Geoscience Education in the Mountain State:
	CATS Earth Science Connections III
	Environmental Geology Telecourse

Weekly Course Notes: September 17, 2001 (Show 2)

Outline

Dr. Deb and Dr. Bob

• Discussion of Field Trips: November 3 (North); November 17 (South)
• Earthquake Information Resources
  • IRIS
  • USGS
  • State Agencies and FEMA

Break

Dr. Jack and Dr. Bob

• Plate Tectonics and Earthquakes
• What Causes Earthquakes?
  • Faults
  • Volcanic Eruptions
  • Human Activities
    Mining Explosions, Reservoirs, Bomb Tests
• Earthquake Waves
• Detecting Earthquakes and Collecting Data
• Living on a Restless Earth
  • The American West
  • The American East
    New Madrid, MO, 1810-1811: Charleston, SC, 1886
• Preview of Show #3: Volcanoes

Links

• Earthquake Information
  Virtual Earthquake Exercise
  http://vcourseware5.calstatela.edu/VirtualEarthquake

• Earthquake Information
  The United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin

• IRIS
  http://www.iris.edu/

• Earthquake Information
  The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  http://www.fema.gov/

Dr. Robert Behling (rbehling@wvu.edu)

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