Geoscience - Geology - General

• AASG - Association of American State Geologists
• Altitude Ilness - all about mountains, high altitude, etc.
• American Geological Institute - AGIWEB
• American Geophysical Union - AGU
• Ask-an-Expert.com - home and Sources
• Ask-a-Geologist site
• Center for Earth and Planetary Studies -  National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
• CGC- Canadian Geoscience Council - home
• Classroom of the Future - NASA various resources ETE (Exploring the Environment) modules
• COGS - Computer-Oriented Geological Society
• Colorado Plateau Data Sharing sites - GIS/Land Use, etc
• Colorado Plateau and Environmental Change - Land Use History of North America (LUHNA Project) - home
• Columbia Earth Institute
• CoVis Geosciences Web Server
• Discovering Geology - EWU (Easern Washington University) Dr. Buchanan
• Earth from Space - Astronaut's View of Planet Earth - JSC
• Earth Introduction (Misc views from space) - from Views of the Solar System
• EarthNet - Earth Science resources from CANADA
• Earthnet Info Server- Dino Russ's Lair - Illinois Dept of Natural Resources/Geology
• Earth Observing System (EOS) - data gateway - including LANDSAT 7
• Earth Science Resource page - Quaboag Regional Middle-High School
• Earth Sciences - Carleton University
• Earth Sciences Resources on the Internet - ORES site
• EARTHWORKS worldwide career and employment opportunities in the geosciences
• EdGEO Resources/Workshops - Canada
• Elevation and Relief Maps - National Atlas - USGS
• Exploring Planets (and Earth) in the Classroom - Hawai'i Space Grant Consortium/SOEST
• FREE Teaching Materials - Mineral Information Institute
• Geo-Images Project homepage
• Geoindicators:Tools for Assessing Rapid Environmental Changes
• Geologic Time online - USGS - module/info on earth history
• Geologic Time Scale chart - color table/chart - from USGS/Cascades Volcanoe Observatory.
• Geologist's Lifetime Field List of Field sites
• Geology in the Classroom - Geological Survey of Canada
• Geology Department Erlangen - Institut fuer Geologie, Erlangen, Germany
• Geology for Amateurs - home
• Geology202 - University of British Columbia
• Geological Society of America - GSA
• Geoscience Education Resources - Canada
• Geoscience resources - BRIDGE/VIMS - Virginia Institute of Marine Science, College of William and Mary
• Geoscience Resources - UK - home
• Geology Dept - Smith College
• Geology in the Classroom - Canada
• Geology Materials on the Web - Univ of Oregon
• Geology Image Search Gallery - UBC (Univ of British Columbia)
• GLIS - Global Land Information System - USGS
• Glossary of Terms / National Park Service - Mineralogy, Park Mineral Development, Disturbed Lands Restoration
• Greeness Animation - National Atlas - USGS
• Ground Water Atlas of the US, Segment 1, California, Nevada - Geology
• Hazards Theme - USGS - home
• IALC - International Arid Lands Consortium - home
• IALC - Center for Middle East Desert Policy Initiatives - home
• Ice Age Terms - GLOSSARY - Univ of Kansas
• Illinois State Museum Resources - home
• Illustrated Glossary of Geologic Terms - home
• K-12 Geology Resources - UCLA
• Land Use History of North America (LUHNA Project) - home
• Learning Web - USGS/Education
• Marine Geology and Geophysics Images - NOAA/NGDC and its HOME page.
• MARYLAND EARTHCAST
• Map of World Plates - USGS / Cascades Volcano Observatory - home
• Molecular Models (web-based) for Geology and other Natural Sciences - home
• National Aerial Photography Program - search site - home
• National Atlas - homepage - USGS
• National Geophysical Data Center
• Natural Resources Conservation Service - online
• Natural Resources Research Themes/samples - USGS
• Nine Planets - Multimedia Tour of the Solar System
• Online Resources for Earth Scientists
• Physical Geography and other Resources - images, etc. - Univ of Wisconsin-Madison
• Physical Geography Resources List - CMU (Central Michigan Univ)
• Physical Geology - Introduction
• Physical Geology - Mike Strickler: Grants Pass High School
• Planet earth images - taken from various Space Shuttle Missions
• Plate Tectonics and Sea-Floor Spreading - Cascades Volcano Observatory/USGS
• Radon gas hazards - USGS
• RIOD - Réseau International d'ONG sur la Désertification / The International NGO Network on Desertification and Drought
• Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center: A new 20,000 square foot dinosaur museum in Woodland Park, Colorado. Exhibits include huge marine reptiles, pterosaurs, dinosaurs, a visible fossil lab, educational activities, interactive children's area, and a great gift shop. Open 7 days per week year round.
• School Page - Educator's Resource - home
• Society for Exploration Geophysicists
• Society for Sedimentary Geology page
• South Dakota Geological Survey Home Page
• Structural Geology - samples/images
• Teaching in The Learning Web at the USGS
• This Dynamic Earth--Contents [USGS]
• UCMP - University of California (Berkeley) - Museum - GLOSSARIES for natural sciences!
• University of Kentucky - Geology Department
• USGS - Fact Sheets List: Environment, Natural Resources, Hazards, Information Management, States jump site, etc.
• USGS: GeoData Download site
• USGS - Locating Publications and Documents search site and lists
• USGS - United States Geological Survey - Home Page
• USGS - Environment Themes - Research lists, etc.
• USGS - Geographic Distribution of Hazards in the US
• USGS - Hazards Theme - Fact Sheets - list
• Utah - USGS
• Utah Geology  - Univ of Utah
• USENET discussion groups - geology
• Virtual Earth - sample Java applets
• Virtual Field Trips  - Jonathan Butler, Univ of Houston
• Virtual Geology - Idaho
• Virtual Geology Labs online - earthquake animations & simulations etc.
• Virtual Geosciences Professor - Jonathan Butler, University of Houston
• Virtual Laboratory - Johns Hopkins Univ Engineering Lab
• WebElements - Periodic Table of Elements
• West's Geology Directory - Contents and Index.
• Yahoo - Planetary Geology resources
• Yellowstone Association Geology Products
• Zion National Park - Geology

