Grounded Observations

Annotated Bibliography Week #10 Article #1 Texture analysis of GPR data as a tool for depicting soil mineralogy. (2011). 2011 IEEE Applied Imagery                   Pattern Recognition Workshop (AIPR), https://doi-org.byui.idm.oclc.org/10.1109/AIPR.2011.6176377 This study developed a code that can be added to current analysis measures that help to see the distinction between minerals.   Their codes helped to differentiate between mineral samples using several characteristics.   Some of the key characteristics that they were able to use were moisture content, high contrast, and correlation.   They found the use in tandem with current modes of analysis the code helped to identify the 2 minerals studied.   The results looked promising and further testing encouraged. Article #2 Yen, A. S., Gellert, R., Schroder, C., Morris, R. V., Bell III, J. F., Knu...

SPRING CREEK ROAD LANDSLIDE,  RIVERDALE, WEBER COUNTY, UTAH WHAT HAPPENED:  The Spring Creek Landslide took place on November 19, 2017.  The approximately 200-foot bluff gave way as water-laden debris, silty sand, and soil fell over 270 feet to the west of the hill.   TRIGGERS:  There are several natural springs that are located halfway up on the hill.  They continually erode material and deposit it on the pasture below. CLASSIFICATION:  Earthslide, Landslide HOW TO FIX IT:  Replant vegetation to give the slope some stability.  Irrigation of springs and runoff would also help. 

Week #8 Annotated Bibliography #1 This was a study about the Red clays in Central Hungary.   They studied mineralogy to find that the climate during the Late Pliocene-Early Pliocene Epoch was considerably more humid and warmer than they previously had thought.   They wanted to determine if the changes in the clay minerals were due to chemical weathering and age versus time.   They concluded that the weather was cooler with less precipitation. KOVÁCS, J., RAUCSIK, B., VARGA, A., ÚJVÁRI, G., VARGA, G., & OTTNER, F. (2013). Clay mineralogy of red clay deposits from the central Carpathian Basin (Hungary): implications for Plio-Pleistocene chemical weathering and palaeoclimate.  Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences ,  22 (3), 414–426. https://doi.org/10.3906/yer-1201-4 Annotated Bibliography #2 This study was trying to determine the ability of soil to absorb Cesium.   They studied soil with the same amount of clay content...