Useful and Interesting Geoscience Links

UTA Department of Geology

• PALEOMAP Project
  

Earth Science Resources

• Fort Worth Geological Society
• AGU (American Geophysical Union)
  Has a section on "Science for Everyone."
• AGI (American Geological Institute)
• U.S. Geological Survey
  Some really neat stuff.
• Geological Survey of Canada
• Bureau of Economic Geology, Austin/TX
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  The Geological Society of America
• Nine Planets Media Tour: Earth
  Earth from the perspective of an astronomer. First class. A lot of information and pictures.
• Earthquake Info
  Earthquake data in real time.
• Earth Sciences
  A collection of earth science resources.
• The Smithsonian Gem Collection
   Everything you ever wanted to know about gems.
• Earth Viewer
  Pick a satellite or the moon and view the Earth from its point of view.
• Natural History Museum U.K.
  Exhibitions in life and earth galleries with many images.
• Open University Earth Sciences Home Page                  
• UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
  A well organized site that show paleontology is more that fossils.
• Volcano World
  From, NASA, images of latest eruptions and photos of big volcanoes.

Journals etc.

• Nature magazine
• Smithsonian magazine
• Scientific American magazine
• Earth Science Journals On-Line
• Science News Online
• Public Radio International

Topics in the Earth Sciences

• Volcanoes
  • Mount St. Helens
  • Earth's Active Volcanoes
  • Mount Pinatubo
  • The Alaska Volcano Observatory
  • Volcanoes in the African Region
  • Answers to Frequently Asked Questions About Volcanoes
  • Learning About Volcanoes

   

• Volcano Images
  • Images of Volcanoes (By Region)

   

• Seismology
  • Seismological Laboratory of Caltech
  • The Seismogram Record of the Day

   

• Paleontology
  • The Tree of Life, an Internet project with information on phylogeny and biodiversity
  • NOAA Paleoclimatology Program
  • The Museum of Paleontology at the University of Michigan

   

• Earthquake Information and Preparedness

  • Simulate an Earthquake over the Internet (Requires Netscape with Java Support)

  • Earthquake Home Preparedness Guide from EQE International

  • The EarthQuake Information and Prevention Page

  • World-wide Earthquake Locator from the University of Edinburgh

  • Plate Motion Calculator from the University of Tokyo
    

Search Tools

• OCLC FirstSearch Service: Start (requires password and login)

• The Library of Congress Experimental Search System

• Google (the most powerful and versatile search engine around)