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^ GEOLOGY


ASSOCIATIONS
American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
American Association of Stratigraphic Palynologists (AASP)

American Geological InstituteUse It! (AGIWeb) books, data, environment, events, Links, News, training...

American Geophysical Union (AGU)
American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
Association of American State Geologists (AASG)
Association of Earth Science Editors (AESE)
Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)
Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
Canadian Geoscience Council
Clay Minerals Society (CMS)
Council for Undergraduate Research-Geology Div. (CUR)
Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society
Geological Society of America (GSA)
Geoscience Information Society (GIS)
International Association of Hydrogeologists/U.S. National Committee (IAH)
International Union of Geological Sciences
Mineralogical Society of America (MSA)
National Association of Black Geologists and Geophysicists (NABGG)
National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
National Association of State Boards of Geology (ASBOG)
National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA)
National Research Council Board on Earth Science and Resources
National Speleological Society (NSS)
Paleontological Society (PS)
Petroleum Technology Transfer Council
Seismological Society of America (SSA)
Society of Economic Geologists (SEG)
Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
Society of Independent Professional Earth Scientists (SIPES)
Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. (SME)
The Society for Organic Petrology (TSOP)
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)
Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)

^ GEOLOGY
Bowen's Reaction Series
Wikipedia: Bowen's reaction series
Minerals, Lynn S. Fichter, Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison U
• Bowen's reaction series and the Igneous Rock Forming Minerals


^ GEOLOGY
CANADA
Alberta Geological Survey, Links, Publications, SiteMap
Calgary Mineral Exploration Group Society, Links
Calgary Rock and Lapidary Club Online
CanadianRockhound.com Free Online Earth Science Magazine, Links
Edmonton Geological Society, Links
Geological Association of Canada
Geological Survey of Canada

Yukon Geological Survey, Links, SiteMap
• General Information geology, Exploration Tools, Publications
• Map Gallery


^ GEOLOGY
CRYSTALLOGRAPHY
including.. Crystallography Tutorials
also see.. §CHEMISTRY§, Mineralogy, §NANOSCIENCE§, Software

ALB Crystallography:   Links
American Crystallographic Association   Education Links, events, jobs, Links, Software Links
Biochemical / Biotechnology / Chemistry Software: Main Metabolic Pathways on Internet, Pieter van Santen
British Crystallographic Assocation (BCA) Crystals are fun!, events, Links, Software and Courses links

BR's Macromolecular Crystallography Web SiteUse It! (Bernhard Rupp):   Crystallography 101, Applets

Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC), Search
• Cambridge Structural Database (CSD)
• free Downloads
    º CSDSymmetry the most complete collation of observed molecular & crystallographic symmetry properties
    º enClFer CIF (Crystallographic Information File) checking, editing and visualisation software
    º Mercury VisualizerUse It! Crystal Structure Visualisation & Exploration
    º RPluto Graphical Display of Molecular & Crystal Structures

Cryo-Notes Hakon Hope
Crystal Growing for Students book, FAQ, Links

Crystallography 101Use It! Introductory Course by Bernhard Rupp &..
• from his Macromolecular Crystallography Web Server, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

Crystallography.net Open Database, Search

CSIC, Dept Crystallography: Crystallography
• Scattering and diffraction
• The structure of crystals

Difference Patterson Tutorial:   Charles Brenner, PhD, Thomas Jefferson U
European Crystallographic Association (ECA News) Links

FITYK free from Marcin Wojdyr
• Download & Manual
• nonlinear curve fitting & data analysis software, independent crystallographic module to analyze powder diffraction patterns

Growing Crystals Guide, Paul D. Boyle, North Carolina State U
Hampton Research: Crystal Gallery, Links

Indiana U Molecular Structure Center, Crystallographic Links
• databases, mineralogy, molec. structures, morphology, Search

International Union of Crystallography:
• Crystallography Online,   Databases, Education/Tutorials, Journls Online, Information File

Matter.org.uk, Diffraction
• Introduction, Geometry, Intensity
• Electron Diffraction, X-ray Diffraction

