General Geology
- General Geology
- Geoscience Teaching
- Glacial Geology
- Oceanography
- Paleontology
- Sedimentology
- Structural Geology
- Astronomylinks.com (metasite) index of astronomy and space related websites found around the world on the Internet.
- California Geotour - An Index to Online Geologic Field Trip Guides of California
- Desert Life in the American Southwest
- Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms from the University of Alberta
- Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
- Earth/Geoscience Information on the WWW (Ill. St.Geo.Survey)(megalist)
- Earth System Science Center Database, Penn State Univ., "geographically referenced data sets, representing both data generated by ESSC investigators, and other data needed to support their investigations." These include soil climatology and paleo-climatology data, land use information, aerial photography.
- EarthRef - Earth reference data and models, by Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Geobiolink - database a joint-venture database for www.palaeo.de and Paläontologische Gesellschaft
- GeoGuide - gateway to scholarly relevant information in earth science, geography and mining
- Geologic Guidebooks of North America Database (formerly Union List of Fieldtrip Guidebooks)
- Geologic Names Lexicon (GEOLEX) - National Geologic Map Database; a search tool for lithologic and geochronologic unit names
- Geologic Time Scale - 2004 pdf, by Gradstein and Ogg
- Geological and Geophysical interactive data mapping from Cornell University
- Geology and Geoscience (Academic Info - metasite)
- Geology by Lightplane -birds-eye views of structural features in Wyoming's Wind River Range, sedimentary strata in Arches National Park and the Grand Canyon, glacial landscapes in Northern Minnesota, and ancient lava flows in Arizona, etc. Photos taken from light plane by Prof. Louis J. Maher in 1966.
- Geology Link Page (metasite) GeoSocieties; Government (Geologic Surveys); Specific Fields of Study, i.e. Seismology, Volcanology, Paleontology, Hydrology and Environment, Resources: Mining Resources, Newsgroups, Remote Sensing
- Geology of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
- Geoscience Digital Library (GDL)
- Global Change Master Directory - a directory of Earth Science data, NASA's FGDC clearinghouse
- Government Documents Department - Purdue University
- Grand Canyon Explorer Maintained by Bob RibokasUpdated regularly, it contains everything from stunning photography and geologic descriptions to information about hiking permits and park trials for users planning a trip. Also has a downloadable version of the Web site for Pocket PC's and PDA's.
- Icelandic Earth Science Resources - Iceland's dynamic geology. Includes interactive map of Iceland showing main features and pictures. Icelandic earth science links. News sources and journals.
- Igneous Rock Tour - Department of Geological Sciences, Calif. St. Univ., Long Beach
- Indiana Geological Survey, from Indiana University, provides Indiana geology information
- Indiana Dept. of Natural Resources
- Indiana Natural Resources Commission (NRC)
- Institute for the Study of Planet Earth, Univ. of Arizona, disciplinary and interdisciplinary research relating to the environment of the Earth, from local to global scales, and how this environment is likely to change in coming seasons, years, and decades.
- Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) Earth System Science and Global Change in high-latitude, alpine, and other environments
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
- Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Abstracts
- Moon Phase Calculator
- Moon Rise and Set Times (US Nat. Observatory)
- NASA Image Exchange (NIX) Sponsored by NASA STI (Scientific and Technical Info.) Program
- National Atlas of the United State
- National Park Service
- National Science Foundation (NSF)
- NSF Geosciences Unidata Integrated Earth Information
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
- NSS (Nat'l Speleological Society) - advancing the study, conservation, exploration, and knowledge of caves
- Natural Hazards Earth Observatory, NASA: continually updated resource of photography taken from the satellite MODIS (Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) of visible natural disasters around the globe
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Distributed Active Archive Center
- ScienceNASA Web site - mission is to help the public understand how exciting NASA research is and to help NASA scientists fulfill their outreach responsibilities. Listserve signup available.
- Sky and Telescope - the essential magazine of astronomy
- Soil Surveys USDA
- The Spacewatch Project, University of Arizona Lunar and Planetary Laboratory
- Sun Rise and Set Times (US Nat. Observatory)
- United States Antarctic Resource Center - the National Antarctic maps, charts, satellite images, and photographs produced by the United States and other member nations of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR).
- USGS - Earth Science Information Center Homepage
- USGS Library - the largest earth science library in the world. The library serves the research needs of USGS scientists throughout the nation and provides information to other organizations and individuals in the areas of geology, hydrology, cartography, biology, and related fields.
- Univ. of Calif. Berkeley. Earth Science and Map Library
- Univ. of Calif. Museum of Paleontology - Geology wing
- Virtual Observatory -Astronomers from 17 research institutions have been given a five-year, $10 million Information Technology Research grant from the National Science Foundation to start an online observatory. The purpose is to "maximize the potential for new scientific insights from the data by making them available in an accessible, seamlessly unified form to professional researchers, amateur astronomers and students."
- Visible Earth - NASA-searchable directory of images, visualizations, and animations of the earth
- Web-Based Interactive Landform Simulation Model (WILSIM) educational tool to help students understand how landform evolves under different scenarios (by selecting slope, erodibility, climate, tectonic, etc.)
- The World Data Center System
- WDC-A Glaciology Data Catalog
- The Amateur Science Home Page
- Astronomy Pictures of the Day
- Become A Rock Detective
- Dave Waters' Home Page (petrography)
- Deep Sky Database (tool for deep sky observers)
- Earth Science Explorer - part of NASA's classroom of the future program
- Earthquakes - the Technical Museum of Innovation in San Jose, CA is a hands-on technology museum. Currently, they have an exhibit on earthquakes for those interested in an introduction on earthquakes.
