ENVS 121: Fire and Ice, Rain and Rocks: The geology of a watershed
Pat Pringle, Assoc. Professor of Earth Science, Centralia College, NSC (New Science Center) 318f
This class examines the geologic and hydrologic characteristics watersheds, with particular emphasis on the geology and geologic history of the Chehalis watershed . We will study how earthquakes, glaciers, volcanism, and man have affected the river. During a day-long field trip we visit field sites along the Nisqually River from its delta to its uppermost reaches at Mt Rainier’s Nisqually Glacier. Class meets June 22 & 24 (2-4 PM) and all day June 26 (8 AM to ~ 6 PM).
Syllabus for ENVS 120: Watersheds—Connecting the Mountains to the Sea
Syllabus for The Geology of a Watershed, ENVS 121
Links for Washington Watersheds (in progress)
See also links noted via main Earth Sciences page
ASSIGNMENTS! Please turn in the field reports and any assignments to Terri Perez in the Dean's office in Lingren by noon July 6 (or to Pat Pringle via email ppringle "at" centralia.edu). Hints regarding field report format:
1. You may put figures at the end in series. Remember to use captions and to refer to the appropriate figure numbers in the text of your field report. See example "Sean Student's" field report on Student Resources link of Centralia Earth sciences page (See "tools for writing field reports" section)
2. See hints for editing digital pictures and making graphics for field reports. PC users can use free software Irfanview, whereas Mac users can obtain Graphic Converter.
3. Several of my field photos of the Mount Rainier trip are in "geology_photos" on the Moodle watersheds site under "geology_Nisqually_waterhshed"; also see the folder "geology_lectures" if you want to look at pdf files of the lectures.
4. Use references in your field report, including the information sheets I handed out and the online geology/geography resources I listed under "Student Resources" link on the Centralia Earth sciences page
5. Citation style for references is APA. See under "Learn How" at http://library.centralia.edu/