Molecular Graphics with POVRay and Swiss PDB Viewer: ray-traced images from PDB files

Macromolecular Crystallography Group at SSRL
• Mosflm and Scala: A Quick Tutorial Crystallography

Shapesoftware.com atomic-structure display, crystal morphology & crystallographic conversion, vibrational analysis

SInCris Crystallographic Software Database ( ABC, DEF, G-K, L-O, PQR, S-Z )
• from the Laboratoire de Mineralogie-Cristallographie Paris & International Union of Crystallography
• Papers on software in Journal of Applied Crystallography

Purdue u Dept Chemistry: Visualization and Problem Solving for General Chemistry
• Crystal Structure Library
Solve/Resolve Software Download: Los Alamos National Labs
Swiss-PdbViewer Software, model fitting tutorial

T.Strutz, Crystallography Links

U Arizona, Dept Geosciences, Links
• American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Search ( Tips )
• Crystal Movies animated gifs
• Downs' Group software, Mineralogy & Crystallography

WebMineral.com Mineralogy DatabaseUse It!   Images, Minerals by Chemical Composition (Periodic Table)

Wikipedia
    º Category:Crystallography
    º Category:Diffraction
    º Category:Materials science
    º Category:Mineralogy
    º Category:Optical mineralogy
    º List of important publications in geology
    º List of minerals (complete)
    º Portal:Xray Crystallography
• Atomic packing factor
• Cells
    º Supercell (crystal)
    º Unit cell
• Cleavage
• Close-packing of spheres
• Crystal chemistry
• Crystal engineering
• Crystal growth
    º Laser-heated pedestal growth
    º Protocrystalline
• Crystallization
• Crystallographic database
• Crystallographic defect
• Crystallographic restriction theorem
• Crystallography
    º Direct methods (crystallography)
• Crystal optics
• Crystal structure (Crystal lattice)
    º Bravais lattice
    º Crystal structure prediction
    º Crystal twinning
    º Diamond cubic
    º Preferential alignment
    º Reciprocal lattice
• Crystal system (Crystal family or Lattice system)
    º Crystal cluster
    º Cubic crystal system
    º Hexagonal crystal system
    º Monoclinic crystal system
    º Orthorhombic crystal system
    º Tetragonal crystal system
    º Triclinic crystal system
    º Trigonal crystal system (Rhombohedral lattice system)
• Diffraction
    º Dynamical theory of diffraction
    º Reflection high energy electron diffraction
• Grain boundary
• Interference (wave propagation)
• Interference colour chart
• Isomorphism (crystallography)
• Liquid crystal
• Macrocrystalline
• Melt inclusions
• Microcrystalline
• Microscopy
    º Electron crystallography
• Mineralogy
• Optical mineralogy
• Optic axis of a crystal
• Quasicrystal
• Refractive index
• Screw axis
• Silicon
    º Amorphous silicon
    º Crystalline silicon
    º Metal-induced crystallization
• Solid-state physics
• Space group
• Sphere packing
• Stereographic projection
• Streak (mineralogy)
• Structure factor
• Symmetry
    º Transverse isotropy
    º Wallpaper group
• Time resolved crystallography
• Uniaxial crystals
• X-ray crystallography
    º Phase problem

Whole Class Inquiry in the Science Classroom
• Crystallographic Information Files (CIFs) compatible with Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre (CCDC) free Downloads"> Mercury crystal structure visualization

WWW Virtual Library Crystallography
XRayView Online virtual X-Ray crystallography laboratory, software download
YSU Structure Center (download pdf) X-Ray Structure Solution Guide: A Beginner's Introduction

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY TUTORIALS
^ GEOLOGY
DATA REPOSITORIES
GIS Laboratory Digital Basemap and Imagery Data: Cal Tech U
Illinois Natural Resources Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
National Atlas of the United States visualize/understand environments, places & people relationships
Northwest GeoData Clearinghouse: Portland State U
The World Data Center System @ National Geophysical Data Center acquisition, storage, distribution
National Geoscience Data Repository at the American Geological Institute
^ GEOLOGY
DOLOMITE
also see.. §Extremophiles§

