Internet Resources for Geology and Human Health

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Environmental Studies of Mineral Deposits in Alaska part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/b2156/b2156.htm

This collection of articles summarizes environmental geochemical studies of metallic mineral deposits in Alaska, including sulfide, gold, mercury, chromium, and uranium mines and deposits. The ...

Health Topics: Minerals, Radionuclides, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Heavy Metals, Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations

Asbestos part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.consrv.ca.gov/cgs/minerals/hazardous_minerals...

This California Geological Survey site provides information about naturally occurring chrysotile and amphibole asbestos in ultramafic rocks and the possible health hazards of asbestos dust from the ...

Health Topics: Controls on Bioavailability, Minerals, Airborne Transport Processes, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/acdisc/TOMS/tomsl3_dataset...

This NASA website documents the detection, tracking and measurement of volcanic eruption plumes from space. The site features an image archive of satellite data that has been used to create maps and ...

Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Gases
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Love Canal Collection part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/lovecanal/

Between 1947 and 1952, Hooker Chemicals and Plastic Corporation buried thousands of tons of chemical waste in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York. By 1978, President Jimmy Carter had ...

Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Controls on Bioavailability, Public Policy, Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

Asbestos Hazard Assessment part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/powell/core_as...

This interactive site introduces students to concepts related to asbestos and how geologists analyze asbestos in building materials. The site is divided into three components: the geology of ...

Health Topics: Minerals, Airborne Transport Processes, Analytical Techniques, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis
Resource Type: Activities:Project:Investigative Case Studies, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Course Information:Course Site

Asbestos Hazard Assessment part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/powell/core_as...

This interactive site introduces students to concepts related to asbestos and how geologists analyze asbestos in building materials. The site is divided into three components: the geology of ...

Love Canal Collection part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/lovecanal/

Between 1947 and 1952, Hooker Chemicals and Plastic Corporation buried thousands of tons of chemical waste in the Love Canal area of Niagara Falls, New York. By 1978, President Jimmy Carter had ...

Asbestos Hazard Assessment part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/geology/powell/core_as...

This interactive site introduces students to concepts related to asbestos and how geologists analyze asbestos in building materials. The site is divided into three components: the geology of ...

The World's Water: Information on the World's Freshwater Resources part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://www.worldwater.org/

The World's Water is dedicated to providing up-to-date water information, data, and web connections to organizations, institutions, and individuals working on a wide range of global freshwater ...

Health Topics: Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Waterborne Transport Processes
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Datasets and Tools:Datasets

Visible Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection

http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/

This site provides a searchable collection of NASA Earth science images, animations and data visualizations. Most images are available at multiple resolutions, with a description of the image and ...

Health Topics: Biogenic Hazards, Airborne Transport Processes, Gases, Epidemiology and Risk Analysis, Other, Minerals
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations, Animations/Video, Scientific Resources:Collection