Related Science Links - Geology

Contents

• Geology Link Directories
• General Websites about Geology
• Geological Processes
• Structural Geology
• Plate Tectonics Theory
• Landforms
• Glaciers and Glacial Geology
• Geology and Climate Change
• Evidence of Ice Ages
• Geology and the History of Life
• Geology of Specific Regions
• Volcanos
• Earthquakes
• Rocks and Minerals
• Mineralogy
• Miscelaneous Geology Links
• Related Pages on this Website

Geology Link Directories

• Rocks and Minerals
  Grade school level link suggestions.
• Geology - K-12 Resoures from Johnston Seismic Consulting, Canada. Many strong-content links.
• Ill. State Geological Survey Earth Science and Geology Links-by Category
• Association of American State Geologists
  Includes links to the state geological surveys.
• Pangea International geology links
• Geology programs at universities
• Geoscience Resources
• Websurfer's Biweekly Earth Science Review My thanks to REFJANE for this link!
• Aleta's Geology Links
• WORTH PUBLISHERS PRESENTS: geologylink.com
• World-Wide Web Virtual Library- Earth Sciences
• Links for Palaeobotanists
  This is the first of seven very extensive link pages at the Mineralogisches Institut, Universität Würzburg.
• Gareth Mill's Internet Geoscience Related Homepage
• West's Geology Directory
• ICE Geology Links Cornell.
• Geology and the Environment Internet Resource Guide
• The Swedish Federation of Amateur Geologists
  They have many links on very particular topics, especially in mineralogy.

General Websites about Geology

• Fundamentals of Physical Geography Michael J. Pidwirny, Okanagan University College.
• Rockhound Home Page
• U.S. Geological Survey
• This Dynamic Earth [USGS] @ The Learning Web at the U.S. Geological Survey
• USGS Flagstaff Space Mission Support Page
• USGS Geologic Information -- Books
• USGS General Interest Publications
Includes:

• Fossils- Rocks- and Time
• Plate Tectonics / PaleoMap Project
• USGS-NPS Geology in the National Parks
• What is a Geologic Map?
• Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers
• USGS earthquake links are in the Earthquakes Section.
• UC Berkeley Museum of Paleantology
• The Hooper Paleontological Museum Ottawa.
• Ask an Earth Scientist @ University of Hawaii.
• Earth Science Picture of the Day USRA
• Hall of Planet Earth American Museum of Natural History (New York).
• Visualizing Earth UCSD
  Note that the Fun Section contains a nice overview of geology covering many topics.
• Geology 311 -Earth Materials Jack Rice
  A very good reference.
• Overview of the Earth from the core to the upper atmosphere Geo 121 PRINCIPLES OF GLOBAL DYNAMICS, An Introduction to Geodynamics, Univ. of NC @ Chapel Hill
• GEOE 118.3 Geology for Engineers Univ. of Saskatchewan.
• Changing views of the history of the Earth , Richard Harter.
• There are many links on the Planetary Science pages.
• Also see Planet Earth.

Geological Processes

• ScienceWeb - The Burgess Shale Project - Geology (Canada)
• Origin & Formation of Rocks
• The Rock Cycle
• Chevron Learning Center
  "What is Crude Oil?" and "Petroleum Prospecting Primer."

Structural Geology

• Structural Geology on the Web

Plate Tectonics Theory

• Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics Views of the Solar System.
• Plate Tectonics
• Plate Tectonics, the Cause of Earthquakes
• Beyond Discovery- When the Earth Moves- Seafloor Spreading and Plate Tectonics
• Hot Science: Continents on the Move from PBS NOVA.

Landforms

• Color Landform Atlas of the United States Johns Hopkins APL.
• Geomorphology from Space
• Geomorfologia Wirtualna - Virtual Geomorphology in Polish and English.
• Earth Sciences Sector for Kids and Teachers Natural Resources Canada.
  Link directory includes a number of pages on remote sensing science. The pages I've browsed are about middle school level.
• Terrain Sciences, Geological Survey of Canada
• For impact craters see Meteors, Meteorites & Impacts in the Solar System section.
• Also see Planet Earth

Glaciers and Glacial Geology

• Glacial Geology at the University of Cincinnati
• ES 331/767 Ice Age Environments/Quaternary Geology Prof. James S. Aber, Emporia State University, Kansas.
• Glaciers Rice University
  Perhaps this is more accurately a polar physical science website. Includes several interdisciplinary sections, such as on oceans and weather, as well as ice.
• All about Glaciers National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
• Also see Geology and Climate Change.
• Also see Geology of Specific Regions.
• Also see Atmospheric Science - Climate.