U Colorado, Mineral Structure and Property Data by Joseph Smyth
• Dolomite Group

WikiPedia.org, Dolomite

^ GEOLOGY
EARTHQUAKES & SEISMOLOGY
also see... §ARCHITECTURE§, Plate Techtonics, Software, §Tsunami NEWS§ Volcanos

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake & Donation resources from WikiPedia.org
Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory Home Page United States Geological Survey

Binghamton U, Dept Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, Alan L. Jones
• Seismic/Eruption and Seismic Waves Software

Council of the National Seismic System
Earthquake Annex
New FEMA Study Estimates U.S. Losses From Earthquakes At $4.4 Billion Per Year
Reducing Earthquake Losses in the Central and Eastern U.S.: USGS
Surfing the Internet for Earthquake Data
A Seismic Anomaly in the Rio Grande Rift Near Socorro, New Mexico
USGS Earthquake Hazards Program-Northern California - Basic Educational Information, Links, Recent and Significant Past Earthquakes
USGS-National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project

^ GEOLOGY
EARTH'S MAGNETIC FIELD, GEOMAGNETISM
also see.. §ELECTRICITY & MAGNETISM§

Wikipedia
    º Category:Paleomagnetism
• Apparent polar wander
• Axial precession
• Axial tilt
• Brunhes-Matuyama reversal
• Earth's magnetic field
• Ecliptic
• Geographic pole
• Geomagnetic reversal
• History of geomagnetism
• History of geophysics
• Milankovitch cycles
• Paleomagnetism
• Poles of astronomical bodies
• Precession
    º Axial precession


^ GEOLOGY
EDUCATION
ABC's of Plate Tectonics Donald L. Blanchard's Science Web Site
Bristol U Earth Sciences
Lectures Notes: Global Change Project: U Michigan
Online Geology 4182
Sam's Page/GeoScience: K-12
SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND PROCESSES NM TECH

^ GEOLOGY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Earth and Environmental Science (Earthquake Page) United States Geological Survey

Minerals Management Service kid's page, library, Links: U.S.
•New Mexico
    º Biological Resources
    º Earthquakes
    º Minerals
    º Water Resources

United States Geological Survey Home Page (USGS)

^ GEOLOGY
FIND IT HERE
DIRECTORIES-Geology
dmoz Open Directory | Google | Wikipedia | Yahoo


Alberta Geological Survey, Links, Publications, SiteMap
CANMET Information Centre (CIC) Canada mining, minerals, metals & energy technology

CanadianRockhound.com Free Online Earth Science Magazine, LinksUse It!

Desert USA Southwest animals, cultures, geology, plants
Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms: USGS-Alaska Interagency Minerals
Earth and Environmental Science: USGS
Earth/Geoscience Information on the WWW Illinois State Geological Survey

Earth-Pages.com - LinksUse It!
• NewsUse It! - Archive
• ($) Books, Journals

Engineering Links: Geology (EngLinks.com)
GeoIndex search engine: environmental, geology, geotechnical, hydrogeology, mining, petroleum
Geological Survey of Canada ( English ) - LinksUse It!, SiteMap

Geomorphology ResourcesSee it! Hydrology, etc, Geomorphology Lab at Miami U

GeoGateways.com (Geoscience Gateways) About, Forums, Links ( Index, General Resources ), Search
• for Geoscientists in the Energy Industry
• Employment (jobs)
• Geologic Toolkit Calulators, Converions Tables & Tools
    º Depth Conversions: Time - Depth, True Vertical ( Depth, Thickness )
    º Log Calculations: Porosity, Resisitivity, RMF / SSP, Shale Volume, Temperature, Water Saturation
    º Reserve Calculations: BCFG / MMBO Equivalence, Geologic Chance Factor,
    º Reserve Calculations: Hydrocarbons In Place, Volumetrics

