Contents Environmental Geology (GEOL 1010) web site (Spring 2002).

This web site is in a state of perpetual reconstruction. It is intended for use by students in Environmental Geology (GEOL 1010) courses taught by Dr. Harmon D. Maher Jr. at the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Others are welcome to peruse and comment.

Course outline: This document describes the course content, grading policy, text readings and instructor contact information.

Write-up assignment: This document describes the writeups required for the course. Examples of write-ups.

Links to relevant information: This documents provides links to other web sites dealing with environmental geology, along with a brief description of the site content.

These are links to outlines for lectures:

Part 1: Introductory material and environmental concerns related to surface geologic processes:

• Intro comments.
• Population dynamics and associated environmental pressures.
• Soils: formation, classification and associated concerns.
• Mass wasting: forms, behaviors and concerns.
• Fluvial processes: floods and more.
• Shorelines: dynamics, deltas, barrier island complexes, engineering issues.
• Karst terrains and associated environmental concerns.
• Link to copy of old test to be used for study purposes.

• Plate tectonic theory - the how and why of earthquakes and volcanoes.
• Seismology - the science of earthquakes.
• Events and environmental concerns associated with earthquakes, and some case histories.
• Earthquake prediction.
• Earthquake engineering and zoning.
• Volcanology - the science of volcanism.
• Environmental concerns associated with volcanism, case histories, and prediction of volcanic eruptions and hazard maps.
• Role of volcanic eruptions in global climate change.
• Link to copy of old test # 2 to be used for study purposes.

• Basics of hydrogeology
• Wells, recharge rates and case histories of groundwater depletion
• Nebraska hydrogeology
• Groundwater geochemistry, contamination, clean up and legal framework
• Energy resources, exploration, extraction, use and associated environmental concerns
• Nuclear energy and radioactive waste disposal
• Metallic resources and related environmental concerns
• Landfill design and solid waste disposal
• Link to copy of a previous test #3 to be used for study purposes.
• Future looking in class exercise.