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Spring 2010 Geology 270: Environmental Geology

Computer modeling

Class meets: Tuesday & Thursday 10:10 to 11:00 (2-unit lecture), and Wednesday 1:10 to 4:00 (1-unit lab)Course covers: human interaction with the geologic environment, social and political implications, water and geologic resources, energy exploitation, land-use planning, waste disposal, and human modi�cation of nature. Designed for: non-geoscience (GE) and geoscience majors.

Christopherson, 2005

Contact the instructor for more information:Assistant Professor Jason GurdakDepartment of Geosciences, SFSUemail: jgurdak@sfsu.edu web: http://online.sfsu.edu/~jgurdak/

Mt. St. Helens (1982) 2 years after eruption

New Orleans (2005)levee failures,

Hurricane Katrina

Keller, 2008

Keller, 2008

Bay Bridge (1989)Loma Prieta earthquake

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