CLASS HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS

1. Homework Assignment 1: Due Friday January 23
   Vaiont Dam (in Lecture Notes 1). This is a group project.  Click here to download the article needed for this assignment. Also, read Chapter 1 in "Engineering Geology" by R.E. Goodman.
   
   Check the following YouTube video clips on the Vaoint dam landslide:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqkFXm2HtMA
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQ2SXqFb18
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_HiPBdHSMA
    
2. Homework Assignment 2: Due Friday, March 20
   Report (in Lecture Notes 1). This is a group project.
    
3. Homework Assignment 3: Due Wednesday January 28
   Read paper entitled "Dam Failure" by J.T. Christian and G.B. Baecher
   
   Check the following YouTube video clips on dam failure:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7_3ne2Wkb4 (Malpasset Dam)
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BilO_Bv7pW0 (St. Francis Dam)
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEdM6Ys6spA (Teton Dam)
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIeNM8cm6J8 (Baldwin Hills Dam)
    
4. Homework Assignment 4: Due Wednesday February 4
   Bulk Properties of Rocks and Soils (PDF). This is a group assignment.
   
   Take the "Ecological Footprint Quiz" and determine your footprint by going to the Redefining Progress web site: http://www.redefiningprogress.org/
   
   Check the following video clip:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_feWtkSucvE (Lake Peigneur)
    
5. Homework Assignment 5: Due Wednesday February 11
   Earth and Its Population (in Lecture Notes 2-1). This is a group assignment.
   Reading: Labs. 1 and 2 in the Laboratory Manual (8th Edition)
   
   Check Real Time World Statistics and GAPMINDER
   
   Check the following video clips:
   http://www.worldometers.info
   mms://video.wr.usgs.gov/movies/living_rock.wmv
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIUCTbi_XZs
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJVMh2-5Lr0
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmEosykOesE
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA
    
6. Homework Assignment 6: Due Friday February 13
   Rock Stresses (PDF). This is a group assignment.
   Check the following video clip:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC6AgX2N1Go
    
7. Homework Assignment 7: Due Wednesday February 18
   Geologic Hazards (in Lecture Notes 3). This is a group assignment.
   Geology of Boulder Paper
   
   Check the following video clips:
   http://landslides.usgs.gov/recent/images/laconchita/LaConchita0105_sm.mov
   http://mefeedia.com/entry/3158814/
   http://www.1906eqconf.org/Video_Files/06Quake700.htm
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDqskltCixA
    
8. Homework Assignment 8: Due Friday February 27
   Minerals - Part 1 (in Lecture Notes 4). This is a group assignment.
   Reading: Laboratory 3 in the Laboratory Manual (8th Edition)
    
9. Homework Assignment 9: Due Friday March 6
   Minerals - Part 2 (in Lecture Notes 5). This is a group assignment.
   Reading: Laboratory 3 in the Laboratory Manual (8th Edition)
    
10. Homework Assignment 10a: Due Wednesday March 11
    Rock Slopes (PDF). This is a group assignment.
     
11. Homework Assignment 10b: Due Wednesday March 18
    Read paper entitled Rock Fall in Colorado.
     
12. Homework Assignment 11: Due Wednesday April 8
    Igneous Rocks:  This is a group assignment.
    - Reading: Chapter 6 in Engineering Geology
    - Problems 6.1, .2, .4, .5, .7, .9 through .12, .15 through 6.17.
    - Reading: Chapter 7 in Engineering Geology
      Problems 7.1 through 7.5, 7.8, 7.10 through 7.13
     
13. Homework Assignment 12: Due Monday April 13
    Seismic Surveying (PDF)
     
14. Homework Assignment 13: Due Monday April 20
    Sedimentary Rocks: This is a group assignment
    Read Chapters 4 and 5 in Engineering Geology
    Problems 4.2, 4.4, 4.6, 4.9, 5.1, 5.2, 5.6, 5.8

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