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Natural Resources and Regions part of Web Resource Collection
This short activity uses GIS to task students with observing, comparing, and contrasting the natural resources throughout the five regions of the U.S. This site includes all materials needed for an ...Subject: Environmental Science:Energy, Mineral Resources, Forest Resources, Environmental Science, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Sustainability
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Resource Type: Activities:Lab Activity, Classroom Activity
Mining the world’s most used minerals part of Web Resource Collection
This short activity uses GIS to demonstrate what mineral resources are commonly used in daily life and to learn the origins of these resources to better predict where they might be found. This site ...Subject: Environmental Science:Mineral Resources, Sustainability
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual, Activities:Lab Activity, Computer Applications
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Audio/Visual, Activities:Lab Activity, Computer Applications
Expanding boundaries of exploration part of Web Resource Collection
The appetite for mining beyond the confines of the land does not end with the deep ocean: celestial bodies, too, have stirred commercial interest. The prospect of mining the ocean floors and bodies ...Subject: Environmental Science:Sustainability, Policy:Environmental Decision-Making, Environmental Ethics/Values, Geography:Human/Cultural, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining, Environmental Science, Geoscience, Geology:Environmental Geology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Geology photo search page part of Web Resource Collection
This page contains a search engine to locate specific photos by keyword. All photos are freely downloadable and are at resolutions sufficient for power point.Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geomorphology, Historical Geology, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Geoscience:Paleontology, Geology:Sedimentary Geology, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources, Waste, Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Structural Geology, Environmental Science:Energy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations
Mineral Resources On Line Spatial Data part of Web Resource Collection
Ths portal allows users to view or download spatial data on regional and global geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and mineral resources. The data can be accessed by using interactive map browsers of ...Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Environmental Mineralogy, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geochemistry:Organic and Biochemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Geochemistry, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources, Geoscience:Hydrology, Geology:Environmental Geology, Sedimentary Geology, Geophysics:Mineral Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Processes
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Maps
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets, Audio/Visual:Maps
A Town Left To Die part of Web Resource Collection
This site provides links to a collection of Seattle Post-Intelligencer newspaper articles about the history of asbestos-contaminated vermiculite mining in Libby, Montana. Topics of the articles ...Subject: Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Restoration/Reclamation
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection
Ideas for Resources: Geology Lab Manual (title provided or enhanced by cataloger) part of Web Resource Collection
This site offers an overview of role-playing activities that were designed to support a course in resources or environmental geology. It contains a partially-fleshed-out list of questions and ...Subject: Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity, Mineral Resources:Mining, Geoscience:Geology, Environmental Science:Energy
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities
Resource Type: Activities:Classroom Activity, Activities
Environmental Frontlines Issue Summary: mining on public lands part of Web Resource Collection
This case study provided by the Environmental Frontline organization is a summary of the 1872 general mining law reform. It includes background information, facts and figures, 'quotable ...Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Economics, US National Policy, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Policy Resources
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Policy Resources
Environmental Frontlines Issue Summary: mining on public lands part of Web Resource Collection
This case study provided by the Environmental Frontline organization is a summary of the 1872 general mining law reform. It includes background information, facts and figures, 'quotable ...Subject: Environmental Science:Policy:Environmental Economics, US National Policy, Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Policy Resources
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Policy Resources
Beneficial Use Alternatives part of Web Resource Collection
This 160-page PDF document is a chapter from a book on coalbed methane (CBM). This chapter identifies and discusses traditional technologies along with new or innovative applications of existing ...Subject: Environmental Science:Waste:Waste Solid :Industrial Waste, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Groundwater , Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Restoration/Reclamation, Geoscience:Hydrology:Ground Water, Environmental Science:Energy:Fossil Fuels, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Hydrology:Surface Water, Environmental Science:Water Quality and Quantity:Surface Water , Environmental Science:Mineral Resources:Mining
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Research Results, Audio/Visual:Maps, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work