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/