Mining

• 1872 Mining Law -- CRA (Congressional Research Service) report
• Arizona Mining - SASO (Southern Arizona Seismological Observatory)
• College of Mines and Earth Resources - Univ of Idaho
• Colorado School of Mines - home and its Outreach and Research programs
• Dictionary of Mining, Minerals and Related Terms
• Domari Mines and Systems Geology and Technology site
• Earth Materials: Rocks/Minerals, Petrology
• Glossary of Terms / National Park Service - Mineralogy, Park Mineral Development, Disturbed Lands Restoration
• MineNet - Ultimate Gateway to World Wide Mining Information
• Mining in National Parks and Wilderness Areas: Policy, Rules, Activity- CRA report
• Summitville Mine and its Downstream Effects - USGS
• USGS - Environment Themes - Research lists, etc.
• USGS - Geographic Distribution of Hazards in the US
• Woburn Mass. Toxic Trial - casestudy - Ohio State University

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Paleontology

• Agate Fossil Beds - National Monument
• Ancient World Web: Main Index
• Burgess Shale : A Hidden Treasure In The Canadian Rockies
• Collapse of Early Civilizations - Exhibits Collection -- resource site - Annenberg/CPB Project
• Dinosaur Tracksite photographs and other links on Ichnology
• Dinosaur Valley Museum - home
• Dinosauria  from - UCMP (University of California Museum of Paleontology)
• Dinosaur Exhibit - Honolulu Community College
• Dinosaur National Monument - Utah - home - Go-Utah site
• Dinasaur Trace Fossils - Geosciences Program, Emory University
• Dino Russ's Lair - Illinois Dept of Natural Resources/Geology
• Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
• Fossil Butte National Monument - home
• Geologic History of Santa Cruz County and fossils -
  Santa Cruz County Museum - Fossil Links
• Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument
• Historical foundations of Geology - UCMP modules
• Hooper (Dr. Ken) Virtual Paleontology Museum - Carleton University, Canada
• John Day Fossil Beds - National Monument
• Jurassic Reefs in Germany
• K-Paleo - Kuban's Paleo Place
• La Brea Tar Pits - Los Angeles, California
• Mazon Creek Fossils, Illinois
• Museum of Paleontology Exhibits - UC Berkeley - Paleontology Without Walls
• Natural History Museum - London/UK - Virtual reality at the NHM - paleontology
• Paleogeographic Atlas Project - Univ of Chicago
• Paleolimnology - Journal of
• PaleoNet --PaleoWeb - Places To Go
• Paleontological Society of America and its newsletter - Paleobiology -
• PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY CODE OF FOSSIL COLLECTING - Constitution of The Paleontological Society
• Paleontology and Paleobotany - Netscape Info sites
• Paleontology Without Walls - UCMP
• Phylogeny introduction to:
• Plate Movement ANIMATIONS. Mesozoic to the Present  and Last 750 million years of Earth History
• Pleistocene - UCMP
• RM Mammoth page
• Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Resource Center: A new 20,000 square foot dinosaur museum in Woodland Park, Colorado. Exhibits include huge marine reptiles, pterosaurs, dinosaurs, a visible fossil lab, educational activities, interactive children's area, and a great gift shop. Open 7 days per week year round.
• Smithsonian - National Museum of Natural History - home
• UCMP - University of California (Berkeley) - Museum of Paleontology - GLOSSARIES
• USGS Spectroscopy Lab - Petrified Forest National Park
• Vertebrate Index - Museum of Paleontology Exhibits - UC Berkeley

