Lisa Walsh

Geology

University of Maryland-College Park

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Topographic Maps part of Career Development:Pursuing an Academic Career 2010:Teaching Activities
This geology lab is designed to teach students the basic skills needed to read, construct, and interpret topographic maps. The goal of this lab is to help students build direct connections between the topography ...

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Digital Topography: Should you choose a TIN or raster interpolation of the landscape? part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
The recent explosion of Geographic Information System (GIS) tools enable geoscientists to visualize the Earth's surface in three dimensions using digital topography. Digital topography can be represented in ...

Topographic signatures of lithologies in the Modi Khola valley of central Nepal part of Vignettes:Vignette Collection
Rock resistivity to erosion plays a vital role in the evolution of the Earth's topography. Since different rock types exhibit different levels of resistivity to erosion, the more resistant rock types tend to ...