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Department of Geology and Geography Faculty Bookshelf

 
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The books archived in this Digital Commons@Georgia Southern collection are published or edited by the faculty of the Department of Geology and Geography.

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  • Roots Of The Past Nourish Present Research by Jan Friesen, John T. Van Stan II, Albertus Tyasseta, and Ockto Baringbing

    Roots Of The Past Nourish Present Research

    Jan Friesen, Department of Catchment Hydrology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Leipzig, Germany; John T. Van Stan II, Georgia Southern University; Albertus Tyasseta, Graphic Designer; and Ockto Baringbing, Graphic Designer

    5-4-2020

    The science comic 'Roots of the Past nourish present research' leads two students on a wild time travel to the first observations and observatories of plants and precipitation – the story of ecohydrology. Using past knowledge and new technologies they develop ideas for their own research.

  • Environmental Geology, 4th Edition by James Reichard

    Environmental Geology, 4th Edition

    James Reichard, Georgia Southern University

    2020

    Environmental Geology, 4e focuses on the fascinating interaction between humans and the geologic processes that shape the Earth’s environment. This text emphasizes how human survival is highly dependent on the natural environment and students should find the topics to be quite relevant to their own lives and, therefore, more interesting.

  • Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation: A Global Synthesis by John T. Van Stan II, Ethan Gutmann, and Jan Friesen

    Precipitation Partitioning by Vegetation: A Global Synthesis

    John T. Van Stan II, Georgia Southern University; Ethan Gutmann, National Center for Atmospheric Research; and Jan Friesen, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research

    1-2-2020

    This book presents research on precipitation partitioning processes in vegetated ecosystems, putting them into a global context. It describes the processes by which meteoric water comes into contact with the vegetation's canopy, typically the first surface contact of precipitation on land. It also discusses how precipitation partitioning by vegetation impacts the amount, patterning, and chemistry of water reaching the surface, as well as the amount and timing of evaporative return to the atmosphere. Although this process has been extensively studied, this is the first review of the global literature on the partitioning of precipitation by forests, shrubs, crops, grasslands and ... Read more

  • Wrack & Ruin: A Tale of Tortured Trees by John T. Van Stan II; Albertus Tyasseta; and Siloy, Graphic Artist

    Wrack & Ruin: A Tale of Tortured Trees

    John T. Van Stan II, Georgia Southern University; Albertus Tyasseta, Graphic Designer; and Siloy, Graphic Artist

    6-4-2020

    Here, we visit a community of trees living along the Georgia coast, just above the high tide line, on a little lump of sand called a "hammock." This hammock plant community is battered by a hurricane. The plants that survive soon realize that they have fallen prey to a hydrological torture wrack - one composed of the salty corpses of their neighboring marsh plants (Spartina alterniflora). This sci comic is based on the publication, "Wrack and ruin: Legacy hydrologic effects of hurricane-deposited wrack..." (https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab9527).

  • Urban Forestry - Taming Precipita by John T. Van Stan II; Jan Friesen; Tyasetta, Graphic Artist; and Siloy, Graphic Artist

    Urban Forestry - Taming Precipita

    John T. Van Stan II, Georgia Southern University; Jan Friesen, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung; Tyasetta, Graphic Artist; and Siloy, Graphic Artist

    7-2018

    Since the beginning of human settlement, people have observed water in its many forms, recording the ways that water supports and subverts life... like a cunning and capricious witch. This is the story of Precipita, the waterwitch of Leipzig Germany, and the critical roles that urban forests play in protecting the city from her hydrological whims! This science comic was based on a book chapter "Urban Forestry: An Underutilized Tool in Water Management" in "Advanced Tools for Integrated Water Resources Management" by Van Stan, Underwood, and Friesen (Elsevier). Supported by NSF 11518726.

  • Geographies of Plague Pandemics: The Spatial-Temporal Behavior of Plague to the Modern Day by Mark R. Welford

    Geographies of Plague Pandemics: The Spatial-Temporal Behavior of Plague to the Modern Day

    Mark R. Welford, Georgia Southern University

    3-13-2018

    Book Summary: Geographies of Plague Pandemics synthesizes our current understanding of the spatial and temporal dynamics of plague, Yersinia pestis. The environmental, political, economic, and social impacts of the plague from Ancient Greece to the modern day are examined. Chapters explore the identity of plague DNA, its human mortality, and the source of ancient and modern plagues. This book also discusses the role plague has played in shifting power from Mediterranean Europe to north-western Europe during the 500 years that plague has raged across the continent. The book demonstrates how recent colonial structures influenced the spread and mortality of plague ... Read more

  • Environmental Geology 3rd Edition by James Reichard

    Environmental Geology 3rd Edition

    James Reichard, Georgia Southern University

    1-1-2017

    Book Summary: Environmental Geology is an exciting new entry for introductory geology courses. This text skillfully weaves the important themes of energy, human interactions, and global climate systems into a readable and contemporary view of geologic processes within the environmental framework. In addition, the author has utilized specific learning aids to pique student interest and to enhance the learning experience.

  • Plant Invasion Alters Canopy Ecohydrology by John T. Van Stan II, Seyed Mohammad M. Sadeghi, Jan Friesen, and Thomas G. Pypker

    Plant Invasion Alters Canopy Ecohydrology

    John T. Van Stan II, Georgia Southern University; Seyed Mohammad M. Sadeghi, University of Tehran; Jan Friesen, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung; and Thomas G. Pypker, Thompson Rivers University

    2-2017

    Graphic novella by artist Bagus Seta (Tyasseta) based on the scientific story told in Sadeghi et al. (2017), Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 240, 10.

  • Social Memory and Heritage Tourism Methodologies by Stephen P. Hanna, Amy E. Potter, E. Arnold Modlin, Perry Carter, and David L. Butler

    Social Memory and Heritage Tourism Methodologies

    Stephen P. Hanna, University of Mary Washington; Amy E. Potter, Georgia Southern University; E. Arnold Modlin, Norfolk State University; Perry Carter, Texas Tech University; and David L. Butler, University of Southern Mississippi

    2-11-2015

    Potter also co-authored "Introduction" alongside non-faculty member E. Arnold Modlin and "The Commons as a Tourist Commodity: Mapping Memories and Changing Sense of Place on the Island of Barbuda" in Social Memory and Heritage Tourism Methodologies.

    Book Summary: The examination of social memory and heritage tourism has grown considerably over the past few decades as scholars have critically re-examined the relationships between past memories and present actions at international, national, and local scales. Methodological innovation and reflection have accompanied theoretical advances as researchers strive to understand representations, experiences, thoughts, emotions and identities of the various actors involved in the reproduction ... Read more

  • Environmental Geology, 2nd Edition by James Reichard

    Environmental Geology, 2nd Edition

    James Reichard, Georgia Southern University

    2013

    Reichard's Environmental Geology second edition continues to emphasize how humans interact with the environment within a geological context. The writing style holds the interest of nonmajor students and includes recent geologic events they can relate to. Each chapter incorporates student activities and discussion questions designed to give students a personal connection to the topic

  • Environmental Geology by James S. Reichard

    Environmental Geology

    James S. Reichard, Georgia Southern University

    1-1-2010

    Book Summary: Environmental Geology is an exciting new entry for introductory geology courses. This text skillfully weaves the important themes of energy, human interactions, and global climate systems into a readable and contemporary view of geologic processes within the environmental framework. In addition, the author has utilized specific learning aids to pique student interest and to enhance the learning experience.

 
 
 

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