EAPS 116
EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
Instructor: Robert L. Nowack
Civil 2275, 494-5978, nowack@purdue.edu
TA: Chang Liao
Website:
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~nowack/eas116.html
Class Schedule: Tuesday and Thursday - 9-10:15AM in HAMP 1144
Required Texts:
Bolt, B. (2006) Earthquakes, W.H. Freeman.
Decker, R. and Decker, B. (2006) Volcanoes, W.H. Freeman.
Other readings will be available on reserve in E&AS Library.
There will be two in-class exams. In addition, there will be problem sets and in-class quizes (usually after videos shown). Finally, one 5-6 page paper will be required - either on earthquakes or on volcanoes. More details will be given later.
Grade Breakdown:
Earthquake Exam 25%
Volcanoes Exam 25%
Term Paper 25%
Problem Sets 12.5%
In-class Quizzes 12.5%
EAPS 116
EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
TOPICS
1) Overview/Origins of Seismology
2) Seismic Waves/The Survelliance of Earthquakes
3) The Sources and Sizes of Earthquakes
4) The Earth's Crust and Plates
5) The Earth's Interior/X-Raying the Earth
6) Forecasting Earthquakes
7) Earthquake Hazards
8) Volcanoes and Tectonics
9) Major Types of Volcanoes
10) Volcanic Rocks and Ash
11) Volcanic Hazards and Forecasting
12) Volcanoes and Climate
13) Volcanic Treasures
14) Volcanoes of the Solar System
EAPS 116
EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
Reference List
Earthquake References
Bath, M. (1979) Introduction to Seismology, Birkhauser-Verlag, Boston.
Bolt, B.A. (1993) Earthquakes and Geological Discovery, W.H. Freeman, New York.
Bolt, B.A. (2006) Earthquakes, W.H. Freeman, New York.
Bolt, B.A. (1982) Inside the Earth, W.H. Freeman, New York.
Bolt, B.A., W.L. Horn, G.A. Macdonald and R.F. Scott (1975) Geological Hazards, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Fowler, C.M.R. (1990) The Solid Earth: An Introduction to Global Geophysics, Cambridge Univ. Press.
Gere, J.M. and H.C. Shah (1984) Terra non Firma, W.H. Freeman, New York.
Hamilton, R.M. and A.C. Johnston (Eds.) (1990) Tecumseh's Prophesy: Preparing for the Next New Madrid Earthquake, U.S. Geol. Surv. Circular 1066.
Harris, S.L. (1990) Agents of Chaos, Mountain Press.
Johnston, A.C. (1982) A Major Earthquake Zone on the Mississippi, Scientific American, April, 60-68.
Johnston, A.C. and L.R. Kanter (1990) Earthquakes in Stable Continental Crust, Scientific American, March, 68-75.
Johnston, A.C. (1990) An Earthquake Strength Scale for the Media and the Public, Earthquakes and Volcanoes, 22, 214-216.
Kanamori, H. (1983) Magnitude Scale and Quantification of Earthquakes, Tectonophysics, 93, 185-199.
Kasahara, K. (1981) Earthquake Mechanics, Cambridge Univ. Press.
Kulhanek, O. (1990) Anatomy of Seismograms, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Mogi, K. (1985) Earthquake Prediction, Academic Press.
Nuttli, O.W. (1973) The Mississippi Valley Earthquakes of 1811 and 1812: Intensities, Ground Motion and Magnitudes, Bull. Seism. Soc. Am., 63, 227-248.
Penick, J.L. (1981) The New Madrid Earthquakes, Univ. of Missouri Press.
Press, F. and R. Siever (1986) Earth, W.H. Freeman, New York.
Rikitake, T. (1976) Earthquake Prediction, Elsevier, Amsterdam.
Scholz, C.H. (1990) The Mechanics of Earthquakes and Faulting, Cambridge Univ. Press.
Walker, B. (1982) Earthquake, Time-Life Books.
Wallace, R.E. (Ed.) (1990) The San Andreas Fault System, California, U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 1515.
Wesson, R.L. and R.E. Wallace (1985) Predicting the Next Great Earthquake in California, Scientific American, 252, 35-43.
Yanev, P. (1990) Peace of Mind in Earthquake Country, Chronicle Books; San Francisco.
Volcano References
Bullard, F.M. (1976) Volcanoes of the Earth, Univ. of Texas Press.
Chester, D.K. et al. (1985) Events Preceding the Great Eruption of 8 May, 1902 at Mount Pelee, Martinique, J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., 38, 67-75.
Decker, R.W. (1986) Forecasting Volcanic Eruptions, Ann. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci., 14, 267-291.
Decker, R.W. and B.B. Decker (1991) Mountains of Fire: The Nature of Volcanoes, Cambridge Univ. Press.
Decker, R.W. and B.B. Decker (2006) Volcanoes, W.H. Freeman, New York.
Decker, R.W., T. Wright and P. Stauffer (Eds.) (1987) Volcanism in Hawaii, U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 1350.
Editors of Time-Life Books (1982) Volcano, Time-Life Books.
Francis, P. (1993) Volcanoes: A Planetary Perspective, Oxford Univ. Press.
Francis, P. and S. Self (1983) The Eruption of Krakatau, Scientific American, 249, 172-187.
Gasparini, P., R. Scarpa, and K. Aki (Eds.) (1993) Volcanic Seismology, Springer Verlag, Berlin.
Harris, S. (1987) Fire Mountains of the West, Mountain Press.
Krafft, M. (1993) Volcanoes: Fire from the Earth, Abrams, New York.
Lipman, P.W. and D.R. Mullineaux (Eds.) (1981) The 1980 Eruptions of Mount St. Helens, Washington, U.S. Geol. Surv. Prof. Paper 1250.
Macdonald, G.A. (1972) Volcanoes, Prentice-Hall.
Ollier, C. (1988) Volcanoes, Blackwell, New York.
Sigurdsson, H., S. Carey, W. Cornell, and T. Prescatore (1985) The Eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, National Geographic Research, 332-387.
Sigurdsson, H., S. Carey and C. Mandeville (1991) Krakatau, National Geographic Research, 7, 310-327.
Simkin, T. and R.S. Fiske (1983) Krakatau: The Volcanic Eruption and Its Effect, Smithsonian Inst. Press., Wash. D.C.
Van Rose, S. and I.F. Mercier (1991) Volcanoes, Harvard Press.
Williams, H. and A.R. McBirney (1979) Volcanology, W.H. Freeman, New York.