Investigations in environmental geology
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Investigations in environmental geology
Prentice Hall, c1999
2nd ed
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A lab manual for undergraduate courses in Environmental Geology, Applied Geology, or Environmental Science. Can also be used as a stand-alone text. Using a hands-on, inquiry-based, problem-solving approach throughout, this laboratory manual for environmental geology features 27 exercises based on classic and recent case histories and current events topics.
Table of Contents
I. INTRODUCTION TO GEOLOGY.
Introduction.
Exercise I-1. Earth Materials, Geologic Time, and Geologic Processes.Exercise I-2. Maps, Aerial Photographs, and Satellite Images.Exercise I-3. Measurements, Basic Calculations and Conversions, and Graphs.II. GEOLOGIC HAZARDS.
Introduction.
Exercise II-1. Volcanoes and Volcanic Hazards.Exercise II-2. Hazards of Mt. St. Helens.Exercise II-3. Earthquake Waves, Epicenters, Intensities, Risks and Faults.Exercise II-4. The Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989: Geology, Zones of Maximum Impact, and Future Hazards.Exercise II-5. Earthquakes: Nonstructural Hazards and Isoseismal Maps.Exercise II-6. Landslides.Exercise II-7. Snow Avalanches.Exercise II-8. Subsidence.Exercise II-9. River Floods.Exercise II-10. Coastal Hazards.III. WATER RESOURCES AND CONTAMINATION.
Introduction.
Exercise III-1. Groundwater Hydrology.Exercise III-2. Water Quality Data and Pollution Sources.Exercise III-3. Surface Water Contamination from Industrial Waste.Exercise III-4. Surface Water Contamination from Resource Extraction.Exercise III-5. Groundwater Contamination from Waste Disposal Ponds.Exercise III-6. Groundwater Overdraft and Saltwater Intrusion.IV. GEOLOGIC RESOURCES: ENERGY AND URBAN ORE.
Introduction.
Exercise IV-1. Energy: Types, Conversions, Uses, and Options.Exercise IV-2. Energy Resources: Coal and Other Fossil Fuels.Exercise IV-3. Management of Solid Wastes, Urban Ores, and Recycling.V. GEOLOGY AND PLANNING.
Introduction.
Exercise V-1. Land-Use Planning and Geology in Salt Lake City, Utah.Exercise V-2. Geologic Environment in Land-Use Planning: Waco, Texas.Exercise V-3. Site Evaluation and Selection.VI. GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND THE FUTURE.
Introduction.
Exercise VI-1. Forecasting with Scenarios.Exercise VI-2. Indicators of Global Change.Exercise VI-3. Global Change: Ozone and Temperature.APPENDICES.
I. Units and Conversions.
II. Geologic Time Scale.
III. Population Data.
IV. Topographic Map Scales.
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