Earth Science Day, October 16, 1999

ASU Geology Department Earth and Planetary sciences web links. Surf away!

Arizona Earth Sciences
General world wide web links
Planetary
Dinosaurs
Volcanoes
Gems and minerals
Earthquakes
Oceanography
The earth's environment
Mapping and other neat views of the earth

Top Choices!

Painted Canyon -- A Geologic Wonderland!

http://geology.asu.edu/~sreynolds/glg103/home.htm

Arizona Virtual Tourist

http://geology.asu.edu/~sreynolds/azvt/azgeo_tourist.htm

Arizona Geologic map: interactive

http://geology.asu.edu/~sreynolds/azgeomap/azgeomap_home.htm

The Nine Planets: a multimedia tour of the solar system

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

University of California, Museum of Paleontology. Take the time machine to see fossils of different time periods and to learn about the history of life on Earth.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

VolcanoWorld: Fun volcano pages with lots of educational materials geared towards a younger audience and teachers.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection

http://galaxy.einet.net/images/gems/gems-icons.html

Exploring earthquakes education module from SCEC

http://www.scecdc.scec.org/Module/

An astronaut's view of the earth

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/newsletter/uft/uft1.html

Arizona Earth Sciences Links

Your host:

ASU Geology Department Homepage (http://geology.asu.edu)

Department of Geology Research Groups and Laboratories (http://geology.asu.edu/research/)

Planetary Exploration Laboratory Center For Meteorite Studies Active Tectonics, Quantitative Structural Geology and Geomorphology Group

Astrobiology Group Paleontology/Geobiology Research Geological Remote Sensing Laboratory

Planetary Geology Group Aqueous and Environmental Geochemistry Lab Experimental Petrology - Depths of the Earth Laboratory

Space Photography Lab Mineral Physics Group 7*M Mineralogy Group

Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Laboratory Volcanology Research Group

Our colleagues

ASU Department of Geography

http://geography.asu.edu/indexg.html

Northern Arizona Department of Geology

http://vishnu.glg.nau.edu

University of Arizona Department of Geosciences

http://www.geo.arizona.edu/

Arizona Geological Survey

http://www.state.az.us/gs/index.htm

ASU Department of Anthropology

http://www.asu.edu/clas/anthropology/

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General world wide web links

I tried to pick interesting and representative ones, but there are many more...

WWW Geology resources

http://craton.geol.brocku.ca/guest/jurgen/grad.htm

Selected web sites for Geoscientists

http://www-marine.stanford.edu/branner/sel.geo.html

Rainforest Action Network. Lots of cool articles and activities about the conditions of rainforests and its biodiversity. Good links to human impact and suggestions for how kids can lessen our impact

http://www.ran.org/intro.html

The Learning Web at the USGS

http://www.usgs.gov/education/

Cool interactive stuff on the "Passport to Knowledge" page:

http://www.passporttoknowledge.com/

Lots of geology links

http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/8147/index.html

Geology web links

http://geologynet.com/geologylinks.htm

Discovery Channel Online "Amazing Earth Guide"

http://www.discovery.com/search/guide/earth/earth.html

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Planetary Geology and Astrobiology

The Nine Planets: a multimedia tour of the solar system

http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/nineplanets.html

Planteary weblinks from the ASU Geology Department's Planetary Geology Group

http://europa.la.asu.edu/lin/index.html

The definitive site on the World Wide Web dedicated to space and all space-related subjects

http://www.space.com

Mars missions--many interesting links

http://TES.la.asu.edu/newsurveyormenu.html

NASA

http://www.nasa.gov/

NASA Education

http://education.nasa.gov

The NASA Astrobiology Institute

http://nai.arc.nasa.gov

NASA's Origins program

http://origins.jpl.nasa.gov

Space Telescope Science Institute (Hubble Telescope!)

http://www.stsci.edu

Mars!--lots of ASU involvement here

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/

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Dinosaurs and Paleontology

University of California, Museum of Paleontology. Take the time machine to see fossils of different time periods and to learn about the history of life on Earth.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/

The Dinosauria--UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/dinosaur.html

Dino Russ' lair

http://denr1.igis.uiuc.edu/isgsroot/dinos/dinos_home.html

PaleoNet: Designed for serious paleontologists, PaleoNet provides software, listserv archives, and links to professional and museum organizations.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/Paleonet/

Arizona sedimentary geology and paleontology. A wonderful site featuring photos of fossils found around our state of Arizona.

http://www.PSIAZ.com/Schur/azpaleo/paleo.html

Paleontology at the US Geological Survey. Provides educational resources as well as introductions to major fossil groups.

http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/

Virtual Tour of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Visit the exhibits at the Smithsonian in Washington DC including ones on dinosaurs, earliest signs of life on Earth, and ancient ocean creatures.

http://nmnhwww.si.edu/VirtualTour/

BBC Walking with Dinosaurs

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dinosaurs

Discovery Channel Online "Dinosaurs in the Parks"

http://www.discovery.com/exp/dinoparks/dinoparks.html

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Volcanoes

Michigan Tech Volcanology Page: Contains links and information to a variety of volcanoes, including up-to-date status reports from current eruptions.

http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/

Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO); Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory (HVO); and Alaskan Volcano Observatory (AVO). Contain information about not only the volcanoes that they watch over, but also other volcanoes around the world that are being monitored to help mitigate hazards.

