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Page 1: EAS213: GEOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS Measuring stream depth and flow rate.

EAS213: GEOLOGY FOR ENGINEERS AND

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTISTS

Measuring streamdepth and flow rate

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The focus of EAS213 is on applied aspects of earth science, visible or regional scale features,

and short-term processes

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APPLICATIONS forEngineers and Earth Scientists:

1) surveying and mapping of the surface of the earth

2) assessing rock and mineral resources3) analyzing earthquake patterns, risk,

building codes, tsunamis4) assessing volcanic risk

5) managing fresh water resources6) evaluating human impacts on environment due to development, mining, combustion of

fossil fuels, air and water pollution

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FEATURES: from microscopic to global size, but emphasizing

hand specimen to regional scales (1cm to 100 km)

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PROCESSES need to be measurable or observable over periods of seconds to

thousands of years

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Satellite data analyzed to produce a vegetation map

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Topographic map showing contours of equal elevation in meters.Field elevation locations (purple dots) were interpolated using thelinear spline method.

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Mapping of Faults: Catskills

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Earth Resources

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Mineral Resources

The element Carbon produces the softest mineral (graphite) or the hardest mineral (diamond) depending on its crystal structure.

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Ore Minerals/Mining

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Transform Plate Boundary: San Andreas Fault

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1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

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Mt St Helens Erupts

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Surface drainage pattern of a river

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Mining: open pit copper mine

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Polluted stream next to paper mill in Nashua, New Hampshire

Pre-cleanup, 1965 Post-cleanup, 1999


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