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
N
WS 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/