ENV101 - Earth Systems Materials

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Week 9 Week 10 Week 11 Week 12 Week 4 - Soil and landscape concepts  Readings Required reading for this week is Chapters2, 3, and 4 of the set textbook: Merali, Z. and Skinner, B.J. (2009)              Visualizing Earth Science. John Wiley and Sons, New Jersey 582pp. ISBN 978-0-471-74705-5 Lecture notes: Lecture notes: slides Video recordings: part 1 and part 2   As requested that I have tried to include more of the presenter. Please let me know if you prefer this style or if you prefer to only see the projector (slides) in the video recording (as per weeks 1 and 2). You may need to view the slides at the same time as the video for focus/clarity. Practical notes and data The practical session this week is a trip to Dripstone Cliffs, Casuarina beach to look at soil and landscape concepts. Here is a video documenting the session.  (Note there are no exercises associated with the practical this week.) References Here is a list of references and associated endnote file used by Dr. Ian Hollingsworth, covering geological interpretation, survey design, soil description and assessment for land resources and environmental design.