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 Bud J. Benneman

Page Last Update January 16,  2007

 Geology Instructor Community College of Southern Nevada

bajabudbillabong@gmail.com

Geology 101, 101L Class Links Below

 

Todos Santos 55 km north of the southern tip of the Baja peninsula on the Pacific side

 

   Bud's Baja base camp in Pascerado 50 kilometers north of Cabo San Lucas.

 

 

Thesis:  Horizontal fluid flow unsaturated to saturation conditions within fractured rocks.  Fractures as barriers to capillary flow under unsaturated conditions and as piping during saturation.

Current Research:

Subsurface water flow rates in the Todos Santos Basin of Baja California Sur, Mexico.

The timing and estimated lag time of monsoon subsurface discharge rates at Punta Gasperano, Baja California, Sur.  

Coastal Resort impacts on shallow water aquifers in Cabo San Lucas, and San Jose Del Cabo Mexico.

 

Education:

Associates in Paralegal,  BS Economics, BS Geology, BS. Environmental Science, B.S Business Management, Five Summer terms Ludwig Von Misses University for Austrian Economics and Philosophy. Masters of Science Hydrology, Water Resources Management

Employment:

Part time Instructor Community College of Southern Nevada.

General Council: Fiesta Surf Development Corporation Mexico, corporate office Orange California.

Consultant: Coast Resorts Corporation Mexico, corporate office Irvine California.

 

TEACHING SPRING 2007, COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN NEVADA (CCSN)

                   Geology 101 Lecture Section 801, 11:00-12:20am West Charleston Monday& Wednesday

                   Geology 101 Lecture Section 802, 4:00-5:30pm West Charleston Monday & Wednesday

                   Geology 101 Lab Section 801, West Charleston 12:30-3:30 pm Monday

                   Geology 101 Lab Section 802, West Charleston 6:00-9:00pm Monday

                   Geology 101 Lab Section 803, West Charleston 12:30-3:30pm Wednesday

                   Geology 101 Lab Section 804, West Charleston 6:00-9:00pm Wednesday

 

 

                 

Quaternary Seminar Global Warming and the Anthropocene

Links for Geology 101 Bud J. Benneman. Lecture Sections 801& 802. Lab Sections 801,802,803, & 804,  Lecture Notes, Homework, Test Reviews, and Syllabus.

Lecture Syllabus

 Lab Syllabus

Ch 1 Scientific Method Wk 1

Ch 2 Plate Tectonics Wk 2

Ch 3 Mineral Properties Wk 3

Test 1 Review

Homework 1

Ch 4 Igneous Rocks Wk 4-5

Ch 6-7 Weathering and Sedimentary Rocks Wk 5-6

Ch 8 Metamorphic Rocks Wk 7

Test Two Review

Rock and Mineral Review

Ch 9 Geologic Time Wk 8-9

Homework Two

Ch10 Crustal Deformation Wk10

Ch 18 Glaciations and Climate Change Wk 11

Ch 16 Fluvial Systems Wk 12

 Test Three Review

Ch 11 Earthquakes Wk 13

Ch 19 Arid Environments, Basin and Range western United States Wk 15

Homework 3 Document

Lab Final Review

Final Exam Review

Links Baja California Mexico and class homework

1.   http://www.inegi.gob.mx/

INEGI Instituito Nacionakl de Estadica Geografe Informat.   Mexico Government Geographical information page.  Satellite photos, DEM's, Maps of geology, vegetation, precipitation.  Good satellite photographs.  Also complete demographic static's on income, population, tourism industry.  Lots of publications.  Some cool free stuff and some really cool stuff that will cost you $.  (5 to 30 meter resolution).

2.   http://www.worldwildlife.org/wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na0526_ful.html

Maps and remote sensing for major mountain ranges in Baja California including the Sierra De Laguna, Sierra De San Francisco.  High resolution photographs satellite, and air photography.  (30 meter resolution).

3. http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latestfault.htm

United States Geological Survey (USGS).  Latest Earthquakes to hit the western United States with magnitudes and major faults shown on a map.  Map is printable and my be saved as a file.

3. 

Agricultural fields north and up-basin of Todos Santos utilizes ground water flowing from the Sierra De Laguna Mountains in the background.  Increased ground water withdraw may have negative impacts on the Todos Santos Spring ( Bud J. Benneman, 2002).  Lower photograph shows Cretaceous granite rocks of the southern most point of the peninsula.

 

Very southern tip of the Baja Peninsula taken from an ultra-light plane (Bud J. Benneman, 2001).

 

 

Text Box: Bud J. Benneman 2001