2. GEOLOGY CMU Bill Palmer Lecture 1 What is Geology?

3. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? “To see the world in a grain of sand And heaven in a wild flower. To hold infinity in the palm of the and And eternity in an hour.” William Blake British Poet 1757-1827

4. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Geology is the study of the Earth and focuses on our planet’s composition, behavior, and history. Many disciplines are included and may use geology as a basis. Ecology for example.

5. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? A geologist is a person who studies geology.

6. “Some rin uphill and down dale, knappin’ the chucky stones to pieces like sa’ many roadmakers run daft. They say it is to see how the world was made.” Sir Walter Scott Scottish Poet 1771-1832

7. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Some things a geologist might study: Cause of earthquakes Ice ages Evolution of life Ground water contamination Finding oil and minerals How to stabilize slopes Global Climate Change

8. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? What are the consequences of not understanding the concepts of geology?

9. Volcanoes-Vesuvius

10. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? VESUVIUS ERUPTING

11. GEOLOGY-What is Geology?

12. The people of Pompeii lived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius which erupted on August 29, 79A.D. 20,000 people lived in the city and most were “frozen” in time by the eruption.

14. Earthquakes-San Francisco 1906

15. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Earthquakes-New Madrid 1812 The San Francisco Earthquake was felt over 60,000 sq. mi. New Madrid earthquake was felt over 1,000,000 sq. mi.

16. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Earthquakes-Tsunami-Sri Lanka and Indonesia Dec. 26, 2004. 229, 866 dead or missing 100 foot high wall of water

17. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Floods-Missouri Great Flood of 1993

18. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Floods-Missouri Great Flood of 1993 Jefferson City

19. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Global Climate Change-???

20. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Global Climate Change-???

21. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Geological engineering-Taum Sauk Dam Upper Storage Reservoir

22. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Geological engineering-Taum Sauk Dam On December 14, 2004, the dam failed. The dam failed releasing 1,000,000,000 gallons of water destroying the park supts. house and Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park.

23. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Ten big themes of Geology I hope you learn. 1. The Earth is an unique evolving system. 2. Plate Tectonics is an unifying idea that explains Earth processes. 3. The Earth is a planet. 4. The Earth is very old (4.5 byo) 5. Internal and external processes interact at the Earth’s surface.

24. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? 6. Geologic phenomena affect our environment. 7. Physical aspects of the Earth System are linked to life processes. 8. Science comes from observation and people make scientific discoveries. 9. The study of Geology can increase science literacy. 10. Learning about Geology can be fun.

25. GEOLOGY-What is Geology? Wrap-up Questions 1.Give a formal definition of Geology. 2.List three things a geologist might study. 3.What are three examples where people did not understand the concepts of Geology. 4.Briefly describe two geologic disasters that occurred in Missouri. 5.List two of the ten major themes that you will learn in this class.

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