Environmental geology

Dolgopolova Alla

The instructor profile

Description: The basic concepts, objects, methodology of ecological geology are given in the course of this discipline. This course gives an idea of the Earth as a “natural cosmic body”, about the processes taking place on its surface and in depth. A general idea of the influence of geological processes on human activity and life is given. The problems of the survival of humanity in the context of a shortage of natural resources, its readiness for accounting and the elimination of the consequences of dangerous geological processes are considered.

Amount of credits: 5

Пререквизиты:

  • Modern problems of geology

Course Workload:

Types of classes hours
Lectures 15
Practical works 30
Laboratory works
SAWTG (Student Autonomous Work under Teacher Guidance) 75
SAW (Student autonomous work) 30
Form of final control Exam
Final assessment method

Component: Component by selection

Cycle: Base disciplines

Goal
  • The goal is to provide students with theoretical knowledge of environmental geology and hazardous geological processes taking place on Earth.
Objective
  • The task of the discipline is to provide students with knowledge for the active management of the consequences of dangerous natural and man-made phenomena and processes
Learning outcome: knowledge and understanding
  • Know the basics of the interaction between geological processes, the consequences and ways to solve these problems.
Learning outcome: applying knowledge and understanding
  • Apply knowledge and understanding to research and monitor hazardous geological processes
Learning outcome: formation of judgments
  • Form judgments on the degree of impact of geological factors on the environment
Learning outcome: communicative abilities
  • To develop communication skills through the collection and interpretation of information from foreign and domestic sources
Learning outcome: learning skills or learning abilities
  • Improve learning skills using English-language literary content
Teaching methods

Interactive technologies, modern sources of information in English (YouTube, etc.)

Topics of lectures
  • Introduction to the Environmental geology
  • Earth’s place in space
  • Human population growth
  • Sustainability
  • Biodiversity
  • Energy Resources
  • Global Climate Change
  • Water pollution
  • Soils and Environment
  • Mineral Resources and Environment
  • Streams and Rivers
  • Hazard geological processes
  • Volcanoes
  • Earthquake Processes
  • Geology, Society, and the Future
Key reading
  • 1 Н. Г. Комарова Геоэкология и природопользование : учеб. пособие / - 2-е изд., стереотип. - М.: Академия, 2007. - 190 с. 2 И.К. Карпов Геохимия техногенных процессов.-М.: Наука, 2009-176 3 С. В. Яковлев, И. Г. Губий, И. И. Павлинова Комплексное использование водных ресурсов [Текст] : учеб. пособие /. - Изд. 2-е, перераб. и доп. - М.: Высш. шк., 2008. - 383 с. табл. - (Для высших учебных заведений) (Строительство). - Библиогр.: с. 380-381. 4 Bell F.G. A Environmental geology PDF Second edition. Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK, 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA, 2007. 593 p. ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-8077-6; ISBN-10: 0-7506-8077-6 5 Klimchouk, A.B.. Hypogene Speleogenesis: Hydrogeological and Morphogenetic Perspective. Special Paper no.1, National Cave and Karst Research Institute, 2007 Carlsbad, NM, 106 pp. 6 Peng S. , Zhang J. , Engineering Geology for Underground Rocks. Издательство:Springer. Год: 2007. ISBN: 3540732942. 7 Price David George. Engineering geology - principles and practice PDF ISBN: 978-3-540-29249-4 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008937486 © 2009 Springer-Verlag. 8 Montgomery. Environmental geology. McGraw-Hill/Mcgraw hill higher education. 2010/03/01 9 G. Nelson Eby Principles of environmental geochemistry ISBN: 955-3-678-39249-3 Library of Congress Control Number 10 Gunter Faure Principles and applications of geochemistry. Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK, 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington