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For a guide to Reference Sources in Earth Science, see Physical
Sciences Reference Sources
To locate journal articles related to Earth Science, see Earth
Science Databases
Digital Library in Earth System Educations
http://www.dlese.org
This site is an excellent guide to resources on the web for the earth sciences
and other fields. The search engine allows one to search for web pages on a
particular topic, specifying the comprehension level, type of information, and
the sponsoring society which has produced the pages. This web guide is sponsored
by the National Science Foundation and provides an outstanding portal to access
the authoritative web resources for the earth sciences.
Global Change Master Directory
(NASA)
http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/
Descriptions and access information for over 3,900 earth science data sets in
the following areas: atmosphere, oceans, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere,
land surface, solid earth, solar-terrestrial, and human dimensions of climate
change are available on this site.
Selected
Web Sites for Geoscientists
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/branner/research_help/earth_sciences/sites.html
A classified set of links to all types of geosciences subjects including geology,
oceanography, geochemistry, geospatial data, meteorology, and weather.
NASA Earth Observatory
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/
"The purpose of NASA's Earth Observatory is to provide a freely-accessible
publication on the Internet where the public can obtain new satellite imagery
and scientific information about our home planet. The focus is on Earth's climate
and environmental change."
Visible Earth
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
"NASA's Visible Earth catalog of NASA images and animations of our home
planet."
National Snow and Ice Data Center
http://nsidc.org/
NSIDC has a variety of educational pages on the cryosphere, data sets, publications,
and images. "Established by NOAA as a national information and referral
center in support of polar and cryospheric research, NSIDC archives and distributes
digital and analog snow and ice data. We also maintain information about snow
cover, avalanches, glaciers, ice sheets, freshwater ice, sea ice, ground ice,
permafrost, atmospheric ice, paleoglaciology, and ice cores."
Encyclopedia of Earth
http://www.eoearth.org/
An extensive online encyclopedia, The Encyclopedia of Earth contains
"a free, fully searchable collection of articles written by scholars, professionals,
educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other's work."
A Dictionary of Quaternary
Acronyms and Abbreviations
http://www.scirpus.ca/cgi-bin/dictqaa.cgi
A dictionary of terms used in the geologic study of time scales and sedimentary
deposits. Terms can be searched or browsed alphabetically. Abbreviation of countries
and terminologies are also included as entries.
Discover Our Earth
http://discoverourearth.org/index.html
An interactive web site designed by Cornell University, this site provides instruction
lessons and background information for teachers and activities that let students
access Earth science data sets.
Exploring
Earth
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/navigation/home.cfm
This interactive web site was designed to accompany the high school textbook,
Earth Science (available in the ERC QE28 .N36 1989), but the site can
be used without the book. The site includes data centers, investigations with
questions, and interactive visualizations.
Earth Guide (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/
This educational resource has news, animations, maps, online data, and links relating to the Earth, oceans, and the environment.
This Dynamic
Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
An online textbook published by the U.S. Geological Service on plate tectonics,
volcanoes, and earthquake activity.
U.S. Geological Survey Search Engine
http://search.usgs.gov/
Search engine and topical index for U.S. Geological Survey "Science for a Changing
World".
GeoscienceWorld
http://www.geoscienceworld.org/
"A comprehensive Internet resource for research and communications in the
geosciences, built on a core database aggregation of peer-reviewed journals
indexed, linked, and inter-operable with GeoRef." Extensive back files
go back as far as 1918 for some journals.
Geology.com
http://geology.com/
This site has news, a dictionary, satellite images, geology information by state,
topical pages, and much more information that will be of interest to geology
students.
Geology
Favorites
http://www.physci.wsc.ma.edu/dept/resources/links.html#geol
Geology Favorites is a collection of geology links maintained by the Department
of Physical Science, Westfield State College.
