Chapter 1: Environmental Geology
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Endogenic Processes
Geological processes that originate inside the Earth’s crust
EX: volcanism, plate tectonics, earthquakes, etc.
EX: volcanism, plate tectonics, earthquakes, etc.
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Exogenic Processes
Geomorphic processes that originate at or near the Earth’s surface
EX: mass wasting, weathering, erosion and deposition of materials by fluvial, glacial, coastal, aeolian processes
EX: mass wasting, weathering, erosion and deposition of materials by fluvial, glacial, coastal, aeolian processes
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Uniformitarianism
Natural laws are uniform through time; Application of modern observations to the understanding of past systems
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Vector Data
* Made up of points, lines, polygons
* Useful for representing discrete features
* Land parcels, pipelines, buildings
* Useful for representing discrete features
* Land parcels, pipelines, buildings
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Raster Data
* Made up of regular grid cells
* Useful for representing continuous features
* Airphotos, satellite images, DEMs
* Useful for representing continuous features
* Airphotos, satellite images, DEMs