Investigations in Environmental Geology
2nd Edition
Published on 4. November 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-0-13-857079-8 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 275 mm
Width: 215 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
689 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-857079-8 (9780138570798)
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Content
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.
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.