Introduction to geology and Internet resources for geology students

• *** The Virtual Geoscience Professor (Created by John Butler, Dept. Geosciences, Univ. of Houston, TX): Field trips, Java applets, lectures, projects, and more.
  
• ****The Nine Planets--A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett
• **** Explorezone. com --A great site for exploring the Earth!
• Brooks/Cole Earth Science Resource Center
• Houghton Mifflin Company Geology Links
• Homework Central.com Earth Science Index

General metaindices with links to geology-related web sites

•  ****GEOWEB Searchable and clickable index to the Geosciences
• ****Bill Thoen's Online Resources for Earth Scientists (ORES)
• ****The Daily Planet Excellent site maintained by the Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Univ. if Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• ** Earth Science Resources: (WWW Virtual Library) index of earth science journals, software, and websites
• WebDogs: University of Kentucky Geology Department
• United States Geological Survey
  • USGS Mapping information
  • USGS Earth Science Information Center
  • USGSFlagstaff Field Center
  • USGSEarth and Environmental Science Index
  • USGSAsk-a-Geologist
  • USGS hazard site
  • USGS latest earthquake information
  • ***USGS at CVO USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory Not just about volcanoes!
  • The Learning Web
• Earth and Mineral Science Learning Resources: Understanding Earth Systems (Penn State)
• University of Texas, Walter Geology Library: Virtual field trips
• Resource Central: Geology

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Physical Geology Texts and Other Online Physical Geology Lectures

• Physical Geology Online by Pamela Gore, Georgia Perimeter College. Well-organized and illustrated lectures.
• Physcial Geology GEO-10, Union College
• Lynn Fichter's from Geology Web Sites, James Mason University
• GEOL 118.3 for Engineers, Malcolm Reeves, Ben Rostron and Doug Stead, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan,

Topics of general interest to Physical Geology students

Introduction to the Earth

*** Introduction to the Earth from Calvin Hamilton's Views Of The Solar System: An educational tour of the solar system. Great images.

Windows to the Universe, University of Michigan

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Matter and Minerals

• Earth, Air, Fire and Water Article #877 by Sue Ann Bowling
• Making Matter, The Atomic Structure of Minerals by A.W. Hewat
• Web Elements: Periodic table compiled by Mark Winter [University of Sheffield, England]

   

• Minerals etc.
  • The Minerology Database: Mineral database with search engine.
  • The Mineral and Gemstone Kindgom: Mineral database with search engine.
  • Hands on Molecular Science
  • Mineral sites. maintained by Brigham and Young University. Contains all the links to some classic mineral sites such as the Mineral Gallery, Athena Mineralogy, and more.
  • The Mineral and Gemstone Kindgom: Mineral database with search engine.
  • Gallery, Athena Mineralogy, and more.
  • Silicate chemistry from AGSO's Geoscience Education program
  • USGS Mineral Information

   

• online course
  • Gems and Precious Stones: IProf. Jill Banfield: jill@geology.wisc.edu Geology and Geophysics University of Wisconsin-Madison. Course Description: The course cover general topics central to gemology, mineralogy, and geology; with lectures and visual materials covering diamonds and diamond simulants, rubies, sapphires, varieties of beryl (e.g., emerald), and other precious and semi-precious stones (18 lectures, links to sites providing supporting information, hundreds of images and diagrams). Materials may be accessed freely.

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Rocks

• Rockhound information page
• Robs Granite Page
• VirtualRock Atlas (University of North Carolina)
• Igneous
  • Igneous rocks, Lynn Fichter's from Geology Web Sites, James Mason University
  • Igneous rocks, Pamela Gore, Georgia Perimeter College
  • Igneous rocks, Dept. of Geology, Union College
• Sedimentary
  • Sedimentary rocks, Lynn Fichter's from Geology Web Sites,
  • Sedimentary Archive by Pamela J. W. Gore, Georgia Perimeter College
• Metamorphic
• Metamorphic rock, Lynn Fichter's from Geology Web Sites,
• Uses of Rocks and Minerals
  • USGS Mineral Resource Program
  • Economic Mineral Database, Geologynet Online Geology Databases
  • Common Minerals and their Uses Mineral Information Institute
  • Rocks and mineral uses from rocksandminerals.com
  • Minerals and their uses, National Mining Association
  • Minerals in your home, Mineralogical Society of America

     

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Plate Tectonics

• ***The Plates Project University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
• Plate Tectonics University of CA, Berkley
• Plate Tectonics.com
  
• Map of plate boundaries
  • volcanoworld
  • **Digital tectonic activity map (gsfc.nasa)
• Library-in-the-Sky (Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory) Plate Tectonics site: links to numerous site explaining plate tectonics, including that provided by the USGS.
  
• The Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
  
• Petrology and Plate Tectonics (Pomona University)
  
• Plate Tectonic Reconstructions:
  • Christopher Scotese's Paleomap Project: Earth History
  • Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network (ODSN) Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Site.
  • Deconstructing Pangea is a Webdogs (Univ of Kentucky Dept. of Geology) animation illustrating the breakup of Pangea from 150 my to present. The reconstruction was compile using a 31 ODSN maps. The rate of motion can be controlled by dragging the curser (hand). The ODSN also has a good but rapid paced animation of the breakup of Pangea.
    
