Syllabus
| Week | Week of | Topic | Section in Lowrie | Lab |
| 1 | Jan 14 | Geometry of Plate Tectonics (no class Jan 18) | 1.2 | None |
| 2 | Jan 21 | Plates on a sphere; past plate motion (no class Jan 21 -MLK day) | 5.6-5.7 | Plate Motions |
| 3 | Jan 28 | Seismology as a method for sensing the earth's interior | 3.3, 3.6 | None |
| 4 | Feb 4 | Interior structure of the earth | 3.7 | None |
| 5 | Feb 11 | Composition of the Earth's interior | 3.7 | Refraction Seismology |
| 6 | Feb 18 | Forces, work, energy, power | 3.2 | None |
| 7 | Feb 25 | Stress and Strain | 3.2 | None |
| 8 | March 3 | Rheology: Elasticity and Viscosity (test March 7) | 2.8,3.2 | Elastic Flexure |
| 9 | March 10 | Spring Break | --- | --- |
| 10 | March 17 | Faulting and Earthquakes | 3.5 | Stereonet Lab |
| 11 | March 24 | Deformation of Rocks | --- | Field trip (March 27) |
| 12 | Mar 31 | Gravity and isostasy | 2.5-2.7 | Gravity measurement |
| 13 | April 7 | Heat flow and the Earth's heat budget | 4.2 | None |
| 14 | April 14 | Viscous flows: glaciers, mantle convection | --- | Viscosity lab |
| 15 | April 21 | Large-scale tectonics of the Earth (test April 25) | --- | None |
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