Dr. Magee's Geology Web Links
Plate Tectonics Cal-Berkeley paleontology museum plate motion animations http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/tectonics.html PaleoMap Project http://www.scotese.com/ |
Seafloor Google Earth 5.0 Download (with seafloor bathymetry and labels) http://earth.google.com/ |
Minerals Comprehensive mineral information and images http://webmineral.com/ USGS information on mineral industries in the US http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/ |
Structures and deformation Strike and Dip Practice http://lpc1.clpccd.cc.ca.us/lpc/hanna/examspractice/geo10lab/strikeanddip/strikeanddipA.htm Fault Motion Animation http://www.iris.washington.edu/gifs/animations/faults.htm |
Igneous Rocks Igneous Rocks overview and images (James Madison Univ.) http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/Fichter/IgnRx/Ighome.html Geology.com igneous rocks images http://geology.com/rocks/igneous-rocks.shtml |
Running
Water NWS streamflow and flood monitoring http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ahps/ USGS streamflow gauges http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/rt |
Volcanism
USGS volcanic history of the United States http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/volcus/ USGS real-time volcano monitoring http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ List of most hazardous US volcanoes http://geology.com/most-dangerous-volcanoes.shtml |
Ground Water National Groundwater Association http://www.ngwa.org/ 20% of private well goundwater contaminated -- USGS podcast http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ep=90 |
Weathering and Soils Weathering animations from U. Kentucky http://www.uky.edu/AS/Geology/howell/goodies/elearning/module07swf.swf "State soils" http://soils.usda.gov/gallery/state_soils/ Images of weathering http://www.env.duke.edu/eos/geo41/wea.htm |
Glaciers |
Sedimentary Rocks Sedimentary Rocks overview (James Madison Univ.) http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/fichter/SedRx/index.html |
Winds and Desert |
Metamorphic Rocks Metamorphic Rocks Overview Tulane U. http://www.tulane.edu/~sanelson/geol212/typesmetamorph.htm Metamorphic Rocks overview (James Madison Univ.) http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/fichter/MetaRx/index.html |
Coastlines |
Geologic Time Earth History Poster http://www.chronos.org/downloads/timetowerparis_highres.png Radioactive dating overview from USGS http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/geotime/radiometric.html |
New Jersey Geology New Jersey Geologic Survey http://www.state.nj.us/dep/njgs/ Geologic evolution of the mid-Atlantic (James Madison Univ.) http://csmres.jmu.edu/geollab/vageol/vahist/index.html |
Seismology IRIS global seismic monitoring http://www.iris.edu/hq/ Scientific detail on 4/6/09 Italian Earthquake http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/eqinthenews/2009/us2009fcaf/ USGS interview podcast on the difficulty with earthquake prediction http://www.usgs.gov/corecast/details.asp?ID=76 |
General
USGS link to free digital topo maps http://store.usgs.gov Free topomaps and aerial photography http://terraserver-usa.com High- Resolution satellite images of geologic features http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/ |