December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 1 Geology is the study of the earth

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 2 Geological field studies in the Rocky Mountains The earth is a geologist’s classroom

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 3 Sampling an outcrop

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 4 …can give clues about the ages of rocks and their environments of deposition Fossils like these Trilobites…

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 5 Petroleum Natural gas Coal Geothermal energy Nuclear energy Energy resources

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 6 Understanding the geology is key to finding energy resources

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 7 Environmental geology Padre Island, Texas

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 8 Environmental geologists –Assess possible impact on people, biological systems –Planning –Remediation Oil spill, West Galveston Island, Texas

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 9 Mining geology

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 10 –Stone –Sand, gravel –Phosphates –Salt, sulfur, gypsum Mining non- metallic minerals

December 2003Houston Geological Society Academic Liaison Committee 11 Earth tectonics and its impact The “Ring of Fire”