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MOST EXCELLENT geology links
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- Earth's Dimensions Notes
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Minerals and Rocks
- Atlas
of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and Textures -
cross sections of minerals and rocks
Minerology
Data Base- excellent survey
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- General and
Purchase Info on Rocks - Rockman McLean Trading Co.
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- Fluorescent
Minerals - dark room photo gallery of fluorescent minerals
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- Virtual Microscope
for Cross Sections - thin slices of minerals and rocks up
close and personal. Cool!
Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom-
A-Z look at minerals
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- Mineral Gallery-
mineral descriptions, images, and specimens
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Quakes and Plates
- Virtual
Earthquake
- find the location of an earthquake by triangulating data
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- Map
of Recent Quakes- find out what's shaking!
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- Virtual
Dating- find out how the ages of rocks are determined using
radioactive isotopes
US Geological Survey:
geology homepage - this site is a gateway to ask-a-geologist,
earthquake info, water, mapping and much more
US Geological
Survey: geologic hazards - the low down on the big, bad and
ugly of geology
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- Story
of Plate Tectonics - USGS presents the Dynamic Earth: The
Story of Plate Tectonics
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- The
Cause of Earthquakes- instruction on plates and quakes
National
Data Center's Tsunami Database - here you will find everything
you ever wanted to know about every tsunami that has ravaged
the sea since 49 B.C.
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- All
About Tsunamis- another tell all adventure
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- Savage
Tsunamis- waves of distruction- surf's up
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- Geology
Hazards Slides- Yikes... quakes, volcanoes and tsunamis aftermath
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- Life
along the Fault Line - the Exploratorium's online earthquake
exhibit includes seismic science information, articles on earthquake-proof
engineering, and a look back at the 1906 quake in San Francisco.
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- Global Earthquake Response
Center - get information on what's shaking today and terrible
earthquakes of the past
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- Real
Time Earthquake Data - USGS gives current national earthquake
information
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- National Earthquake
Data Center - USGS earthquake information and hazards info
Earth's
interior- layers and plate tectonics
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- Animation
of Earth's Crust- Hell's Crust revealed
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- Hell's
Crust in Motion- PBS Story of Plate Tectonics
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- SavageEarthquakes-
PBS Restless Planet
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Volcanoes
- Volcano World-
The Web's Premier Source of Volcano Info
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- Volcanic
Eruption Prediction - the Annenbery/CPB project exhibits
collection address the question: Can we predict volcanic eruptions.
Well organized and interesting video clips.
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- Volcanoes
Info from the Learning Web- excellent quick tutorial on volcanoes
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- Global Volcanism
Program - Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
brings us world volcanoes and preliminary notices on volcanoes
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- Volcano Information
Center - brought to you by the geo dept at University of
California at Santa Barbara this site features a host of volcano
topics such as volcanoes under glaciers, current volcano activity,
and a search for that special volcano
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- Michigan Tech
Volcanoes Page - contains information on volcano hazards,
current activity, volcanic humor, and remote sensing
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- Savage
Volcanoes- learn about how volcanoes form and then self-destruct
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- In the Shadow
of Vesuvius- world's deadliest volcanoes, volcano SWAT teams
and more
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- Volcanoes
Online- What is a volcano? How are they are formed? What
is the impact of eruptions? Find out here, and then test your
knowledge with online games and multiple-choice quizzes.
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Weathering and Landforms
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Cave- check out these amazing photos of cave formations
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- Virtual
River Discharge- take a virtual river trip
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- Ice
Ages - info on ice ages from the illinois state museum
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- Geology of National
Parks - great photos and info on some of the more fantastic
geological wonders in America. Includes park tours, hot topics
in geologic resources and a photo gallery
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- Virtual Field Trips
- take a virtual trip to natural wonders of the world, hurricanes,
tornadoes, volcanoes and more
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- Color
Landform Atlas of NY- satellite and "3-d" relief
images
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- Terra Server Arial Imagery-
get detailed maps
Miscellaneous
- American Museum
of Natural History- Hall of Planet Earth - a fantastic virtual
exhibit (and onsite too)
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- Science Made
Stupid- a pretty clever site for such stupidity
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- Natural Science Photos
- stock photos from JLM Visuals
World
Lecture Hall on Earth Science - check out some college classes
- Michigan
Tech Aurora Page - information, links and incredible photos
of the Northern Lights. Check out Jan Curtis' shots from Alaska.
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- USGS Water Resources of
US Water info galore
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- Realtime Water
Data- USGS lastest info on stream levels in US
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- Earth's
History- Life through time
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