Geology Laboratory

Specializing in the Engineering and

Environmental Geosciences

 

Engineering and environmental geology are applications of scientific geology principles to assure the safety, efficiency, and economy of engineering and environmental projects.  This laboratory educates students in applications of geoscience to the built environment.  Undergraduate students acquire an important job skill by taking geology, engineering geology, hydrology, and hydrologic modeling.  Research also includes the geophysical modeling of potential fields.  This laboratory works closely with the GIS laboratory.

Project 1 – Quantifying Landscape Destruction from Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Mining

Before Drilling in 2005                                                         After Drilling Operations in 2010

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Digitizing Destroyed Habitats                                             Field Investigation

 

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Project 2 - Geological Field Mapping at the Bucks County Audobon Society Honey Hollow Conservation Property.

 

Project 3 – Modeling the Hydrology of the  Chester Creek Watershed