Natural Disasters EENS 204/ EVST 203/ EENS 605 Spring Semester 2009 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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May 7 , 2009 - Final Exam scores and course grades have been posted on Blackboard (My Tulane). You should be able to access the Blackboard site for whichever section of the course you are enrolled in and see your score and grade from there. This is the first time I have ever used Blackboard to post grades, so let me know if there are any problems. If you want to see your final exam or have any questions about your scores or grades, please feel free to come by my office, Room 208 Blessey Hall, or you can send e-mail. I will be around most of the time next week, before graduation. Here are some general comments on the exam.:
Have a Nice Summer!
April 23 , 2009 - There will be a review session for this course on Thursday, April 30 at 10:00 AM. It will take place in the same classroom where we normally meet - Jones Hall room 204. Come prepared with questions. March 10 , 2009 - You can view the video of the La Conchita debris flow that I tried to show in class today by going to one of the following sites: http://landslides.usgs.gov/recent/events/laconchita/ (You need the Quicktime player to view this video) or http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4KWxglDL3o (The same thing on YouTube).
March 10 , 2009 - The Tulane University Office of Disability Services wishes to hire a note taker for this class. The note taker would only be required to take notes when we have videos in class. This is a paid position. If you are interested in this position please contact Lisa De Shazo (phone: 862-8433, email: lashaz@tulane.edu) at ODS, located in the ERC, 1st floor Mechanical Engineering Building March 8 , 2009 - The midterm exams have been graded and will be handed back in class on Tuesday, March 10. Information on the exam can be found by clicking HERE. February 25 , 2009 - February 17 , 2009 - January 23, 2009 - I have added 2 more dates for field trips. One on Saturday, February 7 and the other on Sunday February 8. If you have not yet signed up for a field trip, please do so now. No further trips will be added until these are full. January 12, 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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| Note: Only Files with the Red Asterisk * have been updated for the Spring 2009 Semester |
Volcanic Hazards, Beneficial Aspects, & Predicting Eruption* |
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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 Spring 2009 Semester.
I. Disaster Info on the Internet* - Due Jan. 22 |
II. Seismological Exercises*- Due Feb. 10 |
| III. Volcanological Exercises* - Due Feb. 19 | IV. Mass Wasting Exercises* - Due Mar. 17 |
| V. Weather Exercises*- Due Apr. 9 | VI. Flooding Exercises*- Due Apr. 23 |
| 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