Geology 111: Understanding the Earth
Homework #4 (Flood Frequency Calculations)
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Things to Know from Lectures and the Book:
- The Earth
- Plate Tectonics
- Relative and Absolute Age Dating
- Minerals
- Igneous Rocks and Volcanoes
- Weathering and Sedimentary Rocks
- Metamorphic Rocks and Processes
- Rock Deformation, Folds and Faults
- Earthquakes
- streams, rivers, and floods
- Glaciers
- Climate Change on the Earth
- Fossil Fuels and Alternative Energy
- Groundwater
Young Geologists posing in front of the Lewis Thrust Fault, Glacier National Park, Montana
Marble Quarries near Carrara, Italy
Mt. Jefferson, Oregon
East African Rift Valley, Kenya