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Investigations in Environmental Geology  (Geol 140, Honors section)
Instructor:  Dr. Cheryl Waters-Tormey
Office:  119B Natural Sciences Bldg.
Phone: 828-227-3696
email:  cherylwt@wcu.edu

Office Hours for Fall 2005:
Mondays 2-3:30 and Thursdays 12:30-3; or, by appointment

(right) Mudslide associated with volcanic eruption from Mt. Pinatubo, Phillipines.  Click on photograph to go to original UNESCO web page.
(right) Cape Hatteras lighthouse in North Carolina.  It was moved away from the water in order to save it from being undermined due to coastal erosion. 
Click on the image to go to the original web site.
Fall 2005 class web page project
(coming last half of semester)

Check often for updates!!  Scroll down for downloads and  other materials.
 
Most downloads are pdf files, which you can open with Adobe Reader.  You probably already have this software on your computer. The link to download this software is here: 
  • Download course syllabus, which is subject to revision. 
  • Textbook web page, with some web links, test questions, and more information.
  • Keep up with what we've done in class:
    • Discussion/Participation so far
    • Exercises so far
      • Calculations of geologic time and geologic rates (key posted on my door)
      • Sediments, sedimentary rocks (guide, ~100 kb)
      • Minerals, igneous and metamorphic rocks (guide, ~100 kb)Drainage patterns (~Sept. 30)
      • Cullowhee Creek exercises
    • Check-ups so far
      • Sediments and sedimentary rocks (key, ~100 kb)
    • EXAMS
      • October 3 (study guide, ~100 kb)
      • November 7 (study guide, ~100 kb)
      • December  12, 3-5:30pm (study guide, ~150 kb)
    • Tectonics links
(right) photograph of Mahajamba Bay, Madagascar.  Brown color in the water is due to increased erosion as a result of deforestation.  Click on photograph to go to original web page.
  • Other downloads for class so far
    • Find your watershed (pdf, ~650 kb
    • Skeleton of notes for last 2 classes (pdf, 5 MB)

  •  Cullowhee Creek project downloads
  • Cullowhee Creek project links
    • Geology program's Cullowhee Creek project page (broader explanation)
    • Early pictures of campus from the Hunter Library
    • History of the university (scroll down on page)
    • More information about wetlands, conservation and mitigation from the EPA
    • Other stream restoration links
    • On the above page, scroll down to find link for the article "J Hook, Cross Vane".  This describes the restoration structures used in the stream.
Last updated December 7, 2005