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Environmental Geology

Environmental Geology. Environmental Hazards Environmental Resources Environmental Engineering Sustainability

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Page 1: Environmental Geology.  Environmental Hazards  Environmental Resources  Environmental Engineering  Sustainability

Environmental Geology

Page 2: Environmental Geology.  Environmental Hazards  Environmental Resources  Environmental Engineering  Sustainability

Environmental Hazards

Environmental Resources

Environmental Engineering

Sustainability

Page 3: Environmental Geology.  Environmental Hazards  Environmental Resources  Environmental Engineering  Sustainability

Surface Faulting Ground Shaking Ground Failure Landslides Coastal Flooding

Tsunamis

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Richter Scale

Modified Mercali Scale

Distributed Risk

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Prediction

Control

Damage

Page 6: Environmental Geology.  Environmental Hazards  Environmental Resources  Environmental Engineering  Sustainability

Lava Flows

Pyroclastic Flows

Toxic Gases

Related Seismic Activity

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Flash Floods

River Flooding

Coastal Flooding

Page 8: Environmental Geology.  Environmental Hazards  Environmental Resources  Environmental Engineering  Sustainability

Hurricane Formation

Hurricane Prediction

Winds

Storm Surge

Page 9: Environmental Geology.  Environmental Hazards  Environmental Resources  Environmental Engineering  Sustainability

Coastal Features are Ephemeral

Subsidence

Shoreline Erosion Jetties Dikes Sea Walls

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Debris Slides

Earthflows

Slumps

Falls

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Ground Water Water Table

Hydraulic Gradient

Hydraulic Conductivity

Salt Water Encroachment

Groundwater Contamination

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Open Dumps

Sanitary Landfill

Incineration

Onsite Disposal

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Groundwater Leachates

Rivers and Streams Run-Off

Air Particulates Ozone

Ocean

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Eutrophication

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Radionuclides Half-Life Disposal

Radon

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NS 3310 – Physical Science StudiesDr. Hoge

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Natural Environment Land, Air and Sea Fauna and Flora

Man Made Environment Urban Rural

Renewable Resources Energy Products

Non-Renewable Resources

What Is Global Warming?

Sustainability

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Energy Exploration Production

Industry Production marketing

Transportation

Consumers choice

Al Gore on the Climate Crisis

E.O. Wilson on Saving Life on Earth

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Global Warming Sea-level Rise / Flooding Agriculture Disease

Ozone Depletion

Habitat Loss

Air Quality

Water Quality Acidification of Lakes and Streams Pollution Groundwater Oceans

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About Global Warming

About Pollution

About Overflowing Landfills

About Wasteful Packaging

About Habitat Loss

Preserve Our Planet

Environmental Legacy - Landfills

Think Globally, Act Locally