Petroleum/Energy Resources:

USA - Intermountain West - SEE HERE - Persian Gulf/Middle East HERE

 

            Energy Issues - General

• 25th Aniversary of the 1973 Oil Crisis - report and articles
• A Brief History of Petroleum - article/Maverick Energy
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists - Home Page
• Ask Larry Neely Anything About Oil and Gas Investing  - article/Maverick Energy
• AASG - Petroleum and Gas/Economic Geology Educational Resources - links
• Alaska Pipeline - homepage
• Changing Perceptions of World Oil and Gas Resources - USGS assessment
• Chronology of World Oil Market Events 1970 - 1997 - article
• Describing Petroleum Reservoirs of the Future - USGS
• Digital Geologic GIS Maps Support Project - USGS World Energy Assessment
• DPA - Digital Petroleum Atlas Home - Kansas Geological Survey
• DPA--U.S. Region List - Digital Petroleum Atlas/Kansas Geological Survey US Oil History - Small Quicktime movie - US Oil History - Large Quicktime Movie
• Early days of the oil industry - article
• Energy Connection - home
• Energy - Union of Concerned Scientists
• Energy and the Environment: Resources for a Networked World - many links!
• Energy Information on Internet - Netherlands Energy Research Foundation
• Energy Research Clearing House WebSite - home
• Energy Resources Program - USGS - homepage - see Themes List page
• Energy Web-based course - Physics 161 - Physics of Energy and the Environment - Univ of Oregon
• Environmental Handbook for Oil and Gas Industry - Utah Geological Survey, Division of Oil, Gas and Mining
• Federal Coal in the US - a GIS/Digital Database of Coal Ownership - home
• Fossil Fuel Primer - The Historical Price of Gas - University of Oregon
• From Atomic to Global Scales--Understanding Energy and the Environment - USGS article/assessment
• Fundamentals of Oil & Gas  - article/Maverick Energy
• Gas (Methane) Hydrates -- A New Frontier - USGS
• Geoscience Resources - UK - home
• How OPEC Lost Control of Oil - TIME magazine, April 6, 1998
• Impact of Oil and Gas Activity on Land-Use Management Decisions - USGS
• Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation - University of California, San Diego
• International Energy Annual Reports - home and Five Year Forecasts - home
• Glossary of Terms / National Park Service - Mineralogy, Park Mineral Development, Disturbed Lands Restoration
• Larry's Lexicon of Oil and Gas Investment Terms - home
• Map showing percent of world production of oil, natural gas, and coal for each of the eight World Energy regions - USGS World Energy Assessment
• Map - World Crude Oil Flows - 1997
• Maverick Energy - home
• Middle East Energy Consultants - home
• NON-OPEC FACT SHEET - article
• NREL - National Renewable Energy Lab
• Oil and Gas Online - The Internet Center for Oil & Gas
• Oil and Gas Resources of the United States: The 1995 National Assessment - USGS - or see Summary of  the report
• Oil as a Finite Resource - World Resources Institute
• OIL & GAS MAPS, DATA, AND GIS LINKS - home / Energy Connection
• OilOnline...Your Best Source for Oil & Gas Information
• OPEC Fund - home
• OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet - article
• Petroleum Data Publications - sources
• Petroleum Technology Transfer Council - Midwest region - Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan
• Physics of Energy and the Environment - University of Oregon online course on energy
• Ranking of the World's Oil and Gas Provinces by known Petroleum Volumes - USGS - clickable map
• State of Idaho Energy/Environment Page - home
• sci.geo.petroleum Internet Resources - home
• UCS - Energy Program - Union of Concerned Scientists - overview articles, resources and more
• United States - oil information fact sheet
• USGS World Energy Program - article
• USGS - Petroleum publications - list
• World Crude Oil Prices - table (FTP site) - 1978-1998
• World Energy Databases for the Energy Annual - home by country
• World Energy Forecasts - DOE/EIA
• World Energy_Homepage and WorldEnergy Mail Lists - resource
• World Energy Project - USGS
• World Energy Publications List - USGS
• World Map of Petroleum Basins - USGS - clickable map
• World Oil Areas of Special Interest - map
• World Oil Bar - home and Virtual Tour site
• World Oil Transit Chokepoints - article
• World of Petroleum - Eastern Energy Resources Team - USGS - clickable map to world regions
• World Petroleum Resources and Basins - Powerpoint Presentation online
• World of Petroleum - download site for data tables, maps, articles, etc. - USGS
   