Illinois State Geological Survey data, education, Links, pubs, Search
La Geologia su Internet Software, Links, etc, (Italian)

Mathtools.netUse It! computer programming Links for math & science

Minerals by NameUse It! Index by Class or Groupings, Images, Search, specimens

Online Geology 4182
On-Line Resources for Earth Scientists Bill Thoen and Ted Smith

PSIgate Physical Science Information Gateway
• Earth Sciences Gateway

PSU Geology Department: Portland State U
Purdue Geophysics Home Page

Schlumberger Oilfield GlossaryUse It! drilling, chemicals, geology, minerals, muds, techniques...

Structural Geology on the Web Steven H. Schimmrich
Structural Geology & Metamorphic Petrology Canadian Tectonics Group
UNB Geology Grads WWW Geology Resources Earth Sciences, U New Brunswick
Websurfers Biweekly Earth Science Review
WWW Virtual Library: Earth Science
WWW Virtual Library: Earth Science: Geophysics
Yahoo Search: Science: EarthSciences: Geology&Geophysics
Yahoo Search: Science: EarthSciences: Geology&Geophysics: Indices

^ GEOLOGY
GEOLOGIC TIME, DATING METHODS
also see.. §Dendrochronology§, §PALEONTOLGY§, §RadioCarbon Dating§

British Geological Survey (BGS): BGS Geological Timechart
• Chart

CHRONOS.org geospatial data
• Search by timescale, or by location

Commission for the Management and Application of Geoscience Information Geological Time Systems - a UML model and XML encoding

EnchantedLearning.com
• Geologic Time Scale

ExploringTime.org: Show Segments

Geological Society of America: GSA Geologic Time Scale (gif)
• 1999 Geologic Time Scale (pdf) larger scale printable

Geological Time Scale, Andrew MacRae:   Dept Geology & Geophysics, U Calgary

Geologic Time ScaleUse It!   Dept of Geology & Geophysics, U Alaska, Fairbanks

International Commission on Stratigraphy: GeoWhen Database sorting out the geologic timescale
• Geologic Timeline: ( No Stages ), ( With Stages )
• Global Boundary Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSP's)
• Regional Information different regional stratigraphic naming systems
• Time Scale Chart (pdf)
• TimeScale Creator (Java software) create charts of any portion of the geologic time scale; choice of bio-, magneto-, chemo- or other Earth History events

Kentucky Geological Survey at U Kentucky
• Earth Science Classroom Activities: It's About Time
    º The Geologic Time Scale (pdf)
    º Hallway Time
    º Important Dates and Cool Creatures in Earth History Short, Long
    º Toilet Paper Geologic Time Scale

Life Through Geologic Time:
• Earth History Resources, Glenn T. Seaborg Center for teaching & learning science & math, N. Michigan U

Linda Hall Library: Online Exhibitions
• Vulcan's Forge and Fingal's Cave Volcanoes, Basalt, and the Discovery of Geological Time

Miami U: Tropical Ecosystems: Coral Reefs, Rainforests & A Potpourri of Weather, Earth Science & Other Good Things
• Geologic Time Scale Analogy

Museum of Paleontology, U California, Berkeley - Introductions to...
• Hadean 3.8 to 4.5 billion years
• Archaean 2.5 to 3.8 billion years
• Proterozoic Era 544 million to 2.5 billion years
• Paleozoic Era 245 to 544 million years
• Mesozoic Era 65 to 245 million years
• the Cenozoic 65 Million Years to the Present

Paleontology Portal: Exploring Time & Space
• New Mexico

Palaeos: The Trace of Life on Earth
• Geological Time & Detailed Geologic Time Scale

PhysicalGeography.net: Fundamentals eBookUse It!
• Chapter10: Introduction to the Lithosphere
    º Geologic Time
• Glossary

Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History: Geologic TimeUse It!

Stratigraphy and Sedimentology on the Colorado Plateau by Dr. Ron Blakey, Northern Arizona U
• Historical Geology
    º Paleogeography of the Southwestern USUse It!

