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4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the interaction of Earth's lithosphere, biosphere and atmosphere in the pedosphere, a component of Earth's "critical zone." Topics covered wilinclude fundamentals such as soil properties and classification, soil chemistry, hydrology and biology, as well as specific applications to recognizing and understanding environmental problems in Earth's surface environment. Includes lectures, weekly laboratory, and field trips. Prerequisite: EES 100. (NS)
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4.00 Credits
Water plays a critical role in the physical, chemical, and biological processes that occur at the Earth's surface. This course is an introduction to surface and groundwater hydrology in natural systems, providing fundamental concepts and a process-level understanding using the hydrologic cycle as a framework. Geochemistry will be integrated to address natural variations and the human impact on the environment. Topics covered include: watershed hydrology, regional and local groundwater flow, water chemistry, and management of water resources. Lectures and recitation/laboratory. EES 22, or consent of instructor. Peters (NS)
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3.00 Credits
Rainfall-runoff analysis, overland flow, hydrograph theories, modeling. Frequency analysis of extreme events. Flood routing. Design storms. Floodplain hydraulics, floodplain delineation. Prerequisite: CEE 222. (ES 2), (ED 1), (NS)
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3.00 Credits
The study of subsurface water, its environment, distribution, and movement. Included are flow patterns, well hydraulics, and an introduction to the movement of contaminants. Design problems are included to simulate flow with analytical and numerical models, and contaminant migration using analytical models. Prerequisites: CE 121 or CEE/EES 316 or permission of instructor. (ES 2, ED 1), (NS)
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4.00 Credits
Techniques of observing the Earth from air- and spaceborne instruments, including issues of geometry and scale associated with making measurements, electromagnetic properties of Earth surface materials, the range of instruments used to observe the Earth, image interpretation, and applications of satellite remote sensing to geological, ecological, and environmental questions. Lecture and lab. Prerequisites: EES 22, or EES 89, or consent of instructor. Ramage. (NS)
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3.00 Credits
Fundamentals of modeling water quality parameters in receiving water bodies, including rivers, lakes, and estuaries. Modeling of dissolved oxygen, nutrients, temperature, and toxic substances. Emphasis on water quality control decisions as well as mechanics and model building. Prerequisites: CEE 121, CEE 222 and CEE 270. (ES 3), (ED 3)
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4.00 Credits
Synthesis of the state of knowledge of Earth structure and long-term evolution, with emphasis on the crust and mantle, and integrating petrologic, geophysical, and geochemical perspectives. Mass and energy transfer through time among the crust, mantle, hydrosphere, biosphere, and atmosphere. Petrographic study of selected rock suites, and introduction to geophysical observations of the deep structure of the solid Earth. Lectures, discussion, laboratories, field trip. Prerequisites: EES 131 or consent of instructors. Bebout and Kodama. (NS)
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6.00 Credits
Integrated, capstone, geological, hydrological, and ecological field experiences using the diverse natural settings of the Rocky Mountains as the classroom. Major projects are completed in northwestern Wyoming and southeastern Idaho where the student is challenged to synthesize field data in solving real geologic and environmental science problems. A cross country trip is used to build a common knowledge base and introduce the student to the western landscape. Focus is on specific skills that are difficult to convey in the traditional classroom setting, among them integrated GIS/GPS computer-based geologic mapping, section measuring, structural analysis, field geophysics, stream hydrology, landscape ecology, limnology, and plant identification and physiology. Four weeks in the field; summer session. Prerequisites: Consent of Field Camp Director Pazzaglia (students must apply through the Lehigh Field Camp Program); declared major in EES; EES 22, and at least four EES courses at the 100-level or above. Pazzaglia (NS).
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4.00 Credits
Principles and methodologies of paleoecology, with emphasis on palynology. Applications of paleo-records in tracing flora, vegetation, climate and landscape history. Long-term ecological interactions and ecosystem responses to past environmental change. Field and laboratory experiences in collecting and characterizing sediments and in processing and interpreting fossil pollen and other proxy data. Students will explore regional vegetation, climate and landscape history by coring and analyzing sediments from lakes and wetlands. Course requires one or more weekend day-long field trips. Prerequisite: EES 100, or consent of course instructors. Yu (NS)
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4.00 Credits
The role of microorganisms in the environment. Topics include: Survey of microbial classification, structure, and metabolism; study of microbes at population, community, and ecosystem levels of organization; the role of microbes in biogeochemical cycles; application of microbes to bioremediation and resource recovery problems. Fall (alternate (even) years). Prerequisite: EES 152, or consent of instructor. Morris (NS)
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