Intended for an introductory course for majors and non-majors, this manual features math and chemistry coverage and lab exercises. Lab exercises focus on a range of environmental issues and include color photography. It covers the social issues relevant to environmental concerns and the effects of human intervention in geological processes.

This laboratory manual has been fine-tuned to fulfill the needs of an introductory course for majors and non-majors. Reduced math and chemistry coverage and condensed lab exercises make the manual more manageable for your one-semester course, while offering a range of problems to match each student's abilities. Lab exercises focus on a broad range of environmental issues and include full-color photography to make identification problems easier. Author Harvey Blatt also covers the social issues relevant to environmental concerns and the effects of human intervention in geological processes.

What is environmental geology
minerals
rocks
topographic
maps
geologic maps
soils and soil pollution
swelling soils
slope stability and landslides
river processes
floods

groundwater
water pollution
solid waste disposal
coastal
erosion
earthquakes
volcanoes and eruptions
non-fuel mineral resources
petroleum and natural gas
coal
air pollution
alternative energy sources
mathematical conversion factors
geological time scale
earth science information centres
environmental journals.