Investigations in environmental geology

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Investigations in environmental geology

Duncan Foley, Garry D. McKenzie, Russell O. Utgard

Prentice Hall, c1999

2nd ed

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographies

内容説明・目次

内容説明

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.

目次

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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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA55997731
  • ISBN
    • 0138570795
  • LCCN
    98040469
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Upper Saddle River, N.J.
  • ページ数/冊数
    ix, 303 p.
  • 大きさ
    28 cm
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