Environmental Geology - GEL1102

Hazard City - Volcanic Hazard Assessment....


	Your fifth Hazard City assignment is the Volcanic Hazard Assessment. To earn credit you must: 1) do Version 3 of the assignment, 2) print and complete the worksheet, and, 3) hand it in at the beginning of class on Tuesday, April 24th. Assignments must be handed in at that time. Late assignments or those handed in out side of class will not earn credit.

Your Third Exam....


	The third Environmental Geology Exam will be on Thursday, April 12th. This exam will cover the following topics: 1) Earth's Internal Structure; 2) Plate Tectonics; 3) Earthquakes. Be prepared to solve problems similar to the Hazard City assignments and be prepared for questions from the textbook and website reading assignments. Don't forget that Meghan Kerr is available for Free Tutoring.

Hazard City - Earthquake Damage Assessment....


	Your fourth Hazard City assignment is the Earthquake Damage Assessment. To earn credit you must: 1) do Version 3 of the assignment, 2) print and complete the worksheet, and, 3) hand it in at the beginning of class on Tuesday, April 3rd. Assignments must be handed in at that time. Late assignments or those handed in out side of class will not earn credit.

Hazard City - Ground Water Contamination....

Your next assignment from the Hazard City CD is "Ground Water Contamination". To earn credit you must: 1) do Version 3 of the assignment, 2) create a ground water flow map that shows: a) water table contour lines, b) arrows showing the direction of ground water flow, and c) the contaminant plume; 3) print and complete the worksheet, and, 4) hand in a worksheet AND map at the beginning of class on Tuesday, February 27th.

Your Second Exam....


	The second Environmental Geology Exam will be on Tuesday, March 6th. This exam will cover the following topics: 1) Surface Water; 2) Ground Water. Be prepared to solve problems similar to the Hazard City assignments and be prepared for questions from the textbook and website reading assignments. Don't forget that Meghan Kerr is available for Free Tutoring.

Areas Underlain By Coal in Tioga County....

Between 5 and 10 percent of Tioga County is underlain by coal-bearing rock units. Historic mining activity has occurred near Blossburg, Morris, Arnot, Antrim, and Morris Run. Additional areas are underlain by coal seams which are potentially minable but for which there is no record of mining activity.

Most of the mining in Tioga County was done decades ago before detailed maps of mining activity were required by state government. The best way to determine if a property is underlain by mining or potentially minable coal is to consult a geologic map.

Real-Time Monitoring of the Tioga River....

The United States Geological Survey maintains several thousand gaging stations across the United States. One of these stations is located on the Tioga River in Mansfield. This station sends information about the stage, discharge, temperature, specific conductance, precipitation and pH of the river to USGS via satellite and that information is published on the web within about 15 minutes. You can view this data for the Mansfield station or for stations across Pennsylvania.

Sample Flood Insurance Rate Map....


	Here is an example of a flood insurance rate map from Wellsboro, Pennsylvania. The dark gray areas are within the 100-year flood boundary and the light gray areas are within the 500-year flood boundary. View a larger version of this map. Flood insurance rate maps from FEMA.

Hazard City - Flood Insurance Rate Maps....

Your next Hazard City assignment is Flood Insurance Rate Maps. To earn credit you must: 1) do Version 3 of the assignment, 2) print and complete the worksheet, and, 3) hand it in at the beginning of class on Thursday, February 15th. Assignments must be handed in at that time. Late assignments or those handed in out side of class will not earn credit.

* Due to bad weather on February 15th this assignment will be collected on Tuesday, February 20th.

Your First Exam....


	The first Environmental Geology Exam will be on Tuesday, February 6th. This exam will cover the following topics: 1) Introduction to Natural Hazards; 2) Landsides; and 3) Subsidence. Be prepared to solve a problem that is similar to your Hazard City assignment and be prepared for questions from the reading assignments. Don't forget that Meghan Kerr is available for Free Tutoring.

Landslides Around Mansfield....


	I promised to post some information on local landslides. The first is a landslide inventory map from PGS Environmental Geology Report 9. Note how most of the slides are found along highways. There are probably many more slides away from easy access which were not identified. The second is a short news article about the slide near the Route 15 Visitors Center.

Hazard City - Landslide Hazard Assessment....


	Your first Hazard City assignment is the Landslide Hazard Assessment. To earn credit you must: 1) do Version 3 of the assignment; 2) print and complete the worksheet, and, 3) hand it in at the beginning of class on Tuesday, January 30th. Assignments must be handed in at that time. Late assignments or those handed in out side of class will not earn credit.

Start Reading....


I'll make this assignment one time and then you are on your own to continue it through the course. Each topic that we will cover has reading assignments from the text and selected websites listed in the Course Schedule. Your job is to keep up with these readings. Make this an automatic task that you do every time we begin a new topic.