Geology and Geophysics Links
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- United States Geological Survey (USGS)@
USGS sites focus on biology, geography, geology, geospatial information, and water resources of the U.S. and the world. The U.S. Geological Survey also offers sites monitoring recent earthquake activity and other natural hazards.
dir.yahoo.com/.../Department_of_the_Interior/U_S__Geological_Survey__USGS_
- NASA Astrophysics Data System
Abstracts on astrophysics, astronomy, instrumentation, geophysics, and physics. Plus the Los Alamos preprint server, articles, and catalogs.
adswww.harvard.edu
- British Geological Survey (BGS)
World's longest established national geological survey and the UK's premier centre for earth science information and expertise.
www.bgs.ac.uk
- Geologylink
Daily geo-news updates, discussion forums, an expansive directory of links, virtual field trips, geology classes, and a glossary.
www.geologylink.com
- EOS
Weekly newspaper of geophysics.
www.agu.org/pubs/eos.html
- Savage Earth
PBS series dealing with earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and other disasters.
www.pbs.org/wnet/savageearth
- Dynamic Earth, The
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National Museum of Natural History multimedia presentation covering gems and minerals rocks, and mining, plate tectonics and vulcanology, and the solar system.
www.mnh.si.edu/earth
- Ask-A-Geologist
Do you have a question about volcanoes, earthquakes, mountains, rocks, maps, ground water, lakes, or rivers? Email your earth science questions to a U.S. Geological Survey earth scientist.
walrus.wr.usgs.gov/ask-a-geologist
- Geologic/Geophysical Data for the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia
Diversified datasets for the Middle East, North Africa and Eurasia. A profile maker, a focal mechanism maker and much more data and information are available.
www.geo.cornell.edu/geology/me_na/main.html
- Amateur Geologist
Bringing the joy of exploring the geology of our world and nature itself to all by providing information and services to their fellow amateur geologists.
www.amateurgeologist.com
- Geology Toolkit
Allows users to explore region-by-region how the rocks which make up the British Isles have developed.
www.open2.net/naturalhistory/toolkit.html
Seismological Links
Volcano Links
Geophysical Links
Other Related Links
history of seismology
history of seismology
earthquake engineering
housing loss modeling
earthquake engineering home page
earthquake engineering-Austin, Texas
earthquake engineering-California
earthquake engineering-Buffalo, New York
earthquake engineering-IDEERS
earthquake engineering-Berkeley, California
living on shaky ground
earthquake hazards
earthquake shaking hazard maps
earthquake hazard center
USGS-earthquakes hazards program
USGS-earthquake hazards-northern California
earthquake links
earthquake maps and information
Seismo links
UCD earthquake information
northern California earthquakes
Geography Exchange Resource Center
plate tectonics and earthquakes links
earthquake links-Princeton
seismo-surfing the Internet
understanding earthquakes-links
understanding earthquakes-more links
National Earthquake information Center
earthquake maps
recent earthquakes-USA
earthquake maps
earthquake maps and lists
earthquake maps on the web
Iris seismic monitor
central USA earthquake map
Pacific Northwest earthquake map
southern California earthquake map
seismic hazards maps
map of world earthquakes
earthquake predictions
earthquake prediction along the San Andreas fault
earthquake prediction homepage
prediction based on electrical signals from ground
predicting earthquakes
USGS earthquake prediction
Parkfield-earthquake prediction
earthquake prediction with acoustic emission
earthquake prediction-online
earthquake predictions-animal behavior
animal behavior prediction of earthquakes-major article
animal behavior observed in China
earthquake preparedness
prepare a home earthquake plan
earthquake preparedness-Canada
earthquake preparedness handbook
preparedness links
earthquake survival
home quake safety toolkit
USGS-earthquake preparedness information
earthquake terminology
glossary-earthquakes
USGS-earthquake glossary
earthquake terminology
earthquake terminology-2
earthquake image glossary-good
earthquake terminology-India
elastic rebound
earthquakes and elastic rebound theory
elastic rebound
Reid’s elastic rebound theory
elastic rebound animation
epicenter
earthquake epicenter map
earthquake terminology
earthquake epicenter-Peru
how to locate epicenter
how to locate earthquake epicenter
what’s an earthquake?
why is an earthquake epicenter treated as a single point?
focus
earthquake focus illustration
focus and epicenter illustration
earthquake focus-Power Point
earthquake-animation
earthquake terminology
what is an earthquake?
liquefaction and thixotropy
Bay area liquefaction information
earthquakes-liquefaction
liquefaction susceptibility map
liquefaction map-Washington state
soil liquefaction web site
locating earthquakes
How do I locate an earthquake’s epicenter?
How to locate an earthquake’s epicenter
virtual earthquake
Mercalli scale vs. Richter scale
modified Mercalli scale
earthquake intensity
modified Mercalli intensity scale
modified Mercalli intensity scale-2
understanding the Mercalli scale
Richter and Mercalli scales
Richter scale-Canada
earthquake magnitudes
Richter magnitude
How are earthquakes measured?
plate tectonics and earthquakes
USGS-earthquakes and plate tectonics
earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate tectonics
earthquakes and plate tectonics-w. Canada
plate tectonics-the cause of earthquakes
plate tectonics-New York
understanding plate motion
USGS-plate tectonics
seismic waves: P, S, and surface waves
seismic waves
photo glossary of earthquake terms
seismic deformation
seismic waves
virtual earthquake
waves in the earth
What are seismic waves?
seismological organizations
National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program
Seismological Society of America
seismology resources for teachers
seismology resources for teachers
seismometers
detecting earthquakes
seismographs
seismometers-Tucson area
seismology lab exercise
make your own seismogram
Southern Arizona Seismic Observatory
sounds of an earthquake
earthquake sound
audio sound of an earthquake
listening to earthquakes
earthquake related sounds
tsunamis (seismic sea waves)
tsunamis and seismic sea waves
How do earthquakes generate tsunamis?
tsunamis
physics of tsunamis
surf’s up
tsunami warning system
tsunami from asteroid impacts
tsunamis in the Atlantic ocean
tsunami research group
Papua tsunami
Welcome to tsunami
tsunami warning center
largest USA earthquakes
list of largest USA earthquakes- good
Earthquakes-outside USA
Kobe, Japan
Kobe earthquake: an urban disaster
earthquake effects in Kobe, Japan
Kobe earthquake links
Kobe earthquake photos
Kobe 1995
Kobe earthquake case study
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City earthquake page
earthquake damage, Mexico City
Mexico City earthquake
the greatest catastrophe ever suffered by Mexico City
world-wide distribution of earthquakes
map of world-wide distribution of earthquakes
IRIS-seismic monitor of world’s earthquakes
Earthquake damage
bent metal structures
bent rebar
destroyed buildings
brick building destruction
destroyed house-1
collapsed concrete car shelter
damaged building supports
fascia on buildings destroyed
collapsed building
lowest floor destroyed
first floor damaged
first floor supports damaged
rockfalls and landslides
earthquake cracks
rockfall
earthquake landslides
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USGS Mineral Resources page, which includes full text of recent Mineral Industry Surveys, Minerals Yearbooks, and Mineral Commodity Summaries.
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Geology of National Parks page has cool 3D images from the national parks of the United States. (requires 3D glasses to view 3D images
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Southern California Earthquake Center is a NSF and USGS center dedciated to gathering information about earthquakes in Southern California and disseminating information to interested parties.
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Professional Societies and Organizations
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AAPG: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists
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