Geoscience Education in the Mountain State: CATS Applied Geology Telecourse, Spring 2000, Quiz 4 (25 Points) Due date is April 21.

Quiz Instructions:

You may submit your quiz answers using one of the following four methods. (Regardless of the method you use, don't forget to include your name.)

1. fax to Tom Repine:

         fax number:  304-594-2575
      

2. regular mail to Tom Repine postmarked no later than the quiz due date:

            address:  West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey
                      Mont Chateau Research Center
                      P.O. Box 879
                      Morgantown, WV  26507-0879
      

3. handing a hard copy to your facilitator:

4. electronically:
   Please note that the electronic format has changed. The on-line form will no longer be used. Please read and follow the instructions shown below to submit your answers electronically.
   • Compose your answers in a word processor such as WordPerfect or Word.
   • Save a copy of your answers.
   • Click on the quiz e-mail submission address, repine@wvgs.wvnet.edu.
   • Cut and paste your answers from your word processor into the body of the e-mail box. You do not need to retype the questions. But, please number the answers to correspond to the question number.
   • Make sure that your e-mail address is clearly visible.
   • Send the e-mail.
   • Tom will confirm that your submission was successful with a short response.

Quiz Questions:

13. +4 Identify the two types of under-ground coal mining which have created subsidence problems in Marion County and elsewhere in north central West Virginia. For each, indicate the timing of subsidence with respect to mining (that is, how long following removal of the coal does it take to realize subsidence is occurring).

14. +6 Identify four specific sources of information on mountaintop removal. Two of them are to be WEB sites. Identify two counties in West Virginia where this is a critical issue--without this type of mining, the coal cannot be economically removed.

15. +4 In Vienna, West Virginia, the pollution of the ground-water system was a point-source type. What was the aquifer? What did the city have to do with respect to providing clean water for the citizens?

16. +4 What is a Superfund site? Is this designation established by state or federal agencies? Identify one such site in West Virginia. Where would you look for a list of all Superfund sites in West Virginia?

17. +2 Which isotope of carbon is naturally radioactive?

18. +2 After five half-lives, how much radioactive isotope remains?

19. +3 What is the geologic medium in which HLW would be stored if the Yucca Mountain Project is completed and goes on line? Why does the situation with respect to ground water at Yucca Mountain appear to support the choice of this location?

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