Teacher-Friendly Guides

Regions> Northeast Topics> Environmental Issues> Resources

NORTHEAST GUIDE: Environmental Issues

FOR MORE INFORMATION...

If you know of other good resources please let us know! email jea25@cornell.edu

EARTHQUAKES

Earthquakes in Eastern North America: http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/geodame.html

Earthquakes in Vermont: http://www.anr.state.vt.us/geology/erthqks.htm#risks

National Earthquake Information Center USGS Earthquake Hazards Program: http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/current_seismicity.shtml

New England Seismic Network/MIT: http://www-erl.mit.edu/NESN/homepage.html

Weston Observatory: www.bc.edu/bc_org/avp/cas/wesobs/

Why does the earth quake in New England? http://www2.bc.edu/~kafka/Why_Quakes/why_quakes.html

Gale, Marjorie and George Springston, 1998, Earthquakes in Vermont, Educational Leaflet No. 1, Vermont Geological Survey: Waterbury, Vermont.

Kafka, Alan L., 2000, Public Misconceptions About Faults and Earthquakes in the Eastern United States: Is it our own fault? in Seismological Letters, vol. 71, no. 3

RADON

1992, A Citizen's Guide to Radon: The guide to protecting yourself and your family from radon, 2nd edition, EPA 402-k92-001.

Otton, James K., Linda C.S. Gundersen, and R. Randall Schumann, 1995, The Geology of Radon, US Department of the Interior/US Geological Survey: Reston, Virginia.

EPA Radon: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/radon/

Environmental Health Center/ National Safety Council on Radon: www.nsc.org/ehc/radon.htm

Radon in Earth, Air, and Water: http://sedwww.cr.usgs.gov:8080/radon/radonhome.html

LANDSLIDES

USGS National Landslide Information Center, Federal Center Box 25046 MS 966 Denver, CO 80225-0046

Landslides: http://landslides.usgs.gov/index.shtml

USGS Landslide Map of the United States: http://geopubs.wr.usgs.gov/map-mf/mf2329/

Kochanov, William E., 1999, Sinkholes in Pennsylvania, Educational Series 11, Pennsylvania Geological Survey: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

or choose another topic: