Geology

PROJECT 5

· Visit the Virtual Caves website: http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/index.html . Briefly describe and provide an example of solution caves, sea caves, erosional caves, and lava tube caves.

· Visit the Center for Cave and Karst Studies ( http://caveandkarst.wku.edu/ ). Discuss dye tracing.

· Visit the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSICD) site, scroll over Programs & Projects, and briefly discuss the contents of "What is the Cryosphere?" at: nsidc.org or Google "National Snow and Ice Data Center" for link.

· Briefly describe the major earth science programs of the following governmental agencies:

· USGS: www.usgs.gov

· U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE): http://www.boemre.gov/

· U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Coastal & Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL): http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/