Geologic Hazards Team
http://geohazards.cr.usgs.gov/
The U.S. Geological Survey's Geologic Hazards Team site presents information
on earthquakes, geomagnetism, landslides, and interactive maps. Team scientists
study basic processes and mechanisms, monitor geologic hazard events, analyze
their effects, and develop strategies to mitigate the impacts on vulnerable
regions. The Team consists of eight research groups (Seismic Hazard Mapping,
Seismograph Networks, Global Seismology, Engineering Seismology, Neotectonics,
Paleoseismology, Landslide Hazards, and Geomagnetism), and three information
centers (National Earthquake Information Center, National Geomagnetic
Information Center, and National Landslide Information Center.
Earthquake Newspaper
Archive
http://www.earthquakearchive.com/Home.aspx
A free archive of digitized newspaper articles about earthquakes. The advanced
search can help you narrow down your search by date.
MTU Volcanoes Page
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/
Web sites are broken into categories with sites dedicated to volcanoes in certain
regions, sites with the latest news on volcanoes, sites on volcanic hazard mitigation,
and sites on remote sensing of volcanoes.
Global Volcanism Program
http://www.volcano.si.edu/
A project of the Smithsonian Institution, users can search for information on
the latest volcanic eruptions by the name of the volcano or by the region. Entries
for each volcano include classification, physical attributes, maps, and links
or citations to sources of data on the volcano.
Worldwide Volcanic
Reference Map
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/world.html
The sections for each volcanic region contain reports on the latest eruptions,
the elevation, latitude, and longitude of the volcanoes, and eyewitness reports
of eruptions.
How Volcanoes
Work (Dr. Vic Camp, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State
University)
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/
Sponsored by NASA, the purpose of this site is to educate college students
on the science of volcanoes. The site is broken into six sections: eruption
dynamics, volcanic landforms, eruption products, eruption types, historical
eruptions, and volcanism on other worlds. A quiz follows each section.
Links for Mineralogists
http://www.mineralogie.uni-wuerzburg.de/links.html
This well-organized site has "subcategorized, annotated lists of web
sites, especially for mineralogists, petrologists, crystallographers, [and]
geologists."
ATHENA: Mineralogy
http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/mineral/mineral.html
Users can access two extensive directories on this site: an alphabetically indexed
list of minerals arranged according to their chemical formulas and a systematic
list of minerals arranged according to the chemical classes of the international
Strunz classification. Also includes a linked list of international and regional
European search engines of interest to mineralogists.
Mineralogy Database
http://webmineral.com/
This mineral database contains more than 5,000 pages of mineral data. There
are 3,968 individual mineral species descriptions with links. Mineral data
on individual species are closely HTML-linked to a mineral table by crystallography,
chemical composition, physical and optical properties, Dana's New classification,
Strunz classification, and alphabetical listings of mineral species. Links are
also included to other sources of mineral data available on the Internet.
Alphabetical
Mineral Reference
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~eps2/wisc/glossary2.html
Comprehensive glossary of minerals associated with gemstones. Many of the minerals
are linked to supporting documents with more detailed information including
color photographs and some animated 3-D presentations of crystal structures.
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
http://www.infomine.com/dictionary/
From the USGS, a dictionary of terms related to the fields of mining and mineralology.
The dictionary can be browsed alphabetically, or users can enter terms in a
search engine to be found in either the definitions or the headings.
Hydrogeologist's Home Page
http://www.TheHydrogeologist.com/
A collection of hundreds of links to hydrogeological organizations, software
and data repositories, publications, and other resources of potential use to
hydrogeologists
Hydrology Web: Hydrology and Related
Internet Resources
http://hydrologyweb.pnl.gov/
Excellent links to resources emphasizing surface water information.
Water Resources for the United States
(U.S. Geological Survey)
http://water.usgs.gov/
This site provides access to water data, maps, free software, and various
publications.
Dartmouth Flood Observatory
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~floods
"The Observatory detects, maps, and measures major flood events world-wide
using satellite remote sensing." At the bottom of the home page, information
on how to cite materials from the site is provided.
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