ES473/573 Environmental Geology

Class Syllabus (Adobe Acrobat Format)

Spring 2017 Syllabus
Taylor Spring 2017 Office Schedule

2016-2017 Final Exam Schedule

Bulletin Board Check Here for Class News and Events

NOTE: Reminder AEG Student Night Spring 2018 is May 15, Old Market Pub [PSU Student AEG President Andrew Trotter

Landslides in the News - March 2017 - Congressional Bill
Groundwater Flow and Contamination Risk Answer Key

Class Announcements: Final Exam Tuesday June 13, 12 pm; Digital Lab Report Due Thursday June 15

ES473 Final Exam Study Guide

ES473 Week 10 Assignment List (Updated June 5, 2017)

Links to Week 10 Activities - Soil and Water Contamination / Remediation
Textbook Review Questions: Chapter 11 - Water Pollution

In-class exercise: Groundwater Flow and Contamination Risk (New! spring 2015)

Reading: Sources and Types of Ground Water Contamination (part 1)
Reading: Ground Water Remediation Techniques

Link to YouTube - Hanford Groundwater Remediation Case Study (Part 1 - ends at time mark 26 min) (New!)

Hanford YoutTube Review Questions (New!)

Lab Exercise: Mountain Fir Part A - Well Log Interpretation
Lab Exercise: Groundwater Contamination

Class Slide Show: Water Pollution Overview
Class Slide Show: Overview of Groundwater Contamination and Remediation
Case Studies: Groundwater Contamination and Remediation in the Willamette Valley

Links to Week 8-9 Activities - Groundwater Hydrology
WOU Academic Showcase Spring 2017 Proceedings

Academic Showcase Review Sheets

Class Note 9. Introduction to Groundwater

Figures to Accompany Groundwater Notes

Slide Show: Introduction to Groundwater

Groundwater Video Summary Questions

Introduction to Groundwater, Porosity and Permeability Exercises

Video: Groundwater Flow and Darcy's Law (Youtube ~11 min)

Video Review Questions: Groundwater Flow and Darcy's Law (Youtube ~11 min)

Overview of Mid-Willamette Valley Hydrogeology (ver. 2.0 updated May 2013)

Reading Review Questions - Hydrogeology of the Willamette Valley (MS word *.doc)

Summary Reading - Woodward et al., Hydrogeologic Framework of Southern Willamette Valley

Links to Week 6-7 Activities - Waste Management
Class Note 8. Introduction to Landfill Technology

Text Review Questions - Chapter 12 Solid Waste Management

Solid Waste Management Video Exercise

Overview of Landfill Terms / Concepts

Figures to Accompany Landfill Notes

Coffin Butte Landfill Field Guide

Coffin Butte Field Trip Summary Notes (2000)

Coffin Butte Field Trip Summary Notes (2001)

Coffin Butte Field Trip Summary Notes (2010)

Spring 2017 Course Materials

The class notes are organized according to their order of occurrence throughout the term. They are available in Adobe Acrobat Reader (PDF) Format. Acrobat Reader is invoked as a plug-in within the web browser environment. It is available on most machines at WOU. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free by returning to Taylor's Home Page

Exam study guides will be included as the term progresses. Please check future postings as exam time approaches

Links to Week 1 Activities - Introduction
Join Association of Engineering and Environmental Geologists

Class Note 1. Introduction to Environmental Geology
Introductory Video Exercise

Hanford Video Link

Introduction to Seismicity and Earthquakes Video Link

Ancillary Reading: Special Paper 31 Reference Manual for Mitigating Geologic Hazards in Oregon (DOGAMI, 1999)

Reading 1 - Special Paper 32 Geologic Hazards - Reducing Losses in Oregon (DOGAMI, 1999)

Example Article Summary

Guidelines for Quantitative Problem Solving

Youtube Video National Environmental Policy Act (Start at time mark 7:30)

In-Class Exercise: Review of Topographic Maps, Contouring and Profiling
Review of Topograhic Maps, Contouring and Profiling Key