          EIA/DOE Resources (Energy Information Agency/Department of Energy):

• Annual Energy Outlook - 1999 with Projections to 2020 - EIA
• Coal Availability Studies: A New Look At Resource Estimates - USGS
• Comprehensive National Energy Strategy - home
• DPA - Digital Petroleum Atlas Home - Kansas Geological Survey
• DPA--U.S. Region List - Digital Petroleum Atlas/Kansas Geological Survey US Oil History - Small Quicktime movie - US Oil History - Large Quicktime Movie
• EIA - Energy Information Administration info - DOE (Department of Energy) - US - Data Publications List
• EIA - Country Briefs - hotlist and Themes page - table of contents list
• EIA - International Energy Outlook - forecasts for 5 to 20 years
• EIA - Petroleum page - data reports lists, forecasts, etc.
• EIA - Short Term Energy Outlook - 6- 12 months
• E-Mail Discussion Lists from th EIA
• Energy Security Home Page - DOE/EIA
• FETC WORLD WIDE WEB - Federal Energy Technology Center
• International Petroleum Statistics Report - homepage with many resources/links - DOE (Department of Energy) - US
• National Energy Information Center - phone, email contacts by the EIA
• National Petroleum Technology Office - home
• Non-OPEC Fact Sheet - EIA
• OPEC Fact Sheet - October 1998 - EIA and list of factsheets/reports
• OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet - EIA
• Russia: Energy Situation Update - EIA
• US Energy Outlook and Situation - 1999 - EIA
• World Oil Market and Oil Price Chronologies: 1970-1997 - EIA
• World Oil - Potential Hotspots - EIA
• World Oil - Transit Chokepoints - maps, articles - EIA

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Weathering - Karst - Mass Wasting - Caves - Landslides - Hydrogeology

 

• Badlands National Park - GORP
• Caves of Lascaux - home
• CENTER FOR CAVE AND KARST STUDIES, Department of Geography and Geology, Western Kentucky University
• Environmental engineering hazards of karst
• Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Caving - list of cave sites on GORP
• Geologic Hazards Team - National Landslide Information Center
• Geologic Hazards Theme - summary for 1997 - USGS - Geographic Distribution of Hazards in the US
• Glossary of Speleology and caving terms
• Glossary of Landslides and Mass Wasting
• Great Salt Lake Ecoregion - Virtual Fieldtrip (Ford)
• Hazards Theme - USGS - home
• Hydrology of the Black Hills - 1999 Conference
• Hydrologic Cycle and Groundwater - SFSU/Sharon Gabel (Intro to Geology)
• Karst in British Columbia
• Karst hydrogeology notes - University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
• Karst Waters Institute
• Kentucky Ordovician Limestones - field trip
• Landslides / Debris Flows - Mt. Rainier
• Landslide Hazards Theme - USGS - 1997 Summary page and Map
• Landslides: a "Talk Story" - CSULB
• Mass wasting - practice questions - Timothy Heaton, Univ of South Dakota
• Mass wasting - class notes - Univ of Colorado
• Michigan Karst Conservancy - home
• Mineral Classes - module
• Mylonites - Marble Canyon - Death Valley
• National Landslide Info Center - USGS
• Notes for S. Gabel's Introductory Geology (GEO 100) - SFSU/Sharon Gabel (Intro to Geology)
• Karst Route (tour -in Slovenia)
• Speleo Link page
• Spelunking links
• Tully Valley Landslide Study - USGS
• Tully Valley mudslide - field trip
• US Show Caves - directory
• Virtual Cave - home
• Weathering and rocks - lectures - SFSU/Sharon Gabel (Intro to Geology)
• West Virginia Cave Conservancy

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