Exploring the Dynamic Earth GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences

Name: Exploring the Dynamic Earth GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences
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ISBN: 9780495115090

ISBN-10: 0495115096

ISBN-13: 9780495115090

Edition: 2nd 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Larry P. Kendall, Robert F. Butler, Michelle K. Hall, Anne Huth, Jeff S. Jenness

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Specifically designed to work in your site-licensed ArcGIS laboratory, the GIS Investigations for the Earth Sciences is a collection of modular investigation guides that let even novice users tap the power of the ArcGIS software to explore, manipulate, and analyze large data sets. Carefully designed and class tested, the guides emphasize the visualization, analysis, and multimedia integration capabilities inherent to GIS. The guide leads students through a set of exercises in which they are asked to explore, analyze, and then elaborate on the information extracted from a robust GIS dataset using your laboratory's ArcGIS software. The GIS information has been preprocessed into maps and…

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List price: $79.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 9/12/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 120
Size: 8.28" wide x 11.00" long x 0.19" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Michelle Hall and The SAGUARO Project team have developed a series of four GIS INVESTIGATIONS over the course of the last few years. These materials have been extensively class-tested at both the college and high-school level using funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF).




Searching For Evidence


A Changing Earth


Investigating Earth's clues


Discovering plate tectonics


Analyzing plate boundaries



Exploring Plate Tectonics


Testing plate tectonics


Investigating seafloor age


Determining seafloor age


Investigating plate motion



Earthquake Hazards


The Great Lisbon Earthquake


Deadly earthquakes


Seismic hazards


Seismic risk and society



Volcano Hazards


The tragedy of Mont PelTe


Deadly volcanoes


Volcanic hazards


Volcanoes and climate



Tsunami Hazards


Scotch Cap Light Station


Deadly tsunamis


Analysis of a tsunami


Tsunami warning


2004 Indonesian Tsunami