Links to Week 2 Activities - Mass Wasting

Class Note 2. Mass Wasting and Landslide Hazards

Overview of Rapidly Moving Landlides and Debris Flows in Oregon

DOGAMI Landslide Fact Sheet

Case Study: Woodson, OR Debris Flow (2007)

Video Review Exercise: Weathering and Mass Wasting

Landslide Hazards Lab Exercise - Updated and Improved Figures

Refresher on Reading Topo Maps and Drawing Profiles

Topographic Map/Profile Review Exercise

Slide Show: Mass Wasting Hazards

New Resource to Post - USGS, 2008, Understanding Landslides

Youtube "What are Landslides" Clip - BBC

Youtube Landslide Clip - Japan

Youtube Debris Flow Clip - Japan

Rock Fall Clip - Tennesee

Earth Flow Clip - Italy

Rock Block Slide

Youtube Landslide Video from Dagastan

Links to Week 2-3 Activities - Lidar / Hazards Mapping

Class Note/Reading 3. Overview of LIDAR Topographic Survey Methods (Hill et al., 2000)

Lidar Video: Overview of Lidar Mapping (Youtube NEON ~7 minutes - good intro!))

Lidar Video: Introduction to Lidar Mapping Technology (Youtube; Univ. of Washington Seminar)

Lidar Video: Mapping Landslide Morphology Beneath Vegetative Cover (Youtube; GEOBIA 2012)

LIDAR Seminar Summary Notes: OSU, April 28, 2009 (Faux-Watershed Sciences)

LIDAR Mapping Fact Sheet

LIDAR Applications for Ecosystem Studies (Lefsky et al., 2002)

LIDAR Applications for Landslide Analysis (Glenn et al., 2006)

LIDAR Applications for Landslide Analysis Under Forest Cover (Eekhaut et al., 2006)

Oregon LIDAR Consortium Status Maps (May 2009)

In-Class Exercise: Use of Lidar for Landslide Hazards Mapping (Upper Nehalem Watershed)

Lower Rock Creek High Resolution 1-m DEM

Lidar Key Word Review Sheet (NEW Spring 2016)

Links to Week 4 Activities - Flood Hazards
Class Note 4. Overview of Flood Hazards

Animation: Hydrologic Cycle Animation (NASA)

Slide Show: Rivers and Flood Hazards

You Tube - Intro to Rivers and Flooding Clip

You Tube - Example of Flood Effects in Phillipiines

You Tube - Example of Flood Effects in Oregon 1996 Storm

You Tube - Example of Flood Effects in Colorado Front Range (September 2013)

Houston Flooding April 2016 News Clip(Youtube ~4 minutes)

Houston Flooding April 2016 - Abandoned Car Rescue (Youtube ~3 minutes)

You Tube - Understanding Flood Risk

You Tube - Calculating Flood Recurrence Intervals

You Tube - Flood Management Strategies

Intro to River Processes Video Exercise

Flood Analysis Lab Exercise

In-Class: Flood Recurrence Exercise

Missoula Floods / Overview (Youtube)

Links to Week 5 Activities - River Restoration
Class Note 5. Watershed Assessment and River Restoration Summary

Reading 1: OWEB, 1999, Watershed Fundamentals

Reading 2: WA Dept. Forestry, 2004, Introduction to River Restoration

Reading 3: Roni et al., 2002, Review of River Restoration in the Pacific Northwest

Reading 4: Beechie et al., 2010, Process Based Restoration Overview

Class Slide Show - Introduction to River Restoration (*.pptx)

Slide Show 1: Fundamentals of River Restoration and Salmonid Habitat (*.pptx)

Slide Show 2: Overview of River Restoration in the Pacific Northwest (*.pptx)

Slide Show 3: River Restoration Goals and Objectives (*.pptx)

Slide Show 4: River Restoration - Focus on Side Channel Connections and Off-Channel Habitat (*.pptx)

Slide Show 5: River Restoration - Focus on Large Wood Placement and Channel Complexity (*.pptx)

Video 1: Natural Stream Restoration Part I (Good Streams) (Oklahoma State, ~9 min)

Video 2: Natural Stream Restoration Part II (Bad Streams) (Oklahoma State, ~9 min)

