What's New?

Reduced Math & Chemistry Levels
The author has paid special attention to reducing the level of math and chemistry in this edition. Reviewers and users alike had found that the math level was a bit too rigorous for their introductory students. They will be pleased with this change.

More Environmental Exercises
Both you and your students will benefit from the more focused approach to environmental geology. There are fewer physical geology labs and entirely new labs on more focused, environmental topics.

New Exercises:

• Exercise #11 Water Pollution
• Exercise #17 Non-fuel Mineral Resources
• Exercise #21 Alternative Energy Sources

Number of Labs Reduced
Still the most versatile lab for environmental geology, Blatt's lab now has a more realistic quantity of material to cover in one semester. The rock labs have been condensed from 3 separate labs into one great lab #3 Rocks.

Many Options
There are a wide range of stand-alone exercises that can be used in any order or combination. Excellent for custom publishing.

Full-Color Photographs
Full-color photography used in the rock and mineral exercises and topographic/geologic mapping exercises. Very clear and easy to use in identification exercises.

Varied Problems
This manual contains an abundance of problems at the end of each exercises that range in difficulty. You can selectively assign problems to match the level of students enrolled in the lab.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. What is Environmental Geology
2. Minerals
3. Rocks
4. Topographic Maps
5. Geologic Maps
6. Soils and Soil Pollution
7. Swelling Soils
8. Slope Stability and Landslides
9. River Processes
10. Floods
11. Groundwater
12. Water Pollution
13. Solid Waste Disposal
14. Coastal Erosion
15. Earthquakes
16. Volcanoes and Eruptions
17. Non Fuel Mineral Resources
18. Petroleum and Natural Gas
19. Coal
20. Air Pollution
21. Alternative Energy Sources
Appendices
Glossary
Mathematical Conversion Factors
Geologic Time Scale
Earth Science Information Centers
Environmental Journals

Accompanied by:

Instructor's Manual (0-697-28289-9)
This includes hints on how to choose exercises, suggestions for field trips and term projects, and answers to the problems in the manual.

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