Laboratory Manual for Environmental Geosciences: Geology and Geography 11

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GENERAL INFORMATION
LAB 1 : INTRODUCTION TO EARTH MATERIALS
LAB 2: MINERALS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR IDENTIFYING MINERALS
LAB 3: ROCK IDENTIFICATION
INSTRUCTIONS FOR IDENTIFYING ROCKS
CLASSIFICATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
CLASSIFICATION OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
CLASSIFICATION OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS
ROCKS OF DOWNTOWN CAMPUS FIELD TRIP
LAB 4 & 5: TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS
PART 1: MAPPING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF A VOLCANO
PART 2: MORGANTOWN NORTH 1:24,000 SCALE MAP
PART 3: TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILE
PART 4: TOPOGRAPHIC MAP ODYSSEY
LAB 6: MEASURING EARTHQUAKES
PART 1: LOCATING AN EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER
FROM INTENSITY DATA
PART 2: LOCATING AN EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER
FROM SEISMOGRAMS
PART 3: EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION
LAB 7: MORGANTOWN GEOLOGY: LAKE MONONGAHELA and SLOPE STABILITY
LANDSLIDES AND SLIDE-PRONE AREAS MAPS
LAKE MONONGAHELA AND SHRINK-SWELL SOILS
LIST OF LANDSLIDES SHOWN IN CLASS
LAB 8: WATER RESOURCES
PART 1: GROUND-WATER SIMULATOR
PART 2: TAPWATER TOUR
PART 3: ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS
LAB 9: ENVIRONMBNTAL MANAGEMENT AND SITE ANALYSIS
LAB 10: ENERGY RESOURCES

PART 1: CONTOUR MAPS
PART 2: COAL RESERVE EVALUATION
SUMMARY QUESTIONS
FIELD TRIP: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY OF MORGANTOWN
INTRODUCTION
STOP 1: MORGANTOWN MALL BEDROCK
STOPS 2 & 3: RETAINING WALLS
STOP 4: MOUNTAINVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STOP 5: MARILLA PARK GEOCHEMISTRY
STOP 6: AMD SEEPS IN HARTMAN RUN WATERSHED
 

GENERAL INFORMATION
LAB 1 : INTRODUCTION TO EARTH MATERIALS
LAB 2: MINERALS

INSTRUCTIONS FOR IDENTIFYING MINERALS
LAB 3: ROCK IDENTIFICATION
INSTRUCTIONS FOR IDENTIFYING ROCKS
CLASSIFICATION OF IGNEOUS ROCKS
CLASSIFICATION OF SEDIMENTARY ROCKS
CLASSIFICATION OF METAMORPHIC ROCKS
ROCKS OF DOWNTOWN CAMPUS FIELD TRIP
LAB 4 & 5: TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS
PART 1: MAPPING THE TOPOGRAPHY OF A VOLCANO
PART 2: MORGANTOWN NORTH 1:24,000 SCALE MAP
PART 3: TOPOGRAPHIC PROFILE
PART 4: TOPOGRAPHIC MAP ODYSSEY
LAB 6: MEASURING EARTHQUAKES
PART 1: LOCATING AN EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER
FROM INTENSITY DATA
PART 2: LOCATING AN EARTHQUAKE EPICENTER
FROM SEISMOGRAMS
PART 3: EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION
LAB 7: MORGANTOWN GEOLOGY: LAKE MONONGAHELA and SLOPE STABILITY
LANDSLIDES AND SLIDE-PRONE AREAS MAPS
LAKE MONONGAHELA AND SHRINK-SWELL SOILS
LIST OF LANDSLIDES SHOWN IN CLASS
LAB 8: WATER RESOURCES
PART 1: GROUND-WATER SIMULATOR
PART 2: TAPWATER TOUR
PART 3: ENVIRONMENTAL DECISIONS
LAB 9: ENVIRONMBNTAL MANAGEMENT AND SITE ANALYSIS
LAB 10: ENERGY RESOURCES

PART 1: CONTOUR MAPS
PART 2: COAL RESERVE EVALUATION
SUMMARY QUESTIONS
FIELD TRIP: ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY OF MORGANTOWN
INTRODUCTION
STOP 1: MORGANTOWN MALL BEDROCK
STOPS 2 & 3: RETAINING WALLS
STOP 4: MOUNTAINVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STOP 5: MARILLA PARK GEOCHEMISTRY
STOP 6: AMD SEEPS IN HARTMAN RUN WATERSHED