TalkOrigins.org
• Evolutionary and Geological Timelines by Niel Brandt

U California, Berkeley, Museum of Paleontology
• Tour of geologic time
• UCMP Web Time Machine

U Wyoming, Science and Mathematics Teaching Center
• Coal Over Geologic TimeUse It!

U.S. Geological Survey
• Geologic TimeUse It! online edition: Contents
• Paleontology at the U.S. Geological Survey, Glossary of Terms

U.S. Geological Survey, USGS and Science Education: Primary & Secondary
• Er.usgs.gov/learningweb/teachers

Wikipedia (People)
• Boltwood, Bertram (1870-1927) rocks 0.4-2.2 billion yrs, 1st successful radiometric dating; uranium-lead decay, 1907
• Cuvier, Georges (1769-1832)
• Darwin, Charles (1809-1882)
• Darwin, George (1845-1912) calculated 56 million years for tidal friction to give Earth a 24 hr day
• de Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte (1707-1788)
• Hutton, James (1726-1797) father of modern geology; theories of geologic time
• Joly, John (1857-1933) calculated 80-100 million years for oceans to accumulate salt from erosion
• Lyell, Charles (1797-1875)
• Patterson, Clair Cameron (1922-1995)
• Rutherford, Ernest (1871-1937) rock dated 40 million years
• William Smith (geologist) (1769-1839)
• Steno, Nicholas (1638-1686) theoretical basis for stratigraphy
• Thomson, William, 1st Baron Kelvin (1824-1907) calculated 20-400 million years for molten Earth to cool

Wikipedia
    º Category:Dating methods
    º Category:Geochronology
    º Category:Geologic time scale
    º Category:Geological units
    º Category:History of paleontology
    º Category:Lithostratigraphy
    º Category:Paleontology
    º Category:Radiometric dating
    º Category:Stratigraphy
    º List of geological groups of Great Britain
    º Timeline of paleontology
• Abiogenesis origin of life
• Age of the Earth
• Age of the universe
• Chronology
• Dating methodology (archaeology)
    º Absolute dating
    º Relative dating
• Earth science
• Epoch (reference date)
• Geochronology
• Geologic time scale
• Golden Age
• History of Earth
• History of paleontology
• Law of superposition
• Lead-lead dating
• Paleontology
• Periodization
• Principle of lateral continuity
• Principle of original horizontality
• Radiocarbon dating
• Radiometric dating
• Reverse chronology (literary technique employing flashback)
• Six Ages of the World
• Stratigraphy
    º Biostratigraphy
    º Chronostratigraphy
    º Lithostratigraphy
    º Magnetostratigraphy
    º Stratification (archeology)
• Thermoluminescence dating


^ GEOLOGY
GEOPHYSICS

American Geophysical Union (AGU) - Search, SiteMap
• Publications
    º Geophysical Research Letters (GRL)
    º Journal of Geophysical Research (Solid Earth) (JGR)
    º Reviews of Geophysics
    º Tectonics

European Geophysical Society (EGS)
• Annales Geophysicae - Online Articles
• Hydrology and Earth System Sciences - Online Library
• Geophysical Research Abstracts
• Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics - Online Articles

Geophysical journal International (GJI) ($) - Search
• European based solid earth geophysics journal ( by Blackwell Publishing, Science )

Geophysics at the Geological Survey of Norway The DRAGON Project - Links
U Minnesota - Prof. David A. Yuen's Group
^ GEOLOGY
GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING
also see.. §Civil Engineering§, §ENGINEERING§

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Publications ($)
• Geotechnical Titles

GeoIndex search engine: environmental, geology, geotechnical, hydrogeology, mining, petroleum

Geoengineer, Forums, Links, Search
• Earthquake Engineering
• Geoengineering: Gallery, History
• Links: Journals, Online free books and papers
• Software: Program for Shallow Foundation Design
• Virtual Geoengineer

