z environmental geology

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Decks in this class (21)

fundamental concepts
What is exponential growth,
What is sustainability,
Sustainable developments
12  cards
plate tectonics
What was wegner s theory and why ...,
What is seafloor spreading and wh...,
How can we use seismology to lear...
10  cards
minerals & rocks
Minerals,
Isotopes,
Atoms
13  cards
ecology & geology
What are species,
What is a community,
What are ecosystems
20  cards
natural hazards
What are catastrophes,
What causes catastrophes,
How can climate change and land u...
9  cards
miscellaneous
What is ocean acidification,
What causes ocean acidification,
What is habitat fragmentation
11  cards
earthquakes
How does earthquake magnitude dif...,
How do mercalli scales work,
How do moment magnitude scales work
9  cards
slopes
What are the different types of l...,
What are slumps,
What are the factors that influen...
17  cards
coastal zones
What influences wave height,
What are the different types of c...,
How do rip currents form
15  cards
rivers and floods
What are the different types of l...,
How do we calculate streamflow,
What is the stream base level
16  cards
water resources
What are the different components...,
What is an aquifer aquiclude poro...,
What is an aquiclude
17  cards
mixed practice
What is stream order,
What are the impacts of damming o...,
What are the units for magnitude ...
6  cards
3) water pollution (FT & E)
Eutrophication definition cause,
Point vs non point sources,
Acid mine drainage causes impacts
21  cards
3) energy & mineral resources
Mineral reserve,
Mineral resource,
Mineral deposit
25  cards
exam 3, water pollution
What is eutrophication and what c...,
What s the difference between poi...,
What is acid mine drainage what c...
9  cards
exam 3, water pollution, field trip, energy
What are limiting nutrients and h...,
How does stream floodplain reconn...,
What is denitrification and how c...
11  cards
exam 3, energy & mineral resources
What are mineral reserves,
What are mineral resources,
What are mineral deposits
23  cards
wastes
Why are waste disposal problems i...,
What are the detrimental byproduc...,
What are leachates
13  cards
air pollution
Cause of london smog crisis,
Why is atmosphere convenient to d...,
What is a point source
16  cards
societies
What are sources of radon gas and...,
What are blue zones and factors a...,
Easter island case study
12  cards
soils
Geologic definition of soil,
Engineering definition of soil,
Soil horizons in order from top t...
20  cards

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