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Readings for the class were assigned for the sessions below.

WEEK #TOPICSREADINGS
2Geologic Time, Isotopic Tracers

Introduction to Rocks and Minerals
Amazon logo Merritts, D., A. de Wet, and K. Menking. Environmental Geology: an Earth System Science Approach. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1998, chapters 2, 3. ISBN: 9780716728344.

Liu, Jianguo, Gretchen C. Daily, Paul R. Ehrlich, and Gary W. Luck. "Effects of household dynamics on resource consumption and biodiversity." Nature 421 (January 30, 2003).

Bartlett, Albert A. "The World's Worst Population Problem." Wild Earth 7, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 88-90.

Population and the Environment (PDF)

Eberstadt, Nicholas. "Population Sense and Nonsense." AEI Online, Sunday, September 1, 2002.
3Rock and Mineral ID Mineral Resources and Hazards Hands on Mineral Lab

Energy Resources: Fossil Fuels, Alternative Energy

Water as a Resource
"Nuclear industry exec picked to head Yucca Mountain project," Las Vegas Sun, September 09, 2005, Associated Press.

"DOE proposes spending cuts for Yucca Mountain scientists," Las Vegas Sun, September 14, 2005, Associated Press.

Brumfiel, Geoff. "Senate nod prompts fresh analysis of nuclear waste dump." Nature 418 (July 18, 2002).

———. "Kerry pledges to axe Yucca Mountain nuclear-waste dump." Nature 430 (August 19, 2004).

———. "Fake papers hamper plans for nuclear store at Yucca Mountain." Nature 434 (March 24, 2005).

Macilwain, Colin. "Out of sight, out of mind?" Nature 412 (August 30, 2001).

Kerr, Richard A. "Nuclear Waste Disposal: Science and Policy Clash at Yucca Mountain." Science 288, no. 5466 (April 28, 2000): 602.

Ewing, Rodney C., and Allison Macfarlane. "Yucca Mountain." Science 296 (April 26, 2002).
5Pedogenesis and Soils

Waste Management
Amazon logo Merritts, D., A. de Wet, and K. Menking. Environmental Geology: an Earth System Science Approach. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1998, chapters 4, 5. ISBN: 9780716728344.
6Geology and Resources

Mineral Resources and Extraction

Geologic Hazards and Catastrophes

Plate Tectonics
de Wit, Maarten J. "Valuing copper mined from ore deposits." Ecological Economics 55 (2005): 437-443.

Amazon logo Dallmeyer, R. D. Physical Geology: Laboratory Text and Manual. 6th (Book and CD) ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall Hunt Pub. Co., September 1999, exercise 18. ISBN: 9780787259587.
8Seismology and Earthquake Hazards

Volcanism
Amazon logo Merritts, D., A. de Wet, and K. Menking. Environmental Geology: an Earth System Science Approach. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1998, chapter 7. ISBN: 9780716728344.
13Carbon Cycle and the Greenhouse Effect

Geology of Nuclear Reactor Siting and Waste Disposal
Amazon logo To review for the test: Merritts, D., A. de Wet, and K. Menking. Environmental Geology: an Earth System Science Approach. New York, NY: W.H. Freeman and Company, 1998, chapters 6, 8, 9, and 12. ISBN: 9780716728344.

 








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