Unit 1: "If an earthquake happens in the desert and no one lives there, should we care about it?" [How are human-made infrastructure lifelines affected by earthquakes?] part of Imaging Active Tectonics
This unit initiates a discussion about the importance of recognizing faults in relation to modern societal infrastructure. Students consider the types of infrastructure necessary to support a modern lifestyle, ...

Unit 2: Identifying faulting styles, rates and histories through analysis of geomorphic characteristics (Lidar) part of Imaging Active Tectonics
Can active faults be identified remotely, based upon their appearance in the landscape? How can the geomorphic features associated with active faults be used to classify and quantify fault movement? In this unit, ...

Unit 5: How do earthquakes affect society? part of Imaging Active Tectonics
Unit 5 is a final exercise that can start during a lab period and carry over into work outside of the lab time. The project report will test students' abilities to synthesize and apply knowledge related to ...

Imaging Active Tectonics with InSAR and Lidar part of Imaging Active Tectonics
In this module, students use lidar and InSAR data to understand the earthquake cycle, from individual earthquakes to landscape-forming timescales. This is motivated by consideration of earthquake hazards, ...

Unit 4: The phenomenology of earthquakes from InSAR data part of Imaging Active Tectonics
How are different types of earthquakes represented in InSAR data? How can we obtain detailed information on the earthquake source from InSAR data? How well can we resolve those details? In this unit, students ...

Unit 3: How to see an earthquake from space (InSAR) part of Imaging Active Tectonics
How can we tell what style of faulting was responsible for a particular earthquake? Especially in cases where there is limited instrumentation in a region, or where geologists have difficulty accessing the affected ...

Unit 3: Gravity and Magnetics Field Data Exercises part of Locating Subsurface Features using Gravity and Magnetics
This activity focuses on practical application of concepts discussed in Units 1 and 2 through the analysis of measured or provided field datasets. Students will follow experimental procedures to measure gravity ...

Module Overview for Instructors part of Forensic Geophysics Using Ground Penetrating Radar
Pipes, Tree Roots or Unmarked Graves? Using Ground Penetrating Radar for Forensic Geophysics The Ground-Penetrating Radar module of IGUaNA is designed to expose students to geophysical concepts and societal ...

Instructor Story: Sarah Kruse part of Evaluating the Health of an Urban Wetland Using Electrical Resistivity
Using the Evaluating the Health of an Urban Wetland Using Electrical Resistivity IGUaNA module at the University of South Florida I used these materials in my Dynamic Earth: Introduction to Physical Geology course ...

Unit 2: What does GPR data look like? part of Forensic Geophysics Using Ground Penetrating Radar
GPR imaging is more complex than is portrayed in the media. This unit describes what the GPR response for a buried object looks like. This is a distorted image of the object itself. Nevertheless, the response we do ...