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SPOL 665 Info-Tech. Decision Science

BIOL 549 Biodiver. Conser.

SPOL 624 Nature/Society Thought/Policy

SPOL 554 Env. Res. Dev. Policy

ESSC 401-2  Earth System Science

ESSC 575  Field Practicum

ESSC 541-2 Modeling & Remote Sensing

Week 3

Laboratory Activity - Week 3:

Earth Systems Science

Map Use and Interpretation & ESS Tools

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Key Terms: Map Use and Interpretation

Altitude	Fractional or Representative scale	Public Land Survey System (PLSS)
Azimuth (Azimuthal projection)	Geodesy	Quadrangle (map)
Base Line	Gradient	Quarter-section
Bearing (compass)	Graphic or visual scale	Relief (land)
Benchmark	Graticule	Representative scale
Cadastral map	Grid North (grid)	Rock Units
Cartesian coordinates	International Date Line	Section / Quarter-section
Cartography	Isolines (e.g. isohyet, isotherms)	Series maps
Choropleth maps	Large vs small scale maps	Slip
Compass Rose	Magnetic North	Solstice
Contour interval	Mercator projection	State Plane coordinate
Declination (mangetic)	Meridians of Longitude	Strike
Dip magnitude (rock units on a map)	Nadir	Topography
Earth's axis / inclination / rotation	Parallalels of Latitude	True North (Geographic North)
Elevation	Poles (North and South)	Township and Range system
Equal-area projection	Precession of Earth's rotational axis	Universal Transverse Mercator
Equator & Equatorial plane	Prime Meridian (Greenwich)	Zenith
Equidistant projection	Profile (stream or slope gradient)
Equinox	Projection

Week 4

GEOSPHERE - The Solid Earth

Lecture Discussion Topics

Laboratory Activity - Week 4:
EARTHQUAKES
PLATE TECTONICS
VOLCANISM

Key Terms: Volcanism

Key Terms: Seismology and Plate Tectonics

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Lecture Discussion Topics

Topic #9: The Earth s Crust: Mountain Building and Metamorphism

Read in Textbook: Chapter 8 pages 168 - 187.  The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science, 2e


WWW Resources: Plate Tectonics

        See especially:


• East Africa's Mountains - biogeography of East African volcanoes. Wiley Case Study:- East African Rift Geologists Lifetime List of Field sites Grand Tetons Geology Metamorphic Rocks home page Mt. Building & the Himalaya - NOVA Petrology Basics - Geology 202 - Univ of British Columbia (advanced) South Dakota - geology trips, etc. SUWA - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and its Photo Exhibit page
• Tibet - virtual fieldtrip - Geology Dept. - Northern Arizona University
  

Topic #10: Stratigraphy - Earth History - Sedimentary Rock Formation and  Processes - Paleontology

Video: The Making of a Continent: the Basin and Range Province. Geological time scale diagram--interactive graphic version - (UCBerkeley)


• WWW links: Paleontology and Stratigraphy

Topic #11: Weathering, Karst, Mass Wasting and Earth Hazards

WWW links: Weathering and Karst and Hazards

Topic #12: Earth Resources: Energy and Population

Web Resources:

• Wiley Case Study: Petroleum Geology
• See - Resources on: Sustainable Development and Sustainability
• FAO - Land and Water Development Division
• Web links: Earth Resources - Petroleum - Mining
• World Resources Institute : 
  • World Resources 2000-2001: People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life (PDF)
  • World Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance, Voice, and Power (PDF)
  • Earth Trends portal to environmental information
  • Global Forest Watch
  • Sustainable Development Information Service - WRI
  
  
Read: Chapter 18 - Resources from the Earth  pages - 419 - 440. The Blue Planet: An Introduction to Earth System Science, 2e

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Lab Activity #6: The Colorado Plateau: Geological History in Rock

WWW links:


• Great Salt Lake and Wasatch Range region -
• Utah Geology -
• Intermountain Seismic Belt
• Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument -"What's the Controversy about"?
• Grand Staircase - geology - Southern Colorado Plateau Great Salt Lake and Antelope Island State Park
• Great Salt Lake Ecosystem - virtual tour and Map Exercise
• LUHNA Project - Land Use History of the Colorado Plateau
• Historical Geology - course materials - Northern Arizona University Dr. Ron Blakey, Professor of Geology
• SUWA - Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance and its Photo Exhibit page
• Battle over Utah Wilderness - Sierra Club Another
• Utah Wilderness site with links to various interest groups, topics, photos, etc
• Colorado Plateau Eco-Region - Sierra Club Project
• University of Utah,  College of Mines and Earth Sciences - see their
• Utah Geology page with scenic photos from several national parks
• Wiley Case Study: Saline Lakes and Global  Climate Change
  
  

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Lab Activity #7: World Population, Energy and Earth Resources

Goal #2: Learn how to use database from World Resources Institute and other organizations, available online. Prepare simple maps and charts  e.g. population pyramids, population density, trends in resource consumption. GROUP DISCUSSION - students share and compare notes on charts made. You will learn how to access environmental and sustainable development sources of data online.

READ: about earth systems and systems science in general is the AAG HDGC Module entitled:  Population Growth, Energy Use, and Pollution: Understanding the Driving Forces of Global Change.  Sections by Mike Kuby (Arizona State University). Pages 23-33.


Web Resources:

• LEARNING MATERIALS at the VGD - ESS site -- Data / Statistics - also the LULC (Land Use / Land Cover Module of the HDGC project / AAG - and its Data Sources.
  • Do in-class activities from CCG2 Module pages 63-66. entitled: (A) What do you know about your world?
  • Do also (B) Population Activities: The world is your classroom! Pages 66-72 of CCG2 module.
  World Factbook - 1999. World Resources 1996-97 data site and 1998-99 Edition Note also the International Data Base (IDB) as well as the TigerFiles query page from the Census Bureau Data Access Tools as well as several useful sources from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) such as the 1999 World Population Data Sheet.
  
• OTHER - World Resources Institute : 
  • World Resources 2000-2001: People and Ecosystems: The Fraying Web of Life (PDF)
  • World Resources 2002-2004: Decisions for the Earth: Balance, Voice, and Power (PDF)
  • Earth Trends portal to environmental information
  • Global Forest Watch
  • Sustainable Development Information Service - WRI
  
  
• You can also order or download the Project GeoSim modules FAO Land and Water Development Division
  
• See also resources on: Sustainable Development and Sustainability
  
  
  

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Bob Ford Home

SPOL 665 Info-Tech. Decision Science

BIOL 549 Biodiver. Conser.

SPOL 624 Nature/Society Thought/Policy

SPOL 554 Env. Res. Dev. Policy

ESSC 401-2  Earth System Science

ESSC 575  Field Practicum

ESSC 541-2 Modeling & Remote Sensing

Last Revised: September 28, 2004