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GEL 1007
ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY

COURSE MEETING TIMES

lecture: B-313, MON - FRI, 8:00-9:50
seminar: B-328, MON -FRI, 10:00-10:50
lab: A-101 (Biology Lab), MON - FRI 11:00-12:50

SCHEDULE (subject to change)

dates READING
T: text chapters to be read
textbook web page
SEMINAR TOPIC LAB EXERCISE
L: lab chapter
5/19 T1: Philosophy & Fundamental Concepts maps L4: Topographic Maps: # 1, 2, 3
About topographic maps
5/20 T3: Minerals & Rocks
The Four Earth Systems
minerals L2: Minerals
See handout sheet for lab due
Flourite: Illinois' State Mineral
5/21 T2: Internal Structure of the Earth & Plate Tectonics rocks L3: Rocks
See handout sheet for lab due
5/22 Exam 1: T1-3
T5: Natural Hazards: An Overview
Natural Hazards links
Natural Hazards maps
natural hazards L5: Geologic Maps: # 1

Local Geology

5/23 T6: Earthquakes & Related Phenomena
USGS Earthquake info
Earthquake links
Central US EQ Consortium
T7: Volcanic Activity
Hazard City: Volcanoes & Earthquakes (meet in ) L15: Seismic Risk & Earthquakes: #3, 5, 6
L16: Volcanoes & Eruptions: #3, 8
5/27 T8: Rivers & Flooding
Real Time Data

corps of engineers data
Hazard City: Floods (meet in) L9: River Processes: # 1-8
L10: Floods: # 2, 3, 4, 6
5/28 T9: Slope Processes, Landslides & Subsidence Hazard City: Landslides (meet in ) L8: Slope Stability & Landslides: #1
L14: Coastal Erosion: # 5, 6, 7
5/29 T10: Coastal Hazards managing and living with hazards (meet in ) Identifying local hazards (meet in )
5/30 Exam 2: T4-9 (100 pts.)

T12: Water Resources
USGS Water Resources
US Water Use

water & groundwater L11: Groundwater: # 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 (or possible water supply field trip)
6/2 Field trip:  Troy Grove Quarry, leave promptly at 8:00 am
6/3 T13: Water Pollution
T17: Waste Management
Hazard City: Groundwater Contamination (meet in ) L12: Water Pollution: # 1, 2, 3 (or possible water supply field trip)
6/4 T14: Mineral Resources Hazard City: Coal Property Evaluation (meet in ) L17: Nonfuel Mineral Resources: #1, 3, 4, 7
6/4 or 5 Field trip:  DePue & local area, leave promptly at 8:00 am
6/5 T15: Energy Resources
T16: Soils & Environment
cookie mining L18: Petroleum & Natural Gas: #3, 6
L19: Coal: # 1
6/6 Exam 3: T12-15 (100 pts.) Hazard City: Landfill Siting (meet in ) project work
6/9 T17: Geology, Society, and the Future land use planning and completion of term projects
6/10 present final reports
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