GeoInstitute.org, About, Links, Search, SiteMap
• Publications ($)

GeotechnicalDirectory.com
Geotechnical & Geo-environmental Software Directory

Geotech
• Geotechnical Engineering Virtual Library (GVL)
• Electronic Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (EJGE)
• iGEM Internet Geotechnical Engineering Magazine

JISCMAIL.AC.UK mail lists
• Archives of ENGINEERING-GEOTECH, Search
• Archives of ENGINEERING-GEOTECH-MTGS (meetings of teachers), Search

U.S. Dept Transportation (DOT), Federal Highway Admistration
• Geotechnical Engineering
GLOSSARY
^ GEOLOGY
ICE AGE

Wikipedia
• Escarpment


^ GEOLOGY
ICE AGE

Global land environments during the last 130,000 years
• quick background to the last ice age

^ GEOLOGY
LIFE
National Public Radio
• Life on Earth May Have Begun in Between Rocks (between mica sheets) Helen Hasma
^ GEOLOGY
LIMESTONE
Wikipedia.org, Limestone

^ GEOLOGY
METEORITES, IMPACT CRATORS

Earth Impact Database
• Meteorites
• North America

Wikipedia
• Impact crater
• Impact event
• Meteorite


^ GEOLOGY
MINERALOGY
also see... Crystallography, §Jewelry§, §Paints & Pigments§ Petrography, Ores

American Mineralogist Crystal Structure Database Search

Artwork Inform - Gemstones

Athena Minerology database, formulae, Links, ReadMe HowTo, Search
• from the Department of Mineralogy at UNIGE
• Gallery
• Mineral Lists
• Shareware

Bernardine Fine Art Jewelry - History, Lore and Myths of Gemstones, some fossils, too

Bucknell U, Margaret E. Kastner, Professor of Chemistry
• Crystallographic CourseWare
• Overview of Crystallography (quicktime video)
Clausthal online mineral collection
• Photograph Index", with icons

Gemstone.org International Colored Gemstone Association
• Gem Library

Industrial Minerals Association North AmericaUse It! SiteMap
• Feldspar

International Union of Crystallography
• Crystallography Online
• Educational Resources
• Online Dictionary of Crystallography
• Teaching Pamphlets
    º Crystals - A Handbook for School Teachers some activites & background understanding for teaching children

Jan Dävid - Gem LogicUse It!

Jo Edkins: MineralsUse It! ( Frames ), About, Glossary, Links
• Ancient Gems, Birth Stones & Anniversaries, Jewelry
• Elements
• Identifying stones
• Minerals in fireworks
• Pigments, Projects and experiments, Properties of materials
• Stones in books

Mineral Collectors Page mineralogy club of Antwerp, Belgium, Links ( Collecting, Education, Shopping, Software )
• Gallery

The Mineral GalleryUse It! name, class, groupings; best locations, Glossary, properties: Amethyst Galleries,Inc
• Minerals by name

Mineral and Gemstone KingdomUse It! Glossary, Image Gallery,   Links
• Minerals A-Z- alphabetical, by chem or crystal Group, Dana class, color, elemental, streak, hardness

Mineralogical Society of AmericaUse It!
• Ask-A-Mineralogist, FAQ, Links
• Crystal Structure Database
• Mineralogy 4 Kids
• Rock and Mineral Identification

Minerals, Lynn S. Fichter, Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison U
• Bowen's reaction series and the Igneous Rock Forming Minerals

Minerals of Scotland collector's guide, over 200 photos
Mineral Town Gallery, Portal, Search engine

MIT Open Courseware: Petrology
• Structure and composition of: FELDSPARS (pdf)

Molecular Expressions
• Birthstones Collection microscopic sections of selected gems
    º Gallery

National Museum of Natural History:   Dept Mineral Sciences,   Smithsonian Institution

Oxford U Museum of Natural History: Discover & Learn
• Minerals
    º Mineral Detectives from the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

Proctor Museum of Natural Science, Minerals
Rockhounding Arkansas site for companion book; basics, Links
RockHounds.com (Bob's Rock Shop), Links, News, Online Magazine

Schlumberger Oilfield GlossaryUse It! drilling, chemicals, geology, minerals, muds, techniques...

