GEOL
007 Earth Hazards - 2012 Spring Edition
1130-1245 Tuesday, Thursday in Billings Lecture Hall
Tsunami run up, Japan, 2011
PERFECT STORM PAPER
ASSIGNMENT - due in CLASS on TUESDAY, March 13, 2012 as HARDCOPY, no electronic submissions accepted
Faculty: Paul
Bierman, Geology Department and School of Natural Resources,
pbierman@uvm.edu,
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DELEHANTY HALL 6-4411, office hr Tuesday, 10-11 am (before the weekly quiz)
TAs:
Ben Dejong, School of Natural Resources,
bdejong@uvm.edu, 6-3398, office hour in Delehanty Hall Graduate Office (Delehanty Hall 314) from 900 to 1000 on Mondays
Ana Vang, Geology Department,
Analeisha.Vang@uvm.edu, 6-3398, in Delehanty Hall Graduate Office (Delehanty Hall 314) from 1200 to 1300 on Fridays
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Reading Assignments
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Readings
There are a variety of readings for this class, most of them
from popular sources. There is no text book.
You should purchase the following books from the book store
or from the web or from your favorite local bookseller:
1. The Control of Nature, John McPhee, ISBN-10: 0538737557 ÊISBN-13: 9780538737555
2. Geology and the Environment, Pipkin et al., ISBN
9780495113058, Edition 6 ONLY
3. The Perfect Storm, Sebastian Junger, ISBN 006101351X
4. An I-clicker (the bookstore has them in stock as of 1/5/2012)
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