Links to some selected geological Internet websites

National Earthquake Information Center, USGS
   Index page http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
   Index page for recent earthquakes http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/
   List of date, time and place of latest month’s large earthquakes http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/qed/
   Moment tensors [first motion solutions] http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/FM/
   World and regional earthquake distribution maps http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/world/seismicity/
   New York Earthquakes [USGS] http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/states.php?regionID=32&region=New%20York
Eastern North America Earthquakes [Weston Observatory] - http://www2.bc.edu/~kafka/Why_Quakes/why_quakes.html

Tsunami

USGS Tsunami page http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/?topicID=34
University of Washington tsunami pages http://www.ess.washington.edu/tsunami/index.html
NOAA PMEL Tsunami Research Program http://nctr.pmel.noaa.gov/
             Indonesian tsunami of 26/12/04 index page | open ocean wave height | travel time | quicktime animation [5MB]
Active Fault Research Center Japan NIAIST - Indian Ocean tsunami maps | animated gif [1MB]
Satellite images of Sumatra [before/after tsunami comparisons] http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/indonesia/aceh-andaman-tsunami-imagery.htm
The Tsunami Risks Project http://www.nerc-bas.ac.uk/tsunami-risks/index.html

Volcanos

Volcano World http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/
    Current Volcanic Eruptions http://volcanoworld.wordpress.com/category/volcano-activity-reports/
    How Volcanos Work http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/

Smithsonian Institution
    Bulletin of the Global Volcanism Network  http://www.volcano.si.edu/reports/bulletin/contents.cfm?display=complete
    World Volcanos  http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/
    World volcanos map http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/find_regions.cfm
    Global volcano lists http://www.volcano.si.edu/world/globallists.cfm

The Electronic Volcano http://www.dartmouth.edu/~volcano/

Fossils; Dinosaurs

Fossils -   Palaeos - the trace of life on Earth http://www.palaeos.com/default.htm
                UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology  http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
                Extinctions Fossil Company http://www.fossilsforsale.com/site/index.cfm?

Dinosaurs -
Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology http://www.tyrrellmuseum.com/exhibits.htm
The Dinosaur Hall, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution http://photo2.si.edu/dino/dino.html
Natural History Museum, London [activities for schools] http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/nature-online/dino-directory/about.dsml

Plate Tectonics and Earth History

Paleomap Project http://www.scotese.com/
Global Earth History http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/globaltext.html
Sea Floor spreading, Mid-ocean ridges  [spreading rate calculator]
Geological Time Scale http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/timeform.html

New York Geology

New York Geology Resource Page http://newyork.geology-forum.com/
New York State Oil & Gas well database http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/esogis/
Geological Maps of parts of New York and adjacent states (made by University at Albany students)
 http://www.atmos.albany.edu/geology/theses/SUNYATaconicGeologicalMaps.html
The architecture and geology of the University at Albany campus http://www.atmos.albany.edu/geology/webpages/sunyageo.html

Paleoclimate

NOAA Paleoclimatology Program http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/paleo.html
    Global Warming http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/globalwarming/home.html
    North American Drought http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/paleo/drought/drght_home.html

Planetary Geology

Google Earth http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html  (download necessary before viewing)
JPL/NASA Solar System pages http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/solar-system/index.cfm
Windows to the Universe (UCAR) http://www.windows.ucar.edu/
NASA Earth Observatory http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

Impact Craters and meteorites

Terrestrial Impact Structures http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/index.html
World Map  http://www.passc.net/EarthImpactDatabase/Worldmap.html
Meteorite online museum http://www.nyrockman.com/museum-1.htm

Gems and Minerals

Smithsonian Institution: From Crystal to Gem http://www.150.si.edu/150trav/discover/cryst.htm
                                   Gems and Minerals http://www.mnh.si.edu/earth/text/2_0_0.html
theimage.com    minerals http://www.theimage.com/mineral/index.htm
                         gems http://www.theimage.com/gemstone/index.htm
The Mineral Gallery mineral listing http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals/byname.htm
Mineralogy Database http://www.webmineral.com/  [recommended - 4,442+ minerals and their properties]
Mineral and locality database http://www.mindat.org/ [ 41,801 mineral names (inc. synonyms, varieties, etc)]

Geological Organisations

American Geologic Institute http://www.agiweb.org/
American Geophysical Union http://www.agu.org/
Geological Society of America http://www.geosociety.org/
American Association of Petroleum Geologists http://www.aapg.org
U S Geological Survey http://search.usgs.gov/

Internet sites for geological links

Yahoo! Science: Earth Sciences http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/
EInet- Geosciences http://www.einet.net/directory/14714/Geosciences.htm
University at Albany Virtual Library - Geology Internet links http://library.albany.edu/subject/geol.htm

Science Education

National Center for Science Education http://natcenscied.org/
GeoScience: K-12 Resources  http://www.cuug.ab.ca/~johnstos/geosci.html
Regents Earth Science and Regents Physics Web Resource (Michael P. Klimetz) http://www.earthphysicsteaching.homestead.com/
The Earth Scientist Home Page http://www.howard.k12.md.us/white/default.html

Field Trips, Expeditions for the public

Geological Society of America Geoventures http://www.geosociety.org/geoVentures/

Earth Science Picture of the Day http://epod.usra.edu/
NASA Visible Earth http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
Earth Science World ImageBank (AGI) http://www.earthscienceworld.org/imagebank/

Geoscience-related humour  http://www.atmos.albany.edu/geology/webpages/geohumor.html

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