Geoscience Education in the Mountain State:
	CATS Earth Science Connections IV
	Environmental Geochemistry Telecourse

Weekly Course Notes: February 5, 2002 (Show 3)

Outline

Dr. Deb Hemler, Dr. John Renton, and Dr. Bob Behling

Dr. Deb and Dr. Bob

• Water Tests
• Hard Water and Scale in Your Hot Water Heater!
• Abrasion pH

Break

Dr. Jack and Dr. Bob

• How Critters Make Rocks
  • Calcite and Aragonite: Calcium Carbonate in Nature Phosphates
• How Magma Makes Rocks
  • Magma and Resulting Silica Minerals
  • Silicate Structure: Linking the Si-O Tetrahedra
• How Plants Make Rocks
  • Petrified Wood
  • Scouring Rushes

Preview of Show #4: Next Class: February 12.

• The Chemistry of Ground Water and Ocean Water

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

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