U Arizona Geosciences
• Mineral Handbook listing (pdf) documents on minerals

U Colorado, Mineral Structure and Property DataUse It! by Joseph Smyth

U.S.G.S, Mineral Resources Program: Minerals InformationUse It! - Links
• International Minerals Statistics and Information

Virtual Atlas of Opaque and Ore Minerals in their Associations
• reflected light microscopy, full colour photomicrographs

Virtual Museum of Québec Minerals
• Collecting & Identifying
• Formation of Minerals
• Gallery

WebMineral.com Mineralogy DatabaseUse It!   Images, Minerals by Chemical Composition (Periodic Table)

Wikipedia.orgi
• Mineral
• Mineralogy


^ GEOLOGY
NEWS

GeotimesUse It! earth & environmental sciences magazine from the American Geological Institute
• Archives, Search by ( Date, Title, Topic )

Journal of Paleolimnology Lake Histories
Southeastern Geology Overview, Duke U
NEWSGROUPS ^ GEOLOGY
ORES
also see.. Minerals

Volcano World: Volcanic Mineral Deposits
• Base Metals
• Bauxite
• Gold
• Nickel

^ GEOLOGY
PETROGRAPHY
also see.. Mineralogy

Hard Rock Geology: Petrography
• from John Longshore, Humboldt State U Geology Dept
• Minerals: as Igneous, Metamorphic & Sedimentary
• Rocks as Intrusive Igneous, Extrusive (volcanic) Igneous, Sedimentary & Metamorphic plus..
    º Common Rock Textures


^ GEOLOGY
PLATETECHTONICS
also see... Earthquakes, Software, Volcanos

Computers & the Geosciences an International Journal
PBS television, Savage Earth Online
US Geological Survey, Publications - This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics

^ GEOLOGY
REFERENCES
WebElements - links to geological data Periodic Table Links, Univ. of Sheffield

^ GEOLOGY
RADIOMETRIC DATING
American Scientific Affiliation a Fellowship of Christians in Science
• Radiometric Dating A Christian Perspective by Dr. Roger C. Wiens

U.S. Geological Survey, USGS and Science Education: Primary & Secondary
• Geologic Age using radioactive decay to determine geologic age


^ GEOLOGY
ROCKS
Minerals, Lynn S. Fichter, Geology & Environmental Science, James Madison U
• Bowen's reaction series and the Igneous Rock Forming Minerals
• Minerals
• A Plate Tectonic Primer
• A Plate Techtonic Rock Cycle
• Rocks: Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic
• The Wilson Cycle


^ GEOLOGY
SEDIMENTOLOGY
USGS bedform sedimentology:   Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology, Menlo Park, CA

^ GEOLOGY
SKARNS
Skarn Web Page: Washington State U

^ GEOLOGY
SOFTWARE, CALCULATORS, MATHEMATICS
also see.. Crystallography, §SOFTWARE§, §WATER§

Binghamton U, Dept Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies
• Alan L. Jones Seismic/Eruption and Seismic Waves Software

COGS - The Computer Oriented Geological Society
Computer Applications in Geology Excel Worksheets:   Geology Dept, Portland State U
Computers & the Geosciences an International Journal

Engineers-International.com, Freeshare - Freeware & Shareware: Structural/Geology
Geotechnical & Geo-environmental Software Directory

GROW (Geotechnical, Rock and Water Resources Laboratory)
• Rock Engineering FundamentalsUse It! Software Links

Kevin J. Smart, Structural Geology Tectonics FE Modeling, U Oklahoma, Geology & Geophysics School
• Computer Software Links
• Structural Geology on the Web, Links

