An examination of the causes, effects, and options available to mitigate natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, subsidence, flooding, severe weather, and meteorite impacts.
Earth & Environmental Sciences 204 & 605 Natural Disasters Fall Semester 2008 Prof. Stephen A. Nelson
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Course Description An examination of the causes, effects, and options available to mitigate natural disasters, such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, subsidence, flooding, severe weather, and meteorite impacts. |
| Follow the links below to material related to this course. New links will be added and updated throughout the semester, so check back with this page often. | |
Send e-mail to Prof. Nelson: snelson@tulane.edu
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| Announcements - Look here for announcements concerning this course |
Sept. 25 , 2008 - The Dean of Newcomb-Tulane College has announced that Saturday, October 18 will be a make-up day to make up for one of the Tuesday/Thursday classes missed during the evacuation for Hurricane Gustav. This means that the field trip scheduled for that day will not be able to go, as it would interfere with other courses throughout the university and the Natural Disasters course having a make-up class on that day. Thus, the Saturday October 18 field trip is now rescheduled for Sunday, October 19. If you are signed up for that day and can't go, there is still room on the Sunday, Oct. 12 field trip. Otherwise, all students that signed up for the October 18 field trip have been moved to the sign-up page for the October 19 field trip.
Sept. 22 , 2008 - I have added another field trip opportunity. This trip will run on Sunday, October 12. If you have not yet signed up for a field trip, please take advantage of this opportunity. Sept. 12 , 2008 - I have not yet revised the syllabus to reflect the classes we missed during the Hurricane Gustav Evacuation. As a result the syllabus does not reflect the correct dates for homework assignment dates and due dates. Homework II - Seismological Exercises, is now assigned with a due date of September 30. See Homework Exercises. Sept. 6 , 2008 - I hope everyone had a non-eventful evacuation and that you are all safe and slowly returning to New Orleans. I just now got internet access, and haven't yet had time to determine how we will deal with the missed classes last week. For now, note that field trips secheduled for Sept. 5 and 6 will be resecheduled. Homework I, that was to be due on Sept. 9, will now be due on Sept. 11. I will update the syllabus early next week after I have had a chance to see how Tulane will deal with the missed week of classes. Check back often. Otherwise I will see you all in class on Tuesday, Sept. 9. August 28, 2008 - Be sure to sign up for a field trip to the levee breaches - click HERE for information on how to sign up and for further information on the field trip.
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| Note: Only Files with the Red Asterisk * have been updated for the Fall 2008 Semester |
Volcanic Hazards, Beneficial Aspects, & Predicting Eruptions* |
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References to works cited in Lecture Notes
Note: Both HTML and PDF files are available from the list below.
Note: Only files with an asterisk (*) have been updated for the Fall 2008 Semester.
I. Disaster Info on the Internet* - Due Sept. 11 |
II. Seismological Exercises*- Due Sept. 30 |
| III. Volcanological Exercises* - Due Oct. 16 | IV. Mass Wasting Exercises - Due Nov. 4 |
| V. Weather Exercises - Due Nov. 18 | VI. Flooding Exercises- Due Dec. 4 |
| Links to Natural Disaster Information on the Internet |
| Note: This list is not exhaustive, but it contains some important links that will also contain other links to natural disaster information. |
Plate Tectonics
Natural Disasters in General
Earthquakes
Volcanic Eruptions
Tsunami
Landslides
Floods
Weather Related Disasters
Meteorite Impacts
