1.Intro o Nine counties; main regions o Physical features from slide o What is a

1.Intro
o Nine counties; main regions
o Physical features from slide
o What is an Estuary?
o Physiography: general definition; and for Bay Area
o Types of location; Place
o Know your Geographic grid (include alternate names)
o Latitudinal Zone for Bay Area; importance of latitude
2. SF Bay/Estuary
o What is Bathymetry? Bathymetric patterns in SF Bay
o How to read a tide graph
o Tide Datum: definition and examples
o Patterns of tidal flux in SF Bay; connection to bathymetry
o Salinity and tidal flux in SF Bay
o What is PSU? What is “brackish”?
o Run off in Sac-SJ delta: percent of California
o Zones: intertidal; subtidal; supratidal
o Three Intertidal Environments
o Rip Currents; Turbidly in SF Bay
o Abiotic factors that affect a Tidal Marsh
o Vertical zonation of a tidal marsh
o Ecotone; and in reference to a tidal marsh
o Historical change in Bay Area tidal wetlands (1800 to present)
o Importance of intertidal Wetlands
3. Earth in Motion
o SAF: fault type and plate boundary type; two plates
o Geographic extent of SAF; names of two end points
o Major faults in SF Bay Area
o Earthquake Focus and Epicenter
o Seismic waves: form and relative velocities
o How can we apply knowledge of velocity differences?
o Two earthquakes scales
o Factors that affect ground-shaking
o Loma Prieta and 1906: comparison/contrast
o Loma Prieta: shake patterns in Bay Area
o Cypress Structure; (former) Eastern Span of the Bay Bridge
o Causes of structural failure in Marina District, SF
o Liquefaction zones in central Bay Area
o Know the locations of the tide stations
o Know the patterns of high/low sequence
o Know the patterns of Tidal Range
5. Written/extended answer questions:
 Definitions of location and place
 Patterns of tidal flux in SF Bay (velocity; bathymetry; extent)
 Salinity patterns in SF Bay: include effects of tidal flux
 Three Intertidal Environments: name and describe; include definition of “intertidal”
 Four abiotic factors that determine type/extent of a tidal marsh
 Importance of Tidal Wetlands
 Types of seismic waves: include wave behavior; relative velocities; application
Added after lecture on Monday, 9/18
 Loma Prieta Earthquake: technical details; key impacts from lecture and slides; causes of
failure
6. Maps/Images that may have questions associated with them:
 Image: Tide Graph; know how to identify highs/lows; tidal range; datum
 Image: Velocity patterns in SF Bay (high and low tides)
 Image: Vertical zonation of a tidal marsh environment
 Map: Major faults of SF Bay Area (identify them on the map)
Added after lecture on Monday, 9/18
 Map: Liquefaction Susceptibility in Central Bay Area; patterns; definition
 Multiple choice
 Written Answer
 Image and/or Map description/analysis