文档介绍：普通地质学英文课件
Lecture_1 Earthquakes, olcanoes and
Plate Tectonics
Lecture_2 The Structure of the Earth
Lecture_3 Magma
Lecture_4 Weathering
Lecture_5 Volcanoes
Lecture_6 Volcanoes
Lecture_7 More Local Volcanic Hazards
Lecture_8 Hazards and more
Lecture_9 Faults and Earthquakes
Earthquakes, Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics
About your Instructor
• MSc. Candidate, McGill University, Earth
and ary Sciences
• Volcanologist-in-training
About the Course
• Twice-a-week meeting, no lab
– Tuesday/Thursday 18h00 – 21h00, H-937
• Assumes very little scientific training
– high school science is plenty
Examinations
• There will be two examinations in this course
–May 17
– June 7
• The exam you do best on will be worth 45%, the
other exam worth 25%
• Exams will consist of
– Multiple choice
– True or False
– Fill-in-the-Blank
– Short paragraph answer
Earthquakes, Volcanoes and
Plate Tectonics
• The process of plate tectonics, and interactions
that it creates are the foundation of our dynamic
world
– Crust is created and destroyed
– Grinding of plates at contact zones produce
devastating earthquakes
– Magma is formed deep under the crust and
sometimes makes its way to the Earth’s surface
• All of the consequences of plate tectonics have
their own consequences
– It’s a large plex system that by the end of this
class, I hope you have a better understanding of
Course Objectives
• Introduce you to basic concepts in geology
• Plate Tectonics
– The history of the theory of plate tectonics
– An overview of how the plates move and what happens when they
interact
– Magma generation and faulting
• Volcanism
– What landforms can be attributed to volcanism
– Local and global hazards
– Mitigating hazards – the study of volcanoes
– Volcanoes and global change
• Earthquakes
– Where do earthquakes occur and why?
– When the earth shakes, what is happening?
– Can we predict earthquakes?
– Mitigating ear