GLY4210 :: Senior Seminar

Lecture Location :: Rankin Science West 293
Meeting Time :: Tuesdays 3:00pm-4:50pm
Required Text :: None
Prerequisites :: Senior Standing, Geology Major

Instructor :: Dr. Scott T. Marshall
Email :: marshallst::at::appstate::dot::edu
Office: 039 Rankin Science West
Phone: 828-265-8680
Office Hours :: MTW 11:00am -12:00pm, MTW 2:00 - 3:00pm, or by appointment (email me!)

This course synthesizes coursework in geology through review of current literature, refinement of computer-based research tools, and oral, visual, and written presentation skills. The course is partly conducted as a weekly discussion and partly as a computer-based laboratory. The course is designed as a capstone course for all senior geology majors. For more details about this course, including the course schedule and grading refer to the course syllabus or email me.

Updated as the semester progresses

Paper Presenter Guidelines
Week 1 :: 1/13 :: Pre-Seminar Survey
Week 2 :: 1/20 :: Reid_1909 :: In the beginning...there was Reid
Week 3 :: 1/27 :: Savage & Burford 1973 :: Plate tectonics quantified
Week 4 :: 2/03 :: Fialko 2006 :: Southern San Andreas Fault Tectonics
Week 5 :: 2/10 :: Marshall et al. 2008 :: Behavior of Complex Southern California Faults :: 3D Supplimentary Figure
Week 6 :: 2/17 :: Subarya et al. 2006 :: The Great Sumatra Earthquake...What Happened?
Week 7 :: 2/24 :: Seeber et al. 2006 :: Oblique Slip On The North Anatolian Fault, Turkey
Week 8 :: 3/03 :: King & Stein 1994 :: Stress Changes After Earthquakes...Do They Matter?
Week 9 :: 3/17 :: Hurford et al. 2007 :: Tidal Stresses and Fracturing on Jupiter's Moon, Europa
Student Paper Presentations
Week 10 :: 3/24 :: Stephen Callihan :: Forbes et al. 2004 :: Complex Folding in SW Australia
Week 11 :: 3/31 :: Ashley Watts :: Bakker 1970 :: Dinosaur Physiology and the Origin of Mammals
Week 12 :: 4/07 :: Aaron Pruitt :: Sieh & Jahns 1984 :: Paleoseismology of the San Andreas at Wallace Creek, CA
Week 13 :: 4/14 :: Ryan Farmer :: Hageman 2001 :: Paleontology and Pirates :: The Queen Anne's Revenge
Week 14 :: 4/21 :: Chesney Gilleland :: Matmon et al. 2005 :: Dating Offset Fans Along the San Andreas Fault
Week 15 :: 4/28 :: Student Oral Presentations

Updated as the semester progresses

Lab 1 :: Adobe Illustrator Basics :: Tracing :: Illustrator Basic Tools
Lab 2 :: Microsoft Excel Basics :: Plotting Equations & Excel Formulas Excel Template
Lab 3 :: Maple Basics :: Math Made Easier :: Maple Crash Course
Lab 4 :: DataThief :: Extracting Data From Existing Graphs
Lab 5 :: GoogleEarth :: A Trip Around The World...In 3-D! :: GoogleEarth KMZ File
Lab 6 :: GoogleEarth :: Your Own Virtual Field Trip :: Student's Revenge!!