DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY ENVIRONMENT AND EARTH SCIENCES

MODULE CONTENT
2013-2014

16140 Dangerous Planet

There are six sections: an introductory section, then five sections, each focusing on a particular type of hazard: (1) Introduction - definitions, concepts, themes (2) Hydrological hazards (3) Atmospheric hazards (4) Volcanic hazards (5) Major hazards in deep time (6) Geological hazards & risk

Timetable Semester 1

All teaching takes place on a Thursday afternoon 2:15-4.05pm in WI-LT15.

Teaching Date & time Title Activity Room Staff Week Introductions Definitions, concepts & themes 2 10th October Introduction : what are Lecture WI-LT15 DM 2.15 4.05pm environmental hazards ? th 3 17 October Time and space : geographical Lecture WI-LT15 DM 2.15 4.05pm patterns & historic records Hydrological hazards 4 24th October Hydrological hazards 1 Lecture WI-LT15 DM 2.15 4.05pm 5 31st October Hydrological hazards 2 Lecture WI-LT15 DM 2.15 4.05pm th WI-LT15 DM 6 7 November Hydrological hazards class Class 2.15 4.05pm Assignment 1 given out 7 Department of Geography Study Skills Week. Work on Assignment 1 Atmospheric Hazards 8 21st Atmospheric hazards I tropical Lecture WI-LT15 DM November cyclone & hurricanes 2.15 4.05pm 9 28th Atmospheric hazards II - Lecture WI-LT15 DM November tornadoes 2.15 4.05pm WI-LT15 DM 10 5th December Atmospheric hazards class Class 2.15 4.05pm 11 No lecture. Work on Assignment 1 12 Submission of Assignment 1 : deadline 4pm on Thursday 19th December 2013

Timetable Semester 2
Teaching Date & time Week 13 6th February 2.15 -2.45pm Volcanic Hazards 13 6th February 2.45 -4.05pm 14 13th February 2.154.05pm 15 20th February 2.154.05pm Major Hazards in Deep Time 16 27th February 2.154.05pm 17 18 6th March 2.154.05pm

All teaching will take place on a Thursday afternoon at 2.15 in WI-LT15. Title Feedback on Assignment 1 Activity Room Class
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Volcanoes : The Big Picture The Type and Nature of Volcanic Hazards Volcanic Hazard Class Assignment 2 given out
Evolution and extinction: how things live and die. Volcanism and impacts The end Permian mass extinction Volcanism and impacts The end Cretaceous and the death of the dinosaurs Mass extinction practical

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WI-LT15 13th March Class 2.154.05pm Department o f G eography S tudy S kills W eek. W ork o n A ssignment 2 19 th Introduction to Tectonics and 20 27 March Lecture WI-LT15 Earthquakes 2.154.05pm Earthquake Hazards 1: 21 3rd April Lecture WI-LT15 Liquefaction, Landslides and 2.15-4.05pm Turbidity Currents Submission of Assignment 2 : deadline 4pm on Thursday 3rd April 2014 Easter Vacation Geological Hazards & Risk 22 1st May Earthquake Hazards 2 : Lecture WI-LT15 2.154.05pm Tsunami, Debris Flows and Turbidity Currents WI-LT15 23 8th May Feedback on Assignment 2 Class 2.15-4.05pm Exam preparation 24 PRIVATE STUDY

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