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

Weekly Course Notes: November 12, 2001 (Show 8)

Outline

Dr. Deb and Dr. Bob

• The Southern Field Trip
• Environmental Web Sites
• North Carolina: CAMA Web Site
• Presque Isle as a Case Study

Break

Dr. Jack and Dr. Bob

• Mining and the Environment
  • Subsidence
  • Spoil
  • Chemical Reactions
• Benefication Problems at the Mine Sites
• Case Studies
  • Coal Mining
  • Base Metals as Sulfide Ores
  • Leaching Gold
• Preview of Show #9: November 26

• Climate Change
  • Paleoclimatology-Milankovitch Cycles
    • See additional resource reference to Gaia
• Waste
  • Landfills
  • Hazardous
• Water
  • Dams---removing
    • Kids' page on dams

Links

Environmental Literacy

• Environmental Literacy Council

Dr. Robert Behling (rbehling@wvu.edu)
Dr. Jack Renton (jrenton@wvu.edu)
Dr. Deb Hemler (dhemler@mail.fscwv.edu)

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