Natural Disasters

EENS 204/ EVST 203/ EENS 605

Fall Semester 2009

Prof. Stephen A. Nelson

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Field Trip Infomation

October 13 , 2009 - The midterm exam has been graded and will be returned in class today. To see the distribution of scores and other information about the exam, click HERE.  

October 7 , 2009 - Another seat is now available for the Sunday, October 11th field trip.  If you still have not signed up for the field trip, do so now as there will not likely be another oppotunity.

For those of you going on the the field trip on Sunday October 11th,  the field trip will leave from Freret Street in front of the Howard Tilton Library.  Look for the school bus. The field trip leaves at 9:00 AM.  That means you should be at the start point before 9:00 AM so that you don't get left behind.

September 17 , 2009 - Another seat has opened for the Saturday, September 19th field trip.  Send an email -snelson@tulane.edu if you want to claim that seat.

September 14 , 2009 - For those of you going on the the field trip on Saturaday, September 19,  the field trip will leave from Freret Street in front of the Howard Tilton Library.  Look for the school bus. The field trip leaves at 9:00 AM.  That means you should be at the start point before 9:00 AM so that you don't get left behind.

September 4 , 2009 - The field trip scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 19th is now completely booked.  There is still plenty of room on the field trip for Sunday, October 11th.   If anyone wants to change their field trip date from Sept. 19th, to October 11th, now is the time to do it.

August 25, 2009 - 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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 Natural Disasters & Assessing Hazards and Risk*

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Earth Structure, Materials, Systems, and Cycles*

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Earthquakes: Causes and Measurements*

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Earthquake Hazards & Risks*

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Earthquake Prediction and Control*

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Earthquake Case Histories*

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Tsunami*

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Volcanoes, Magma, and Volcanic Eruptions*

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Volcanic Landforms, Volcanoes & Plate Tectonics*

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Volcanic Hazards, Beneficial Aspects, & Predicting Eruption*

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Volcanic Case Histories*

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Mass Wasting and Mass-Wasting Processes*

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Slope Stability, Triggering Events, Mass Wasting Events*

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Subsidence*

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The Ocean-Atmosphere System*

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Tornadoes & Other Severe Weather*

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Tropical Cyclones*

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Coastal Zones*

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River Systems & Causes of Flooding*

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River Flooding*

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Flooding Hazards, Prediction & Human Intervention*

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Meteorites, Impacts, and Mass Extinction

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I. Disaster Info on the Internet* - Due Sept. 8

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