GEOL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Time Landscape, Water Cycle, Plate Tectonics
8 Mar 2018
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*optional extra credit: write a question that would be fitting for midterm 1 (mc, 5 possible answers). Write 2 sentences why the question is appropriate or better than the ones on the test, for the course. 2 points, types and printed, turn in end of class on tuesday- 2/13. Processes occurring at or near earth"s surface. Applies principle of geology to environmental problems. Achieve sustainable solutions to societal grand challenges. Importance (interlude: the global drinking water crisis) The hydrologic cycle, water moving between reservoirs. Rivers and floods: . 0002% of global hydrosphere. Water is key for environmental geology descriptors and landscapes. Erosional: result from the breakdown/removal of rock/sediment, develop where agents of erosion carve surface. Mississippi river: rivers transport sediment away-- ruin river productivity. Water supply, flooding, erosion, biological and activity habitat, dams. Short residence time= lots of water passes through rivers! Key components of civilization and society development. Mississippi: drains most of u. s. , carries most river-- flowing directions.