Video 3: Natural Stream Restoration Part III (Bad Streams Gone Good) (Oklahoma State, ~17 min)

Life Cycle of Salmon (Discovery Channel / Youtube ~3 min)

Salmon Spawning / Gravel Nests (Instrumental / Youtube ~5 min)

Salmon Spawning Overivew (Youtube ~5 min)

Redds / Nests (OSU / Youtube ~0.5 min)

Large Woody Debris / Idaho Case Study (Youtube ~2.5 min)

Problem Culverts / Fish Passage Example (Youtube ~2 min)

Culvert Replacment Maine (USFW Youtube ~5 min)

Portland / Johnson Creek Floodplain Restoration (PES Youtube ~3.3 min)

Meander Restoration - Little Campbell River / B.C. (PES Youtube ~2.5 min)

Elwha River Restoration - Overview Part 1 (4 min)
Elwha River Restoration - Overview Part 2 (4 min)
Sandy River - Marmot Dam Restoration Part 1 (4 min)

Links to Week 6-7 Activities - Waste Management
Class Note 8. Introduction to Landfill Technology

Text Review Questions - Chapter 12 Solid Waste Management

Solid Waste Management Video Exercise

Overview of Landfill Terms / Concepts

Figures to Accompany Landfill Notes

Coffin Butte Landfill Field Guide

Coffin Butte Field Trip Summary Notes (2000)

Coffin Butte Field Trip Summary Notes (2001)

Coffin Butte Field Trip Summary Notes (2010)

Links to Week 7-8 Activities - Groundwater and Regional Hydrogeology
Link to AEG Poster Project Page (Spring 2016)

Class Note 9. Introduction to Groundwater

Figures to Accompany Groundwater Notes

Slide Show: Introduction to Groundwater

Groundwater Video Summary Questions

Video: Groundwater Flow and Darcy's Law (Youtube ~11 min)

Summary Reading - Woodward et al., Hydrogeologic Framework of Southern Willamette Valley

Summary Reading - Urich and Wentz, 1999, Environmental Setting of the Willamette Valley

Summary Reading - Elridge, 2003, Groundwater / Nitrate Issue in Southern Willamette Valley

Drilling / Field Techniques

YouTube - How to Drill a Water Well

YouTube - Fletcher Air Rotary Drilling

Lab Exercise: Groundwater Flow Problem Set
In-Class Monmouth-Independence Groundwater Exercise

Results of Permeameter / Vertical Permeability Experiment - May 12, 2015

Willamette Valley Hydrogeology: Overview Exercise (New!)

Willamette Valley Hydrogeology - Powerpoint Review Slides (New!)

Week 9-10 Activities - Soil and Water Contamination / Remediation
In-class exercise: Groundwater Flow and Contamination Risk (New! spring 2015)

Reading: Sources and Types of Ground Water Contamination (part 1)
Reading: Ground Water Remediation Techniques

Link to YouTube - Hanford Groundwater Remediation Case Study (Part 1 - ends at time mark 26 min) (New!)

Other Class Materials

Supplemental Textbook Readings - Moodle Class Page

Introduction to Environmental Geology

Earth Resources Overview

Natural Hazards Overview

Soils

Mass Wasting and Landslide Hazards

Rivers and Flood Hazards

Water Resources, Surface Water, Groundwater

Water Pollution and Treatment

Waste Management

Environmental Health, Toxicology, Risk

Landuse Planning

Seismic Hazards
Class Note 5. Introduction to Earthquakes and Seismology

New Report to Post: CREW, 2013, Updated Cascadia M9.0 Earthquake Scenario

Earthquakes and Seismology Video Exercise

Overview of Earthquake Hazards in Oregon

Summary Notes - Wang (2000) Presentation on Oregon Seismic Hazards

Seismic Hazards Lab Exercise

Seismic Hazards Lab Figures (Exercise 6)

Seismic Hazards Lab Figure 2.17 (Ex. 6)

Primer on Determining Earthquake Recurrence Intervals

Slide Show: Tectonics Overview
Slide Show: Seismic Hazards

New Reading / Resource: Outside Magazine 2011 - Cascadia Subduction Zone Earthquake Predictions

