GEOP 571 COURSE SCHEDULE FALL 2011

In progress and subject to Active Changes (several reading assignments will be updated!)


WEEKLY SUBJECT

DATE

READING

DISCUSSION LEADER(S)

NOTES & ASSIGNMENTS

Course organization

08/24

Keller and Pinter, 2002, Ch. 1

By 09/02: (1) Introduction to Matlab

Introduction to Active Tectonics

08/26

Dzurisin, 2007, Ch. 1


Structure and Strength of Earth's Lithosphere:
 Constitutive properties of rocks and faults

08/29

Yeats et al., Ch. 2 (p. 17-29 only)
Segall (2005, ch. 1), (sections 1.3-1.5 & 1.8 only)

 
Crustal structure and constitutive properties

09/02

Yeats et al., Ch. 3 (p. 42-58)





09/05



Labor Day
Discussion: Rheology of continental lithosphere 09/09 Jackson, 2002
Burov and Watts, 2006

Rob and Nick

By 09/23: (2) Crustal Rheology and Strength


Fault strength and rate and state friction
09/12
Scholz, 1998



09/16

Mark M. in Menlo Park

Discussion: weak and strong faults
09/19
Scholz, 2000
Zoback, 2000 and Scholz, 2000
Additional background: Zoback et al., 1987 and Scholz, 2002, pp.145-67

Mark G. and Nicole

How the Earth Deforms:
  Deformation
09/23 Segall (2005, ch. 1), (sections 1.1-1.2 only)

Terrestrial Geodetic Techniques 09/26 Dzurisin, 2007, Ch. 2, (sections 2.1-2.5 only)

Research projects topics due. Please provide 1-page summary consisting of title, abstract, and 5 or more relevant references.
Terrestrial Geodetic Techniques II, Strainmeters, Tiltmeters 09/30 Dzurisin, 2007, Ch. 3, (sections 3.2-3.3 only)

By 10/14: Displacements and strain exercise
Space Geodetic Techniques
VLBI, SLR, GPS Intro
10/03


GPS Theory 10/07 Dixon, 1991

Discussion: New Madrid Seismic Zone 10/10 Liu et al., 1991
Smalley et al., 2005with replies by Calais and Stein,
Calais and Stein, 2009
Katyliz and Paige
GPS Applications 10/14 Dzurisin, 2007, Ch. 4

Fault Modeling 10/17 Thatcher, 1990
Segall, 2010, Ch. 2
Segall, 2010, Ch. 3

First draft of Introduction/Motivation section due. Discuss steps you plan to take to carry out the work and provide an updated list of relevant references.
Memorial Stadium strain assignment due.

10/21

49ers Day
Volcano Modeling 10/24 Dzurisin, 2007, Ch. 8
Segall, 2010, Ch. 7




Discussion: Volcano Deformation 10/28 Montgomery-Brown et al., 2011
Lisowski et al., 2018
Feng and Newman, 2009
Rob
Nicole
Paige

Volcano Gravimetry 10/31 Dzurisin, 2007, Ch. 2.7
Battaglia and Hill, 2009
DJJohnson et al., 2010


Discussion: Kilauea Gravity
InSAR Theory
11/04 Dzurisin, 2007, Ch. 5
Burgmann, 2000
Mark M.
Discussion: Pu'u O'o
11/07

Entire class
InSAR Applications
Paige Project Presentation

11/11




11/14

Mark M. in NZ/Oz
Photogrammetry 11/18
Jeff Johnson Mark M. in NZ/Oz
PBO Strainmeters 11/21
Kathleen Hodgkinson Mark M. in NZ/Oz

11/25

Thanksgiving Break
Discussion: Earthquake Cycle 11/28 Owen et al., 2002
Pollitz et al., 2001
Freed et al., 2007
Burgmann and Dresen, 2008

Nick
Mark G.
Katyliz

InSAR applications 12/02



12/05

AGU

12/09

AGU
Project Presentations 12/12


Project Presentations 12/16



Most recent update: Oct 31, 2011