Geology and Climate Change

• American Geophysical Union: Science for Everyone:
• Climate & Global Change
• Global Hydrology and Climate Center (NASA MSFC).
• NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (New York City)
• Milutin Milankovitch NASA Earth Observatory.
  He's the one who proposed Earth's climate changes can be induced by regular variations in Earth's orbit -- the Milankovitch Cycles.
• Milankovitch Cycles in Paleoclimate
  A brief illustration. By Scott Rutherford.
• The Milankovitch Theory a student project by Kerrie Howard, for ES 767 Quaternary Geology November 2002. Emporia State University, Kansas.
• Also see Atmospheric Sciences - Climate.

Evidence of Ice Ages

• Ice Ages @ Illinois State Museum
• What Causes Ice Ages? @ Rice University's Glaciers website.
• ES 331-767 - Ice Age Environments-Quaternary Geology Emporia State University, Kansas. Some of the lecture notes address climate change causes.
• The Big Chill Popular Mechanics article about the theory that the rise of the Himalayas disrupted Earth's CO2 balance and triggered ice ages. October 1999.
• BBC Horizon - Snowball Earth TV documentary, February 22, 2001.

Geology and the History of Life

• UC Berkeley Museum of Paleantology
• UCMP Web Geological Time Machine, a tour of the time periods of geological history, with a short background history of the science.
• Life Through Geologic Time
• DINOSAURS 1997 course notes and resources @ Columbia University.
• Lecture 7 - Earth's First 3.7 Billion Years
• Lecture 23 - Impact Theory of Mass Extinction
• DOL Dinosaur Omnipedia
• Fossils of Nova Scotia, Canada
• Also see the Life in the Universe (Exobiology) Page.
• Also see Meteors, Meteorites & Impacts in the Solar System section.

Geology of Specific Regions

• Association of American State Geologists
  Includes links to the state geological surveys.
• USGS-NPS Geology in the National Parks
• New York Geology Resource Page
• Also see my New York pages for the geology of New York and its surrounding regions.
• Maine Geological Survey
• Univ. of Arizona Dept. of Geosciences Outreach Pages
• The Geology of the Grand Canyon
• Arizona Geology Virtual Tourist: Home Page by Stephen J. Reynolds, Arizona State Univ.
• Arizona Sedimentary Geology Page by Chris Schur.
• Stratigraphy and Sedimentology on the Colorado Home Page of Dr. Ron Bakely
• Global Earth History
• Virtual geological field trips by Joe Dellinger San Andreas fault.
• Visualizing Earth UCSD
  See Fun - Geology for pages about San Diego County (Calf.) geology.
• The Virtual Geosciences Professor. Includes a nice listing of virtual geology fieldtrips.
• ScienceWeb - The Burgess Shale Project - Geology (Canada)
• The Hooper Paleontological Museum Ottawa.
  See "Field Trips" and "Local Geology."
• Fossils of Nova Scotia, Canada
• Geologic History of the Canadian Rockies by Rocky Mountain Hiking.
• A virtual geological field trip to Iceland by Patrick M. Colgan and Magdalena Pavlak. Northeastern Univ.
• Tibet - A Virtual Field Trip (Geology, Culture, and Politics).
• Birth of the Himalaya (PBS NOVA)
• Destination: Himalayas - Where Earth Meets Sky (ThinkQuest student project)
• The Crustal Structure of China from Deep Seismic Sounding Profiles by Songlin Li (State Seismic Bureau, China) and Walter D. Mooney (USGS).
• I have some links about geoscience in Japan on my page More About Japan.
• Encyclopaedia Antarctica by Antarctic Adventure, Australia.
  The Physical Environment section includes information about geology, climate, oceans, glaciology, palaeontology, and meteorites.

Volcanos

• How Volcanoes Work Dr. Vic Camp, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University.
• Volcano Information Center
• Volcano World Univ. of North Dakota. [alternate URL]
• MTU Volcanoes Page Mich. Tech. Univ.
• The Volcanic Homepage Dr. Jonathan Dehn.
• USGS Volcano Hazards Program
• USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
  Has lots of information about particular volcanos and about volcanos in general.
• Smithsonian Institution - Global Volcanism Program, Complete Holocene Volcano and Eruption Information
  Includes a Weekly Volcanic Activity Report and information about volcanos worldwide.
• Visualizing Earth UCSD See the volcano space image gallery.
• TOMS Volcanic Sulfur Dioxide and Ash Home Page
• BBC Horizon - Supervolcanoes, documentary, February 3, 2000.
  Examines the nature of volcanoes such as the one underneath Yellowstone Park. Also discusses possible climate impacts.

