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Environmental Geology Picks

Environmental Geology investigates Earth's processes, Earth's resources, and the engineering properties of Earth's materials. The goals are to protect people, property and the environment from human activities and natural processes.

To help explain and understand environmental geology better, I have compiled some of the best sites on the web! Enjoy exploring Environmental Geology.

Christy Pratt

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Air Pollution

- Up to Date Air Quality Information - AIRNOW
- Air Pollution - MSN Encarta
- Facts on Pollution - Find your county's report
- Effects of Air Pollution - EPA
- Air Pollution Causes - Health and Energy
- Types of Air Pollution - GreenPack
- Controlling Air Pollution - Great Pictures
- Air Quality Standards - EPA

Earth Impact

- Meteor Impact Structures - Interactive Map
- The Vredefort Dome
- Terrestrial Impact Craters - Calvin J. Hamilton
- Asteroids and Meteorites - PERMANENT
- Impact Craters on Earth - UCSD

Earthquakes

- Earthquake Safety Tips
- Earthquake Hazard Program - USGS
- Earthquake History and Information - USGS
- San Andreas Fault, California - USGS
- Recent Earthquakes - USGS
- Top 10 Earthquake Lists and Maps - USGS
- Real Time Seismograph Data - USGS
- Earthquakes for Kids - USGS

Earth's Structure

- Mohorovicic Discontinuity - The Moho
- Earth's Internal Structure
- Layers of the Earth - ThinkQuest
- Earth's Interior
- Inside the Earth - Enchanted Learning
- Earth's Structure - Think Quest
- Mantle Convection
- Lithosphere and Asthenosphere - UCAR

Energy Resources

- Giant Oil Discovery
- Energy Quest - for Students and Teachers
- Fossil Energy - Department of Energy
- Fossil Fuels - California Energy Commission
- Learning About Fossil Fuels - Energy.gov
- USGS - Energy Resource Program
- Natural Gas Exploration and Development
- Chevron Oil and Gas Learning Center
- Types of Energy Resources

Erosion

- Erosion and Conservation - Dr. J. Floor Anthoni
- Coastal and Nearshore Erosion - USGS
- Beach Erosion - WhyFiles
- Wind Erosion - KSU
- Erosion Control - UGA
- Water Erosion Prevention - University of Alberta

Flooding

- Hydrographs
- Gaging Station
- Federal Emergency Management - FEMA
- Real Time Water Resource Data - USGS
- Flooding Facts - The Weather Channel
- Basics of Flooding
- How to be Prepared - FEMA
- Forces of Nature - Think Quest

Global Climate Change

- Global Warming Graph and Map Information
- Climate Change - Council on Foreign Relations
- Overview of Climate Change
- Global Climate Change - Pew Center
- Global Warming - NewScientist
- Early Warning Signs of Global Warming
- A Changing World - BBC News
- A Changing Climate - NCDC
- Global Warming - EPA
- Global Change Master Directory - NASA

Hurricanes

- How Hurricanes are Named
- Storm Surge - Storm Tide
- National Hurricane Center - NOAA
- Hurricanes - NOAA
- Hurricnaes for Kids - FEMA
- Interact with Hurricanes - UIUC
- How Hurricanes Work
- Hurricane Information - FEMA
- Hurricane Research - AOML
- Hurricane Safety Tips - American Red Cross
- The Power of Hurricanes - NASA

Landslides

- Slides! - Knowledge Network
- Landslides - USGS
- Landslide Overview Map of the US - USGS
- Recent Landslides - USGS
- Damaging Landslides - US Search and Rescue
- Landslides for Students - USGS

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Mineral Resources

- US Gemstone Production
- Mineral Resources Program - USGS
- Mineral Resource Data - USGS
- Diamonds
- Gold

Minerals and Rocks

- Mineral Identification Chart - By Art Crossman
- Tumble Polishing Rocks
- Crystallography
- Minerals by Name
- Common Minerals and Their Uses
- All About Rocks

Plate Tectonics

- Teaching Plate Tectonics - Very Helpful
- Plate Tectonics Tour - Interactive Map
- Pangaea
- Tectonics Map - Interactive Puzzle
- PaleoMap Project - Christopher R. Scotese
- Paleogeography Through Geologic Time
- Plate Tectonics Software - Tasa Graphic Arts
- University of California at Berkeley- Tectonics
- Plate Tectonics and People - USGS
- Major Tectonic Plates - USGS

Soils

- Web Soil Survey - NRCS
- What is Soil
- What is a Soil Profile
- Soil Profiles of Pennsylvania -NRCS
- Soil Properties
- Soil Pollution - GreenPack
- Introduction to Soils - Dr. Michael Pidwirny

Subsidence

- Human Impacts on the Landscape - USGS
- Land Subsidence in the US - USGS
- Subsidence and Collapse - Stephen A. Nelson
- Types of Subsidence
- Mine Subsidence - DEP

Tsunamis

- What Causes a Tsunami
- A Threat in the Atlantic Ocean
- Tsunami! - University of Washington
- Tsunami Information - Australian Government
- A Deadly Force - PBS
- The Great Waves - NOAA
- A National Threst - USGS
- California's Threat - USGS
- Is the United States at Risk - PSU

Volcanic Activity

- The Most Dangerous Volcanoes in the US
- Olympus Mons - largest in solar system
- Cascade Volcano Observatory - USGS
- Long Valley Caldera, California - USGS
- Hawaii Volcano Observatory - USGS
- National Geographic
- Vesuvius deadly activity - NOVA
- Volcano world
- Volcano Hazards - US Geological Survey
- Mount St. Helens - USGS
- Earth's Active Volcanoes - MTU

Waste Management

- Civilian Radioactive Waste Management - DOE
- Recycling - Global Recycling Network
- Municipal Solid Waste - EPA
- Integrated Waste Management - California
- Elements of IWM - European Commission
- Texas Administrative Code
- Federal Landfill Regulations - EPA
- Waste Disposal - Luke Bassis
- How to Reduce Waste

Water Pollution

- Water Pollution and Society
- Water Pollution - Think Quest
- Nonpoint Source Pollution - EPA
- Groundwater Pollution
- The Management of Water

Water Resources

- Water Resources of the US - USGS
- What is Surface Water
- Hydrologic Cycle - NASA
- Groundwater and Aquifers
- Water Use in the United States - USGS
- Water Data for the Nation - USGS
- The Water Planet - Flash Movie

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