• The seafloor and plate boundaries Map site put together by Dr. Karen Grove, San Francisco State Univ
  
• University of Tokyo-Plate tectonic calculator

   

• NASA Tectonic Maps
• World Maps: Tectonic Plates and the sea floor
  • World topography with outlines of the 12 major plates. Plates are not labeled and boundry types are not identified. (Univ. of Oregon)
  • Isochronic map of the Sea Floor from Digital Isochrons of the World's Ocean Floor (Canada Natural Resources)
  • 2-minute World Relief-View Images On-line at NGDC: Detailed topography only

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Weathering, Mass Wasting and Soils

• Dawn's Rock Deterioration Page Dawn T. Nicholson. Page in progress.
• Weathering and Man
  • Salt decay in building sandstones Masonary Conservation Research Group
  • Soils, Weathering, and Nutrients University of Michigan Global Change Project
  • Qlabs Weathering Research Labs: Learn how weathering affects the products we use.

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Volcanoes

• VolcanoWorld
  • Types of Volcanoes
  • VolcanoWorld search engine allows you to search their site for information on specific volcanoes and volcanic features
• Introduction of Terrestrial Volcanoes (Calvin Hamilton's Solar System Homepage )
• Volcanic landforms from space (NASA GFS): includes the Valles Caldera, Pinacate Field, etc.
• Volcano Information Center
• Thinkquest's Volcanoes Online
• Michigan Technical University 's Volcano Page --volcano database
• Dartmouth's Electronic Volcano
• Alaskan Volcano Observatory: Interactive atlas of Alaskan Volcanoes
• NASA EOS IDS
• USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory
• Smithsonian Institute- Global Volcanism Program: Includes an extensive database of volcanoes and interactive global index map of vocanic regions

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Geologic Time

• Explore Geologic Time with Enchanted Learning Software. This interactive site lets you explore the events of each period.
• Geologic time scale analogy: metaphors to illustrate the vastness of geologic time
• EdOnline Museum Victoria, Au
• WebDoGS Time Machine (Java) Another interactive time scale.
• To learn about absolute dating go to Geology Labs On-Line's Virtual Dating Page
• For a good introduction to absolute dating visit the Absolute Dating page of the Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, (Geol. 118.3).
• Geologic Time Comprehensive discussion of geologic time by William Newman, USGS
• Geologic time scale analogy: metaphors to illustrate the vastness of geologic time
• Relative age dating exercise: Relative age dating of rocks in Salem, MA.
• Grand Canyon stratigraphy. Univ. of Akron Geologic Instruction Resource site
• Unconformities in the Grand Canyon by Richard S. Naylor,Dept. of Geology -- Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA

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Natural Disasters

• Altavista Natural Disaster Index
• ***Nasa's Natural Disaster Reference Database (eruptions, storm surges, lahars, tsunami, landslides, etc.)
• Lycos Science Guide: Natural Disasters Mini-Guide

Earthquakes

• ***Virtual Earthquake Richter Magnitude and locating an earthquake's epicenter are introduced using an interactive computer program.
  EQNET: Earthquake Hazards Mitigation Information Network: A compilation of Internet resources related to earthquake hazards.
• *** USGS NEIC: National Earthquake Information Center World Data Center for Seismology
  • Glossary of earthquake terms
  • World Siesmisity: Distribution of earthquakes by country: Giff images with topography
• National Earthquake information Center
  • Near Real Time Earthquake List
• Live Earthquake Maps from Arc Data Online
• Plate Tectonics, the causes of earthquakes
• Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program
  World-wide earthquake locator: list of recent earthquakes and map locations
  
• Earthquake Resource Center: Comprehensive index to earthquake sites and information. Check out and locate the most Recent Global Events
  
• Seismic Hazard Map, Swiss Seismological Service: Global map showing the probability of severe ground shaking in the next 50 years
• Earthquake Information: List recent earthquakes with map locations

Landslides and subsidence

• ** Anaheim Landslide Site National Landslide Information Center
• Natural Hazards: Landslides
• landslides /subsidence
• ** Landslides in Japan
  

Tsunami

• University of Washington's Tsunami site
• Pacific Tsunami Museum

Flooding

Volcanic Eruptions

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Hydrology

• The Water Cycle By Steve Graham, Claire Par, NASA's Earth Observatory
• Basic review of the: The Hydrologic System: Indiana Geological Survey
• United States Geological Survey (USGS): Water Science for Schools
• American Rivers: Environmental issues concerning our rivers
• Glossaries:
  • NWS Glossary of Hydrologic
  • USGS Glossary of Water terms
  • EPA groundwater glossary
• EPA Groundwater Primer

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Glaciers, Sea Ice and Climatic Change

•  Glaciers
• Climate Clues in the Ice Laurie J. Schmidt, NOAA Earth Observatory
• Thinning Greenland Ice Sheet NOAA Earth Observatory

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Miscelany

• Dinosauria Online
• National Parks Parknet Student taking the Geology of National Parks might be interested in this site.
• Mars Pathfinder and Space Science: USGS list of site links
• Dino Russ's Lair Dinosaur and vertebrate paleontology information

Popular Science Magazines

• Discover
• Earth
• National Geographic
• Science News
• Scientific American
• The NewScientist
• The Skeptical Inquirer Magazine --just for fun

GLS100 Syllabus

Instructor: Dr. Lindley Hanson

 

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