Introduction to Environmental Geology

Edward A. Keller is a professor, researcher, writer, and most importantly, mentor and teacher to undergraduate and graduate students. Currently, Dr. Keller's students are working on earthquake hazards, how waves of sediment move through a river system following disturbance, and geologic controld on habitat to endangered southern steelhead trout. He was born and raised in California (Bachelor’s degree in Geology and Mathematics from California State University at Fresno, Master’s degree in Geology from University of California at Davis), it was while pursuing his Ph.D. in Geology from Purdue University in 1973 that Ed wrote the first edition of Environmental Geology, the text that became the foundation of the environmental geology curriculum. Ed joined the faculty of the University of California Santa Barbara in 1976 and has been there since, serving multiple times as the chair of both the Environmental Studies and Hydrologic Science programs. In that time he has been the author on over 100 articles, including seminal works on fluvial processes and tectonic geomorphology. Ed’s academic honors include the Don J. Easterbrook Distinguished Scientist Award, Geological Society of America (2004), Quatercentenary Fellowship from Cambridge University, England (2000), two Outstanding Alumnus Awards from Purdue University (1994, 1996), A Distinguished Alumnus Award from California State University at Fresno (1998), the Outstanding Outreach Award from Southern California Earthquake Center (1999).

• Brief Contents PART ONE Foundations of Environmental Geology Chapter 1 Philosophy and Fundamental ConceptsChapter 2 Internal Structure of Earth and Plate TectonicsChapter 3 Minerals and RocksChapter 4 Ecology and GeologyPART TWO Earth Processes and Natural Hazards Chapter 5 Introduction to Natural HazardsChapter 6 Earthquakes and Related PhenomenaChapter 7 Tsunami (new chapter)Chapter 8 Volcanic ActivityChapter 9 Rivers and FloodingChapter 10 Slope Processes, Landslides, and SubsidenceChapter 11 Coastal ProcessesChapter 12 Impact of Extraterrestrial ObjectsPART THREE Resources and Pollution Chapter 13 Water ResourcesChapter 14 Water PollutionChapter 15 Mineral ResourcesChapter 16 Energy ResourcesChapter 17 Soils and EnvironmentPART FOUR Environmental Management, Global Perspective, and Society Chapter 18 Global Climate ChangeChapter 19 Geology, Society, and the Future