Green River Community College Earth Sciences
Earth Science Instructors: e-mail contact:
Bob Filson: Geology 101, BFilson@greenriver.edu
Kathryn Hoppe: Geology 101, Geology 106, Geology 206, & Ocean 101 KHoppe@greenriver.edu
Stephanie Jaeger: Ocean101 SJaeger2greenriver.edu
Katy Shaw: Geology 101, Geology 150, & Ocean 101 KShaw@greenriver.edu
Ruth Martin: Geology 106 (Winter Quarter only) RAmartin@greenriver.edu
Introduction to Oceanography (Ocea& 101)
Northwest Geology (Geol 208) (Spring Quarter only)
Lecture (Non-lab) Classes:
Dinosaurs! (Geol 106) (Fall & Winter Quarters only)
Geological Investigations of the National Parks (Geol 200) (Spring Quarter only)
Field Trips in Geology (1 credit):
Video Clips
Tsunami & other Damage from 3-11-2011 Earthquake in Japan:
Summary of Damage known on 3/11/2011 (4 minutes)
Tsunami spills over seawall in Miyako, Iwate Prefecture
Fire at a Foundry set off by Earthquake
Tsunami damage in USA:
Santa Cruz, CA 1 / Santa Cruz, CA 2 / Kona, HI
NOVA Summary "Japan's Killer Quake" (54 min)
Volcanoes:
Hawaii vs. Mt. St. Helens eruption 1980 & 2004
Pyroclastic Flows: Real world (Japan) vs Hollywood (Dante's Peak)
Mass Movements (Landslides etc):
Debris Flows: Japan / CA - Debris Flow '03
Rock Falls: Yosemite National Park
"Against the Elements: Outrunning a landslide"
Flooding:
Flooding: Houses float away AR & WI in '08
Glaciers:
Time Lapse -Glacier Calving
Glaciers, Erosion, & Deposition in Yosemite
Earthquakes:
Fossil
PBS Special "The Dinosaur Wars"
Velociraptor reconstruction on "Truth about Killer Dinosaurs"
Oceanography
Icicle of Death" grows under Antartic ice sheet
Other:
Earth from the International Space Station (2 min)