Relationship Between Geology and Environment

Environmental Earth science

Relationship Between Geology and Environment

  • Environmental geology is a multidisciplinary field which is closely related to the engineer...}

Status of Development of Water Resources in Nepal

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Status of Development of Water Resources in Nepal

  •  The earth consists 97.5% of salt water, 2.5% fresh water in which most of the water r...}

Introduction to Earth Science, Earth as a closed system

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Introduction to Earth Science, Earth as a closed system

  • The earth science was developed in the 18th century when there is the need...}

Mountain building process, internal structure of the earth

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Mountain building process, internal structure of the earth

  • Mountain formation refers to geological processes that underlie the formation of mountains....}

Cause of endogenous process, Exogeneous process

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Cause of endogenous process, Exogeneous process

  • The process in which the energy is derived from the external sources in relation to the ear...}

classification of sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks

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classification of sedimentary rocks, metamorphic rocks

  • The compaction of the sediments from the pre-existing rocks that has been disintegrated due...}

Mineral Resources, types of mineral resources

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Mineral Resources, types of mineral resources

  • The branch of geology studying about the minerals is known as mineralogy.
  • Minerals...}

Minerals resources of  Nepal And Geological agents

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Minerals resources of Nepal And Geological agents

  • According to the geological studies from the south to north, Nepal is divided into the Tera...}

Geological agent (Water)

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Geological agent (Water)

  • The river is the body of the running water that carries sediments and flows in the definite...}

Glacier as geological agent

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Glacier as geological agent

  • The glacier is the large slow moving masses of the land ice formed by the crystallization o...}

Tectonic movement

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Tectonic movement

  • The tectonic movement takes place inside the globe (Earth) which is governed by the forces...}

Faulting and uncomformity

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Faulting and uncomformity

  •  When the enormous stress builds and pushes the large intact rock masses beyond their...}

crustal deformation and landslide

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crustal deformation and landslide

mass wasting

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mass wasting

  •  The geomorphic process by which the soil, regolith, and the rock move down the slope...}

Sediment flows and earthquakes

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Sediment flows and earthquakes

  •  The shaking of the surface is caused by the passage of the seismic waves originated f...}

Earthquake theory, Effects of Earthquake

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Earthquake theory, Effects of Earthquake

Volcanism, Types and their primary effects in the Environment

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Volcanism, Types and their primary effects in the Environment

  •  The volcanism is used to cover all the phenomenon related to the eruption of the magm...}

Secondary effect of volcanic activity in environment

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Secondary effect of volcanic activity in environment

  • The catastrophic mudflows occur with little or no warning.
  • A large mudflow can...}

Soil Science, Soil Profile and Physical Component of Soil.

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Soil Science, Soil Profile and Physical Component of Soil.

  • The  Duckmans and the Brady defined soil as "a dynamic natural body on the s...}

Chemical composition of soil, minerals, soil organic matter

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Chemical composition of soil, minerals, soil organic matter

  • The stoichiometry of the soil is not forward and almost about ten elements are present...}

Agents of chemical weathering, Biological weathering, physical properties of soil

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Agents of chemical weathering, Biological weathering, physical properties of soil

  •  The hydration causes the increase in the volume and the softness of the rock.
Role of the factors in the soil formation, soil formation

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Role of the factors in the soil formation, soil formation

  • According to the Stoichiometry, the rate of any chemical is double for each 10o&...}

Micro-organisms in soil and their ecological importance

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Micro-organisms in soil and their ecological importance

  • Fungi are the lignin decomposers. 
  • The bacteria requires an optimum temperatu...}

Microbial decomposition of the Organic matter, C:N ratio

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Microbial decomposition of the Organic matter, C:N ratio

  • The microbes in the soil absorb the nutrients which are released during the decomposition,...}

Soil Colloidal System, Humus its formation and role in the nature

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Soil Colloidal System, Humus its formation and role in the nature

  • The soil colloid is a very tiny particle, smaller than 1 mm in diameter. Its surface area p...}

Ion exchange phenomena

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Ion exchange phenomena

  • In the soil, the common exchangeable cations  are Ca++, Mg++, H<...}