Resource Exploration and Environmental Implications

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wace INT Mind Map on Resource Exploration and Environmental Implications, created by sarah.butler.96 on 15/10/2013.
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Resource Exploration and Environmental Implications
  1. Geological Mapping
    1. Characteristics + Dispertion of rock near the surface
      1. Structure
        1. Composition
          1. Infer three dimentional arrangement of rock
            1. Land Assessment
              1. Engineering construction
                1. Natural hazard risk assessment
                  1. 1:250 000 or 1:100 000
                    1. Record objective observations
                      1. Ideally created in the field
                        1. Bedrock/ Outcrop geologic map
                          1. Uses topographic map as base
                          2. Interpretive Geologic Map
                            1. Inferences about the geology based on evidence
                              1. Aerial Photographs
                                1. Geochem/ Geophys data
                                  1. Only Gives Generalisation of area
                                  2. Topographical Maps
                                    1. Shows topography- shape of land
                                      1. Contour Lines
                                        1. Geographic Reference System
                                          1. Lat/Long
                                            1. Degrees
                                              1. Minutes
                                                1. Seconds
                                                  1. Equator= 0 lat
                                                    1. Prime meridian 0 long
                                                      1. 180 degrees
                                                      2. UTM
                                                        1. Universal Transverse Mercator
                                                          1. Uses a rect. grid
                                                            1. some overlap
                                                              1. uses metric system
                                                              2. Metes and Bounds
                                                                1. legal land descriptions
                                                                  1. reference to location using base line
                                                              3. characteristics
                                                                1. Title
                                                                  1. Author
                                                                    1. Date
                                                                      1. Explanation
                                                                        1. Explains what the symbols mean
                                                                        2. Scale
                                                                      2. Geophysical Exploration
                                                                        1. Gechemical Exploration
                                                                          1. Drilling
                                                                            1. Environmental Impact Statement
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