OCEANESS 410 Marine Geology and Geophysics Instructor William

OCEAN/ESS 410 Marine Geology and Geophysics

Instructor: William Wilcock Office: 126 Marine Sciences Building Email: wilcock@u. washington. edu Teaching Assistants: Katie Boldt Office: 108 Marine Sciences Building Email: kboldt@u. washington. edu Alden Denny Office: 270 Ocean Teaching Building Email: dennya@u. washington. edu Please include Ocean 410 or ESS 410 in the subject line of e-mails

Class Meeting Times and Locations: • Lectures – M/W 9: 30 -10: 20 Ocean Sciences Building 425 • Labs – Section AA: TTh 9: 30 -11: 20 Ocean Sciences Building 111 (GIS Lab) – Section AB: MW 12: 30 -2: 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 e-mails

Class Web Site http: //www. ocean. washington. edu/courses/oc 410/ This is the source for updated class information so please use it. Class e-mail ocean 410 a_au 11@u. washington. edu Goes to all the class but you must send the e -mail from your UW e-mail account.

First Year with 2 Sections and 2 TAs • Registration is very uneven - Consider moving to Section AB for a mellower experience. • Both TAs will participate in both sections. • You can contact either TA or any topic. • TAs will grade alternate labs.

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 website including 4 papers for in-class discussions

Class Format • Lectures – 2 per week • Power. Point files available on line (will require UW Net ID) • Labs – 2 per week - you learn best by actively 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 • Due for full credit no later than the start of the following lab • Bring a ruler, calculator, pencil, and memory stick to each lab • Discussion in class of 4 papers • Term paper draft and final - News and Views article only 2 -3 double-spaced pages long • Presentations • Mid-term and Final (2 nd mid-term)

Field Trips • Mt. St. Helens - Sat/Sun October 8 -9 • Olympic Peninsula Beaches - Sat/Sun November 12 -13 (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.

Day on Puget Sound on the R/V Thomas G Thompson • Thursday, October 20 • Sediment coring, seafloor mapping, bottom profiling, and water column sampling. • This is a required part of the class – we can help provide notes or even contact instructors of other classes • If you cannot make it please inform the instructor or TA at the start of the quarter. • Counts at 2 labs

Grading 20% - Mid-term exam 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 passing grade in the writing components of the class is required 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 • Unless you have a valid reason for turning in homework late and notify the Instructor or a TA as soon as practical, 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 & TAs

2006 Summary of Grades

Ways to get more MG&G • OCEAN 230 Rivers and Beaches • OCEAN 450 Climatic Extremes • OCEAN 454 Hydrothermal Systems: An Interdisciplinary View • OCEAN 460 Seagoing Research and Discovery • MG&G Seminar – Mondays 12: 30 -1: 20 in MSB 123