Peter Bird, Prof. Geophysics & Geology, UCLA, Dept Earth & Space Sciences:
• ftp Library of Finite-Element Codes for Geologic Modeling ( Read-Me ) Download & Online Guide, Reference
• On-line Guide to dynamic neotectonic modeling with Shells
• Thin-plate and thin-shell finite element programs for forward dynamic modeling of plate deformation
   and faulting , Computers & Geosciences
, 25, no. 4, 383-394

Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation (POSC)

Software di Geologia e altro Freeware & Proprietary


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STATES - GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS
Alabama | Arizona | Arkansas Geological Commission |
California Division of Mines and Geology |
Delaware |
Florida |
Idaho | Illinois State Geological Survey | Indiana | Iowa Geological Survey Bureau |
Kansas | Kentucky |
Maine | Massachusetts Ex Off Env Affairs | Maryland |
Michigan | Minnesota | Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology |
Nebraska Conservation and Survey Division | Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology |
New Jersey | New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources | North Carolina | North Dakota |
Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries |
Pennsylvania Bureau of Topographic and Geological Survey |
South Carolina | South Dakota |
Texas Bureau of Economic Geology |
Vermont |
West Virginia Geological & Economic Survey |
Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey |
Wyoming |

^ GEOLOGY
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

Kevin J. Smart, Structural Geology Tectonics FE Modeling, U Oklahoma, Geology & Geophysics School
• Computer Software Links
• Structural Geology on the Web, Links


^ GEOLOGY
TRAVEL GUIDES

HighPointers.org, Links
• Summit Guide

A Geologist's Lifetime Field ListUse It!
National Natural Landmarks Program from the U.S. National Parks Service, NatureNet

World Heritage Sites in the United States & Potential U.S. Nominations
•from the U.S. National Parks Service, Links to the Past

UNESCO World Heritage List with links

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TUTORIALS & COURSES
Geology 101: Honolulu Community College
GeologyClass.org
Geology Field Trips, John C. Butler, U Houston
GeoScience: K-12 Resources, Alberta, Canada

GROW (Geotechnical, Rock and Water Resources Laboratory)
• Rock Engineering FundamentalsUse It! Software Links
• Water Resources -- Buoyancy

The History of the Earth: A Basic Geology Unit: Arizona State U
Computer Applications in Geology: Portland State U, Excel Worksheets

MIT Open Courseware
• Environmental Earth Science: Geologic Time, Earth Structure, Hydrosphere, Weathering & Erosion, Natural Hazards (Plate Tectonics, Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis...), Fossil Fuels
• Field Geology I
• Geobiology
• Medical Geology/Geochemistry: An Exposure
• Petrology
• Sedimentary Geology
• Structural Geology
• Structure of Earth Materials

RocksForKids.com, SiteMap

Schlumberger Oilfield GlossaryUse It! drilling, chemicals, geology, minerals, muds, techniques...

Society for Sedimentary Geology: K-12 Earth Science Education Committee
• On-line Classroom Activities

Museum of Paleontology, U California, Berkeley Learning From the Fossil Record
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    º Learning From the Fossil Record
    º National Science Standards Matrix


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USGS
United States Geological Survey (USGS)

^ GEOLOGY
VIDEO
http://www.intelecom.org/

^ GEOLOGY
VOLCANOS, VULCANISM
also see... Earthquakes, Plate Techtonics, Software

Learner.org, Annenberg Media
• Volcanoes

Linda Hall Library: Online Exhibitions
• Vulcan's Forge and Fingal's Cave Volcanoes, Basalt, and the Discovery of Geological Time

National Geographic, Eye in the Sky
• Volcanoes

PBS television
• Mystery of the Megavolcano
• Savage Earth Online

USGS
• Cascades Volcano Observatory - America's Volcanic Past - National Parks and Monuments

USGS: Volcano Hazards Program (VHP)
• Photo Glossary
    º Types of Igneous Rocks

USGS: Cascades Volcano Observatory
• The Plus Side of Volcanoes Mineral Resources
• Volcanoes long list of articles on existing volcanoes

Volcano World (K-12) U North Dakota

New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
• Volcanoes of New Mexico


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