Japan March 2011 - Liquefaction Example (YouTube Video)
Nisqually Earthquake 2001 Puget Sound (YouTube Retrospective)

Goldfinger et al, 2011 - Cascadia Subduction Zone Seismic Record

Reading Summary - Goldfinger et al, 2011 - Excerpts from Cascadia Subduction Zone Seismic Record

Turbidity Current Demonstration (Youtube, 2:00 min)

Annoying Turbidity Current Discussion (Youtube, 3:00 min)

Volcanic Hazards
Class Note 6. Volcanic Hazards of the Pacific Northwest

Volcanic Hazards of Mt. Hood, Oregon

Volcanic Hazards Lab Exercise

Volcanic Hazards Lab Figures (Exercise 4)

Slide Show: Volcanic Hazards

Volcanic Hazard Review Questions

Cascade Volcano Hazard Maps

Link to USGS Video Sets (geoscience themes)

Alaska 1964 Earthquake (USGS Video Short 4:05 min)
Seismic Monitoring of Volcanic Activity (USGS Video Short 1:05 min)
Earthquake Dynamics / Bay Area (USGS Video Short 5:00 min)
Paleoseismology (USGS Video Short 4:30 min)
Liquefaction Example - Japan 2011 Earthquake (Youtube Video Short 3:30 min)

Volcanic Gas Monitoring (USGS Video Short 2:00 min)
Mt. St. Helens Eruption - Catalyst for Volcanic Monitoring (USGS Video Short 6:00 min)
Lahar Modeling (USGS Video Short 3:30 min)
Yellowstone Volcanism and Hazard Potential (Youtube 45 min)
Volcanic Hazards in New Zealand (Youtube 4:00 min)
Johnny Cash Sings - Volcanic Hazards (Youtube 2:30 min)
Volcanic Hazards Mapping (USGS Video Short 2:00 min)

Contaminant Hydrogeology
Field Trip Reading 10. Lumber Treatment Superfund Site, Sheridan, Oregon (EPA Completion Report, 2009)
RCRA and Timber Treatment Facilities (EPA, Youtube)
Superfund Overview (EPA, Youtube)

Video Exercise - RCRA/CERCLA Review Questions

Taylor Lumber Treatment Site History

Field Guide to MacFarland Cascade Treatment Facility, Sheridan, Oregon (Updated 2014)

Overview of Mid-Willamette Valley Hydrogeology (ver. 2.0 updated May 2013)

Federal RCRA Guidelines for Environmental Management of Wood Treatment Facilities (New!)

Reading: Sources and Types of Ground Water Contamination (part 1)
Reading: Overview of Hydrogeologic Site Investigations
Reading: Ground Water Remediation Techniques

Overview of Mid-Willamette Valley Hydrogeology (ver. 2.0 updated May 2013)

Monmouth Fieldtrip Hydrogeology Summary Exercise

Independence Public Works - Field Trip Summary Notes

Slide Show: Regional Hydrogeology of Willamette Valley

Groundwater Resources
Oregon Domestic Well Safety Program

Field Guide to City of Dallas, Oregon, ASR System

Background Reading: Dallas ASR Feasibility Study (2005)

Dallas ASR Field Trip Review Questions

Link to YouTube - Hanford Groundwater Remediation Case Study (Part 1 - ends at time mark 26 min) (New!)

Hanford YoutTube Review Questions (New!)

Review Questions - Hydrogeology of the Willamette Valley (MS word *.doc)

Summary Reading - Hydrogeologic Framework of Southern Willamette Valley

Summary Reading - Environmental Setting of Willamette Valley

Summary Reading - Groundwater Quality in Southern Willamette Valley

Willamette Valley Hydrogeology: Overview Exercise (New!)

Willamette Valley Hydrogeology - Powerpoint Review Slides (New!)

Link to Umatilla Basin Groundwater Video

Groundwater Remediation
Link to YouTube - Hanford Groundwater Remediation Case Study (Part 2 - time mark 37-57 min) (New!)

Hanford YoutTube Review Questions (New!)

