Geology Merit Badge

Troop 437

Badge Requirements

Carlsbad Caverns

General

What is Geology

Earth Materials

Earth Processes

Earth History

Geology and People

Careers in Geology

Texas Geology

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  Badge Requirements

Meritbadge.com
   
  Carlsbad Caverns

Carlsbad Caverns official geology page

New Mexico Bureau of Mines is the Geological Survey for New Mexico

Carlsbad Pages from the New Mexico Bureau of Mines

Rock removal at Carlsbad is done by volunteers

Guadalupe Mountains geology from the New Mexico Bureau of Mines

Institute for Creation Research paper on the formation of caves
   
  General Geology Badge links

Meritbadge.com - requirements, links

Geology Merit Badge - lots of information for Scouts

US Geological Survey Education/Outreach - Volcanoes, fossils, earthquakes, etc.

Mississippi State's Geology Merit Badge site
   
  Links for What is Geology

About.com has a good site for starting to learn about Geology

University of Tennessee has a good beginning site

Britannica's
short article on Geology

Britannica's
long article on Geology (almost book-length)
   
  Links for Earth Materials

Pictures of Rocks in the Great South Gems catalog

Beginning Rock Collecting
   
  Links for Earth Processes

Online Topographical Maps at TopoZone

Carlsbad overview from TopoZone

Carlsbad close-up from TopoZone

Ordering Topographical Maps from the US government
   
  Links for Earth History

Geologic Time Scale

Web Geological Time Machine - a description of the geological time eras

Misconceptions about the Geologic "Column" of layers - Institute for Creation Research

Does the Geologic Column Prove Evolution? - Institute for Creation Research
   
  Links for Geology and People
   
  Links for Careers in Geology
   
  Texas Geology

Bureau of Economic Geology is the Texas Geological Survey

Publications from the Bureau of Economic Geology