 707.826.3923
- Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
We will have one Saturday group lab (date tbd), one three day weekend field trip (dates tbd), and one weekend group lab (date up to you).
Course Syllabus: pdf file
- Week 1: Spherical Geometry
- Week 2: Tectonics & Magnetism
- Week 3: Seismology I: Earthquake Seismology
- Week 4: Seismology II: Refraction
- Week 5: Seismology III: Reflection
- Week 6: Magnetrometry
- Week 7: Gravity I
- Week 8: Illness
- Spring Break
- Week 9: Geochronology
- Week 10: Mid Term
- Week 11: Heatflow
- Week 12: Oceans I
- Week 13: Plate Tectonics
- Week 14: Continents I
- Week 15: Presentations
Lectures
- Lab 1: Spherical Tectonics
- Lab 2: Plate Motion Rates
- Lab 3: Seismology I (Earthquake Seismology)
- Lab 4: Seismology (II): Seismic Refraction (weekend field trip)
- Lab 5: Seismology (III)
- Lab 6: Magnetometer Survey (small group field trips)
- Lab 7: Isostasy
- Lab 8: Geochronology
- Lab 9: Heat flow
- Lab 10: Oceanic Plates
- Lab 11: Global Earthquake Recurrence
- Lab 12: Extra Credit: Strain Rates Western US
Labs
- Seismic Refraction: Mad River Floodplain April 10 9 AM (lab 4)
- Magnetometry in Manila (Lab 6)
- RTK GPS (Lab 13)
Field Trips
Field Trip Photos
Earthquake Reports
- Here is research paper writing guide and example paper.
- Here is the rubric that will be used to evaluate all reports and research papers.
Research Paper Guide
- Mid Term I Study Guide (pdf)
- Mid Term I Study Guide (docx)
Study Guides
Patton’s Schedule
Class Schedule