Earthquakes

• Earthquakes Theme Page Jim Cornish, Grade Five Teacher, Gander Academy.
• New Scientist Magazine: Planet Science - Earthquake Reports
• The New York Times - Issue in Depth- The Science of Earthquakes articles and links.
• Investigating Earthquakes through Regional Seismicity Southern California Earthquake Center
  Online tutorial and activity module.
• Prof. John N. Louie University of Nevada, Reno.
• Geol 100- Earthquakes and Earth Structure
• About Earthquakes
• Earthquake
• Earthquake Information from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
• Geological Hazards Team USGS
• British Geological Survey - Earthquakes
• BBC - Hot Topics - Natural Disasters - Earthquakes
• BBC - Horizon - Earthquake Storms
• EQ Net - Earthquake Information Network
• The QUAKELINE database- Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) SUNY Buffalo
• IRIS Earthquakes Univ. of Washington.
• National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering UC Berkeley
• Introduction to Earthquake Engineering by V.V. Bertero. (1985)
• Earthquake Engineering Research Centre University of Bristol (UK)
• University of Bristol Earthquake Engineering Teaching Pages
• Active Fault Systems MIT Geosciences
• Great Quakes TLC
• Seismolinks from USGS Pasadena, by Aron Meltzner
• Seismo Surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data links compiled by Steve Malone, Univ. of Washington



• The Screams of Tortured Rocks - The Tanshan Earthquake China, July 28, 1976, @ Univ. of Arizona.
• Also see links about the Kobe earthquake (1995) and Tokyo earthquake (1923) on the
  Japan links page - Sciences Section
• Links about the Taiwan Chichi earthquake (1999) on my Chinese page - Taiwan section

Rocks and Minerals

• Rock Identification
• Rockdoctor's Guide to Minerals, Igneous, Metamorphic, and Sedimentary Rocks
• The Essential Guide to Rocks BBC
• Rocks and Minerals by Patrick M. Colgan, Northeastern University.
  A basic introduction to common rocks. Part of his Iceland field trip pages.
• GEOE 118.3 Geology for Engineers Univ. of Saskatchewan.
• Rock Cycle
• EOSC 221 - Petrology (Study of Rocks & Minerals)
  2nd year petrology course, University of British Columbia
• Geokem - Igneous Geochemistry
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to Magnetism in Rocks. By Bruce Moskowitz.
• Cosmochemical Abundances - Cornell Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.
• Also see Geological Processes.

Mineralogy

• Mineralogy(II) Home Page David M. Sherman, Univ. of Bristol
• Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery mineralogy information
• Minerals by name detailed descriptions
• Mineralogy Database by David Barthelmy
• ATHENA- Mineralogy Pierre Perroud
• Mineral Collector's Page Mineralogy Club of Antwerp, Belgium
• Mineral Information Inst.: Common Minerals and their Uses
• Diamonds @ American Museum of Natural History. Some diamond dust in metoerites is thought to be created in collisions and some may even come from other stars.
• The Swedish Federation of Amateur Geologists
  They have many links on very particular topics, especially in mineralogy.

Miscelaneous Geology Links

• Planet Diary
• American Geological Institute
• American Geophysical Union
• U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994
  Many short reports about the state of research in many Earth and Space Science fields.
• Geological Society (UK)
  Includes educational pages and links.
• Palaeo Electronica articles.
• Scientific American- Ask the Experts - Geology
• Illinois State Geologic Survey - Ask a Geologist
• Australian Broadcasting Corp.:
• Plumbing The Depths -- On Board the JOIDES Resolution Travel aboard an ocean sediment drilling ship of the Ocean Drilling Program of Texas A&M. Univ. July 20 - August 12, 1998, Quantum TV science series.
• Also see: Scientific American Explorations: Science at Sea July 31, 1997.
• How 'Universal' Can You Get? If You Are A Geologist by George Seddon, July 9, 1997 @ Australian Broadcasting Corp.'s radio program Ockham's Razor
• Savage Earth PBS-WNET TV program, July 1998.
  About earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
• ThinkQuest student projects:
• Earth Works
• A More Revealing Facts of the Earth
• History of the Earth Brief tours of each of the eras, periods, and epochs of Earth history. Each section highlights some of the life and significant geological events of the time.
• Why did dinosaurs die?
• Agent North Seven East James Bond as Geologist. By Bruce Crabtree. (For fun).

Related Pages on this Website

• Planetary Science
• Planet Earth in the Solar System section.
• Meteors, Meteorites & Impacts in the Solar System section.
• See Life in the Universe (Exobiology) Page for more life science links.