- Elsevier Science Home Page
- Eye on the Universe, the Hubble Space Telescope. By the Technical Museum of Innnovation in San Jose, CA
- The Hubble Space Telescope Deep Field
- The Hubble Space Telescope
- The International Space Station
- NASA Headquarters
- NASA SIR-C/X-SAR (radar-based) Images
- National Science Teachers Association
- NOAA Educational Resources
- Physical Geology Online Lecture - interactive course. Through descriptions, photographs, and illustrations, students can learn the basics of minerals, rocks, volcanoes, soils, earthquakes, erosion, mass wasting, and more.
- Planetary Science Research Discoveries (ed. resources)
- Science Daily Magazine
- Space Science Hotlist, by Unisys
- Windows to the Universe- fun Web site about the Earth & Space sciences, graphics intensive
- WINDandSEA: the oceanic and atmospheric sciences Internet locator (metasite)
- Byrd Polar Research Center
- Glaciers of the World; Satellite Image Atlas of
- Glaciology at the Univ. of Washington
- Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS)
- Ice Ages
- Iceberg Images
- Icebergs Texas A&M Univ.
- National Ice Center
- National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
- Polar Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) -- NOAA - includes an overview of the satellite system and lists data types such as vegetation index, sea surface temperature charts, volcanic eruption clouds, and much more.
- Center for Coastal Studies
- Marine Geological Samples-Index - repositories to help researchers locate marine sediment and rock material
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- NOAA's Coral Reef
- NOAA Office of Coast Survey (Nation's official chartmaker)
- National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC)
- Ocean Drilling Initial Reports and Scientific Results Updates - JOI
- Oceanography (Academic Info - metasite)
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library, UCSD
- Sea Ice Concentrations
- USGS: Pacific Seafloor Mapping. Selected Fly-by Quick Time Movies of Selected Multibeam Surveys
- USGS Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology
- American Museum of Natural History (New York, New York)
- Canadian Museum of Nature
- Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations - Explanations for acronyms commonly encountered in Quaternary studies.
- Dino Directory - Natural History Museum, London, UK; searchable by time period or country
- Dinobase
- Introduction to Paleoclimatology - provided by NOAA's Paleoclimatology Program of the National Climatic Data Center. Paleoclimatology is the study of climate prior to the widespread availability of records of temperature, precipitation, and other instrumental data.
- Museum of Paleontology, U. of Calif., Berkley
- NOAA Paleo Global Warming - A Paleo Perspective on Global Warming
- NOAA Paleoclimatology Program - helps the World share scientific data and information related to climate system variability and predictability. Mission is to ensure the international paleoclimate research community meets the scientific goals of programs including IPCC, IGBP PAGES, WCRP CLIVAR, and NOAA's Climate and Global Change Program
- Paleogeographic Maps - from Universite de Lausanne. Section des Sciences de la Terre, "Geodynamic evolution of the Alpine Tethys"
- PALEOMAP Project
- The PaleoNet Pages
- Paleontology Portal - a resource for anyone interested in paleontology, from the professional in the lab to the interested amateur scouting for fossils to the student in any classroom. Winner of the 2005 Best Website Award
- Paleontological Resources: Links
- Paleontological Statistics (PAST) a free, easy-to-use data analysis package aimed at paleontology. It includes common statistical, plotting and modelling functions.
- PaleoQuest
- Tethyan Plate Tectonics - window of Prof. Gerard Stampli's research group (Universite de Lausanne. Section des Sciences de la Terre) on the understanding of the Tethyan oceanic domains and their development in terms of plate-tectonics and actualistic geodynamics.
- Univ. of Calif. Museum of Paleontology Free online books:
- An Arctic Ecosystem: the Coastal Tundra at Barrow, Alaska / edited by Jerry Brown; Philip C. Miller; Larry L. Tieszen; and Fred L. Bunnel. 1980. Stroudsburg, Pa. : Dowden, Hutchinson & Ross. ISBN 0-87933-370-7. 571 pp. (US/IBP synthesis series ; v. 12).
- Limnology of Tundra Ponds, Barrow, Alaska / by John E. Hobbie [DOI: 1912/146]
- Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and Textures, part of the "Virtual Geology" Project at the Univ. of N. Carolina, constructed to aid undergraduate instruction at the Geology Department. Helps students learn to identify minerals in thin section.
- The Cambrian
- Debris Flows
- Geologic Names Lexicon
- Indiana Cave Survey, Inc.
- Indiana Caver
- Introduction to the Lower Paleozoic
- National Speleological Society
- Sedimentary Mars
- SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) Data Archive
- Shale Photos
- Shale Research at Indiana University
- Speleo Link Page (metasite)
- UCMP Geological Time Machine
- USGS bedform sedimentology site
- Web Resources for Sedimentary Geologists (metasite)
- Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and Textures, part of the "Virtual Geology" Project at the Univ. of N. Carolina, constructed to aid undergraduate instruction at the Geology Department. Helps students learn to identify minerals in thin section.
- Geologic Time Scale - 2004 pdf, by Gradstein and Ogg
- Geology: Plate Tectonics
- ODSN Plate Tectonic Reconstruction Service
- Structural Geology Course Resources on the Internet
Last update: March 10, 2008 Prepared by: Carolyn J.Laffoon, MLS
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