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WHAT IS GEOLOGY?
This exercise is designed to provide an introduction to the Web and the world of geology in which you go to the Earth Viewer site, generate an image of Earth, and bring the image back to your computer.
SUBSIDENCE & COLLAPSE
This exercise includes an introduction to ground water, the development of karst and resulting collapse features due to the lowering of the water table. You answer questions pertaining to problems living in a karst region by visiting the Edward's Aquifer Homepage.
EARTHQUAKES
The first portion of the exercise links to the Southern Arizona Seismological Observatory to generate a seismogram and view a listing of current earthquake activity. The second part of the exercise section links to the Active Tectonics Home Page where Mercalli intensities are assigned to photographs of the Northridge earthquake. The third portion of the exercise relates the number of seismic events to nuclear test ban treaty monitoring.
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TSUNAMI!
This exercise focuses on tsunami-generating circum-Pacific earthquakes by linking to both the Access Current Seismicity site for potential earthquakes and the Tsunami Warning Center.
VOLCANOES
The introduction focuses on the relationshiop between volcano type and eruptive style which is followed by linking to The Electronic Volcano site to classify photographs of volcanoes, relate their location to plate tectonic boundaries to determine which type of volcano occurs at which type of plate boundary, and then determine where it would be safest to live.
RELATED WEB LINKS
A host of links to sites of geological interest on the World Wide Web. This section includes all
the links referenced within this site, as well as other links of interest.
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