Summary Outline / Review of Site Investigations and Remediation Design Methodology

Reading: Overview of Hydrogeologic Site Investigations

Reading: Ground Water Remediation Techniques

Review Questions - Hydrogeology of the Willamette Valley (MS word *.doc)

Summary Reading - Groundwater Quality in Southern Willamette Valley

Mountain Fir Part A - Well Log Interpretation
Groundwater Contamination

YouTube - Introduction to Drilling and Geotechnical Sampling

YouTube - How to Drill a Water Well

YouTube - Fletcher Air Rotary Drilling

River Restoration
Field Guide to the Environmental Geology of the Luckiamute Watershed

Luckiamute Pre-Trip Reading: Kondolf et al., Ecological River Restoration

Watershed Restoration - Landuse Planning Salmonid Recovery Guide (WA DNR)

Stream Habitat Restoration Guideline (WA Aquatic Working Group)

Major et al. 2010, Marmot Dam Reading (alternative assignment)

O'Connor et al., 2008, Marmot Dam Reading (alternative assignment)

Time Lapse Video Downstream of Marmot Dam Breach

Time Lapse Video Upstream of Marmot Dam Breach

Environmental Geology in the News

Columbia Landslide April 2017

Oroville, CA Dam Overflow Feb.-March 2017

Radioactive Waste Dump - St. Louis, April 2017

Nepal Earthquake April 25, 2015

March 2014, Oso, Washington Landslide - USGS Summary

Montgomery Overview of March 2014, Oso, Washington Landslide (Youtube)

Mass Wasting Model of March 2014, Oso, Washington Landslide (Youtube)

Costa USGS Debris Flow Dynamics Video Clip (Youtube)

Iverson USGS Lahar / Debris Flow Hazards Program Overview (Youtube)

March 28, 2014 La Habre, CA Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake - USGS Data Summary

March 28, 2014 La Habre, CA Magnitude 5.1 Earthquake - Youtube News Clip

April 1, 2014 Iquique Chile Magnitude 8.2 Earthquake - USGS Data Summary

April 1, 2014 Chilean Earthquake (Youtube news clip)

April 1, 2014 Chilean Earthquake Overview (Youtube news clip)

Hanford Radioactive Waste - Tank Leak March 2013 (Youtube news clip)

Hanford Radioactive Waste - Tank Leak November 2013 (Youtube news clip)

Hanford Radioactive Waste - Tank Leak Spring 2014 (Youtube news clip)

Klamath Basin Water Wars - Overview (Youtube Video - March 2011)

Klamath Basin Water Protest July 2013 (Youtube Video)

Klamath Basin Water Agreement March 2014 (Youtube Video)

Digital Lab Report Submission Instructions

Upload Instructions:

(1) Clicking on the link at the end of this section will take you to a web-based course management software called "Moodle".
(2) Once at the site, choose the "Login" option at the upper right of the page.
(3) Enter your WOU student server username (the one you use for WOU email or to get to your "H:\" drive).
(4) Enter the last four digits of your student ID V-no. for the password (unless if you have already changed it).
(5) Once you are logged in, look for the "Change Password" icon...but DON'T FORGET IT.
(6) Scroll down your list of online classes to ES473 Environmental Geology; you are automatically enrolled in the Moodle course with your class registration.
(7) Scroll to the topic/assignment section, and begin the submission process.
(9) Make sure you print hard copies and make back-up files of your lab report materials; save back up files!

Note: Pay attention to the availability and due dates.

Click Here to Go to Moodle and the ES473 Class Page

Instructions for Making Acrobat PDF Files and Compiling a Digital Lab Report

Click Here for Example Lab Portfolio (Format yours like this with cover page, table of contents, individual exercise title pages)

Instructions for WOU Terminal Server Access from Home

Study Guides and Lab Portfolio Assignments

Click Here for Midterm Exam Study Guide Spring 2017

CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT: Final Exam Tuesday June 7 12 PM, NS218

Click Here for Final Exam Study Guide (Updated June 2)

CLASS ANNOUNCEMENT: Final Lab Portfolio Due Thursday June 9 (by 11 PM)

Click Here for Final Lab Portfolio Checklist (Updated June 2, 2016)

ES473 Final Exam Study Guide (Updated June 4, 2015)