Environmental Geology

In this course, we explored the major principles of environmental science and geology. This involved a focus on the following key concepts: 1) fundamental geologic materials and processes 2) linkages between geologic processes and plate tectonics, 3) geologic hazards, and 4) important relationships between society and the geologic environment. The course was set up in a way that began with learning about the “smallest” geologic materials (minerals and rocks) and worked towards the larger “sized” topics such as plate tectonics and linkages between geologic processes, life processes, natural hazards and resources.

The course project (linked below) for EASC 211 consisted of selecting a topic of interest within environmental geology and completing an annotated bibliography/literature review of 15-20 professional research journal articles. For my project I selected Yellowstone to essentially research what the odds are of it erupting any time soon, if it is even likely. In researching this topic, I had no trouble finding sources, if anything I had too many sources to sort through. I did find that a lot of my scientific journal article sources were loaded very heavily with technical terms that took some time to understand and look up. I was intrigued by how much research actually goes on pertaining to the monitoring of Yellowstone, and all the different mapping techniques.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FiNSIHZnBSQpW1xc_jM4LHn_tVO2DVvm_OLA_8b6_b0/edit?usp=sharing