Where to find us:

Doug Wiens:doug@seismo.wustl.edu

Earth and Planetary Sciences Building, Rm 381; 935-6517; phone/e-mail to arrange a meeting

Michael Wysession:michael@wucore.wustl.edu

E&PS Building, Rm 385; 935-5625; phone/e-mail to arrange a meeting

TA: Erica Emry:ericae@levee.wustl.edu

E&PS Building, Rm 394; 935-8297; email to set up an appointment

Erica's Schedule

Objective:

To study the forces that act on the Earth, how geological materials react to these forces, and the time scale over which they respond.

Text:

Lowrie:  Fundamentals of Geophysics, 2nd ed.
Also supplemental reading assignments and handouts

  Additional Sources on Reserve:

 Bolt:  Inside the Earth
 Brown and Musset:  The Inaccessible Earth
 Burger:  Exploration Geophysics of the Shallow Subsurface
 Cox and Hart:  Plate Tectonics
 Davies:  Dynamic Earth
 Davis:  Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions
 Fowler: The Solid Earth
 Kearey, Global Tectonics
 Park:  Foundations of Structural Geology
 Suppe:  The Principles of Structural Geology

  Problem Sets:

Problem sets will be due approximately every 1.5 weeks.

Tests:

2 in-class tests --  March 7
                            April 25
No cumulative final

  Paper:

A short paper concerning a topic discussed in class.  Due date: May 1

Term paper guidelines

  Grades:

The tests will comprise 50% of the final grade.  The homework problems and
lab reports will each be worth an additional 15%.  Term paper will count 20%.