Geology at Western Carolina University


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Geology Program


Research Sites

Cascades Debris Flow Flume (USGS)

Dendrochronology at Arizona State University

Tree-ring Laboratory - Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory

Luminescence Dating

The Heinz Center - Science Economics and the Environment

St. Anthony Falls Hydrological Laboratory

Patrick Center for Environmental Research

Stream Corridor Restoration - (NRCS)

Flooding and Trees -  (U.S. Forest Service)

Riparian Forest Buffers  - (U.S. Forest Service)

 

Hydrology, Climate, and Spatial Data Sites

Hydrological Data from the U.S. Geological Survey

North Carolina Climate Data

National Climate Data Center - (NOAA)

 

Local Watershed Organizations

Riverlink - Western North Carolina citizen's group

Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River (WATR)

 

On-line maps and images

Topographic Maps By State (maporders.com)

View topo maps on line (maptech.com)

National Geologic Map Database (USGS)

Color Landform Map of the United States

Geomorphology from Space

Canadian Landforms by Province

AGI image bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

Field Equipment

Rickly Hydrology - equipment for field research

Edmunds Scientific - supplies for scientific laboratories

Ben Meadows

Forestry Suppliers

Hach Chemicals

Leica-geosystems (surveying equipment)

 

On-line Literature

Sediment Load in the Little Tennessee River Basin

Ground Penetrating Radar Study of Sand Bars

Vegetative Measures for Streambank Stabilization

 

Government Agencies

North Carolina State Geological Survey

United States Geological Survey

Natural Resources Conservation Service - (USDA)

 

Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union

Geological Society of America

American Geological Institute

The Chronicle of Higher Education

 


Last Updated: July 27, 2005
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