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LIVING ON A RESTLESS EARTH

Earth Science Week: October 10 - 16, 2004

GEOLOGY
"Study of the Earth"

Apollo 17 image of EARTH

Geology's sub disciplines include:
Economic Geology, Environmental Geology, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Hydrology, Lithology, Mineralogy, Seismology, Tectonics, Volcanology

Helicopter and Mount St. Helens, Oct. 5, 2004 Click to see other USGS images.

Helicopter with FLIR (Forward Looking Infrared Radar) equipment assists volcanologists studying Mount St. Helens, Oct. 5, 2004

Current activity at Mount St. Helens has attracted the attention of volcanologists, the news media, and many other people around the world.

Mount St. Helens, Oct. 3, 2004

Mount St. Helens continues to attract attention, cause concern, and provide geologists with an ongoing chance to learn about volcanic processes and improve forcasting of volcanic eruptions.

Examples of current geologic change
and resultant impacts on humans include:

Earthquakes

Volcanoes


Click on the following links to learn more about Earth and the Earth Sciences.

Earth Science Links

Go to LCC EARTH SCIENCE WEEK 2004 Page 1
Go to LCC Earth Science WEB LINKS Page
Go to LCC Earth Science Image of the Week

Go to HVO - Introduction to Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i
Go to CVO Menu - Mount St. Helens, Washington
Go to YVO Menu - Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (Wyoming)
Go to Mount St. Helens - Current Update, CVO Menu - Cascade Range Volcanoes
Go to Mount St. Helens Notice of Volcanic Unrest - PNSN Press Release
Go to Mount St. Helens Seismicity Information PNSN
Go to CVO Menu - Mount St. Helens, Washington - USGS
Go to Mount St. Helens: General Slide Set


CLICK on the colored links above to go to those LCC Web Pages.
LCC Earth Science Week 2004 Geology 10-10-04
David Cordero
dcordero@lcc.ctc.edu