CVO http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/

HVO http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/

AVO http://www.avo.alaska.edu/

VolcanoWorld: Fun volcano pages with lots of educational materials geared towards a younger audience and teachers.

http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/

Smithsoninian Institution's Global Volcanism Program

http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/

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Gems and minerals

A gallery for minerals and gemstones A to Z. There is a glossary and Resources section, Links and Search.

http://www.minerals.net/

Gems and Gemstones

http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~jill

ASU Thermal Infrared Mineral Spectroscopy Laboratory

http://emma.la.asu.edu/newlab.html

Mineral Deposits of the Grand Canyon State

http://www.geo.arizona.edu/Geo256/azgeology/mining.html

Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection

http://galaxy.einet.net/images/gems/gems-icons.html

Hope diamond

http://nmnhwww.si.edu/minsci/hope.htm

Lots of gems

http://gemstone.org/gemstones.html

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Earthquakes

Arizona State University Earthquake Information. Including links to the Arizona Earthquake Information Center (NAU), and Southern Arizona Seismological Observatory (UofA)

http://activetectonics.la.asu.edu/e-quakes/

Virtual Earthquake: You determine the epicenter, S & P lag, etc for the region of your choice

http://vcourseware3.calstatela.edu/VirtualEarthquake/VQuakeIntro.html

Earthquake!: Read seismographs, where the eq hit, where it originated, prediction, etc.

http://cse.ssl.berkeley.edu/lessons/indiv/davis/inprogress/QuakesEng3.html

Big Trouble in Earthquake Country: Assess damage and develop strategies to lesson damage

http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/SII/SII-eqcountry/5eqcountry.homepage.html

Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC)

http://www.scec.org

Exploring earthquakes education module from SCEC

http://www.scecdc.scec.org/Module/

USGS earthquake info

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

Earthquake maps on the web

http://cires.colorado.edu/people/jones.craig/EQimagemap/global.html

University of Nevada-Reno Seismo Lab

http://www.seismo.unr.edu/index.html

Seismosurfing the internet

http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html

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Oceanography

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The earth's environment

NASA's "Classroom of the Future - Exploring the Environment". Pretty well rounded set of activities that use current remote sensing data to look at the condition of Earth's environment.

http://www.cotf.edu/ete/main.html

EarthShots: Satellite Images of environmental change at the USGS. Bunch of case studies and images showing changes over time in many settings.

http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/earthshots/slow/tableofcontents

EPA Office of Water Kid's Page, also has links to other environmental activities sites.

http://www.epa.gov/ow/kids.html

EPA's Surf your Watershed that links into a variety of local information and realtime data for water and air quality; for Arizona it's:

http://www.epa.gov/surf3/states/AZ/

The Museum of Unnatural Mystery

http://www.unmuseum.mus.pa.us/unmuseum.htm

Department of Energy's "Cool Science" page

http://www.fetc.doe.gov/coolscience/index.html

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Mapping and other neat views of the earth

Ron Blakeys Paleogeographic Maps of the Southwest (beautiful!)

http://vishnu.glg.nau.edu/rcb/paleogeogwus.html

Geologic scenery images

http://geology.asu.edu/~sreynolds/geologic_scenery/geologic_scenery_images.htm

Color Landform Atlas of the United States

http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html

3-D radar images of the Earth

http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/3dpic.html

An astronaut's view of the earth

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/newsletter/uft/uft1.html

Thanks to everyone who helped put this together!
Page maintained by
Prof. Ramón Arrowsmith

Last modified October 14, 1999

Planetary Exploration Laboratory	Center For Meteorite Studies	Active Tectonics, Quantitative Structural Geology and Geomorphology Group
Astrobiology Group	Paleontology/Geobiology Research	Geological Remote Sensing Laboratory
Planetary Geology Group	Aqueous and Environmental Geochemistry Lab	Experimental Petrology - Depths of the Earth Laboratory
Space Photography Lab	Mineral Physics Group	7*M Mineralogy Group
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Laboratory	Volcanology Research Group

Earth Science Day, October 16, 1999

ASU Geology Department Earth and Planetary sciences web links. Surf away!

Table of contents

Top Choices!

Arizona Earth Sciences Links

Your host:

Our colleagues

General world wide web links

Planetary Geology and Astrobiology

Dinosaurs and Paleontology

Volcanoes

Gems and minerals

Earthquakes

Oceanography

The earth's environment

Mapping and other neat views of the earth