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11. Using the online resources (or the actual publications)
from the USGS study on the New Lead Belt that began in
2000, prepare two or three lab questions based on those
reports that would be suitable for use by your fellow stu-
dents. Include the full reference, any diagrams or tables, and
the questions. Also include the answers that you expect for
each of the questions. You can focus on either the geological
or the biological data or use both. (The instructor might
make this a take-home assignment, depending on available
resources and time, and possibly a group assignment. Select

from suggested references below or others that you find that
might be useful. Full references are in the Bibliography sec-
tion of this manual.)
Besser et al. 2006 http://www.springerlink.com/
content/r4t8q457354847t0/; Brumbaugh et al., 2007 http:
/ /pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2007/5057/, Schmitt et al., 2007a, 2007b.

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