Geosciences Links
UWM Sites | Geology | GIS Links | Glaciers | Hydrogeology
Journals | Min/Pet | Mining | Oceanography | Organizations | Paleontology | Sed/Strat
Seismology | K-12 Teachers | Soil Sciences | Volcanology | Wisconsin Geology
UWM sites
- UWM
- College of Letters and Science
- Graduate School
- UWM Library
- Online Catalog
- Interlibrary loan form
- Library Guide (a helpful list of reference material compiled by Nornam Lasca)
Geology/Plate Tectonics
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- About Geology
- Continental Drift (animations) UC-Berkeley
- Earth/Geoscience Information on the WWW (Illinois State Geology Survey)
- Geologic Time Chart British Geological Survey
- Geology Central
- Geology.com
- Geology Link
- Mid Ocean Ridges Ken Macdonald; UCSB
- NUVEL Plate Kinematic Model
- Plate Tectonics UC-Berkeley
- The Rock Cycle Idaho State University
- The Silurian UC-Berkeley
- The Story of Plate Tectonics USGS
- The Story of KT Boundary
- Tectonic Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
GIS
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- Bayfield County GIS Page
- Catalog of DEM Data (text format)
- Center For Advanced Spatial Technologies (Guide to Mostly On-Line and Mostly Free U.S. Geospatial and Attribute Data)
- City of Madison GIS Page
- City of Milwaukee GIS Page
- City of Racine GIS Page
- City of Waukesha GIS Page
- City of West Bend GIS Page
- Clark County GIS Page
- Columbia County GIS Page
- Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN)
- CU Resources for Geographers (Colorado University Dept. of Geography)
- Dane County Land Conservation Department
- Directions on loading DEM's into ArcView and ArcInfo
- Door County GIS Page
- Earth Observing System Data Gateway (NASA data)
- EPA Envirofacts Data Warehouse
- ESRI Homepage (makers of ArcView and ArcInfo)
- Fond du Lac County GIS Page
- Geodata.gov (GIS portal CHECK THIS OUT!)
- Geospatial and Statistical Data Center (University of Virginia Library)
- GIS Data Depot (free GIS Data in all formats)
- Global Change Master Directory (NASA)
- Links to Digital GIS Data
- Manitowoc County GIS Page
- Monroe County GIS Page
- National Atlas of the USA
- National Spatial Database
- Oconto County GIS Page
- Pepin County GIS Page
- Terraserver (A cool website that lets you zoom in on any region)
- TopoZone (to get topographic maps)
- Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
- USGS Digital Raster Graphics
- USGS Geographical Information Systems Page
- USGS Geographic Names Information System
- USGS GIS Data for Water Resources
- USGS Geologic Research and Information
- USGS Node of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
- USGS Spatial Data Transfer Standards Information Site
- Waukesha County GIS Page
- Wisconsin DNR
- Winnebago County GIS Page
- Wisconsin GIS Maps
- Wisconsin County GIS Links
- Wisconsin GIS Data (USGS site, pick a tile)
- Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse
- Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office
Glaciers
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- All about glaciers National Snow and Ice Center
- Anatomy of a Glacier NOVA Online
- Antarctic Glacier Index Rice University, Houston
- Antarctica on the Web
- Earth Observatory: Glaciers A NASA Site
- Gifts of the Glaciers University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
- Glaciers and Glacial Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
- Glaciers and Glaciations, Ice Sheets and Glacial Lakes USGS Site
- Glacier Links University of Maryland
- Glacier Power University of Alaska - Fairbanks
- Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) USGS Site
- Icesheet and Glacier Models Australian National University
- National Snow and Ice Data Center University of Colorado - Boulder
- Polar Pointers
- Polar Web
- Program in Arctic Climate Assessment (PARCA) University of Colorado - Boulder
- Satellite Images:Glaciers USGS
- Scott Polar Research Institute
- Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Chapter 5: Glaciers (from NASA)
Hydrogeolgy
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- American Ground Water Trust
- Aquifer Basics USGS
- Central Wisconsin Groundwater Center (UW-Stevens Point)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- Environmental Simulations International ESI (makers of numerous software programs)
- Great Lakes Water Levels
- Groundwater-Nature's Hidden Treasure (Canada)
- What is Groundwater
- Groundwaterscience.com (lots of links)
- Groundwater Atlas of the United States (USGS)
- Ground Water Data Network for Wisconsin USGS
- Ground Water Institute University of Memphis
- Hazardous Waste Clean-up Information
- Hydrogeology Drilling Glossary
- Hydrogeological Group of the Geological Society UK
- The Hydrogeologists Homepage (lots of stuff!)
- Hydrology Web
- International Association of Hydrogeologists (a nice list of hydro links)
- Richard B. Winstons (Hydrology) Home Page (lots of links!)
- Stream Gaging Program of the USGS
- USGS Water Resource Page
- USGS Water Use in the USA
- Volcano Hydrogeology and Hydrologic Processes (USGS)
- Water on the Web (lots of links)
- Water Librarian's Homepage
- Water Resources Institute
- Water Resources Library
- Wisconsin DNR Groundwater Page
Geosciences Journals
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- Advances in Water Resources
- American Journal of Science
- American Minerologist
- Annual Reviews of Earth and Planetary Sciences
- Applied Clay Science
- Applied Geochemistry
- Basin Research
- Bulletin of the Seismological Society (BSSA)
- Bulletin of Volcanology
- Chemical Geology
- Chemosphere
- Clays and Clay Minerals
- Computers and Geosciences
- Continental Shelf Research
- Contributions to Minerology and Petrology
- Earth and Planetary Science Letters
- Earth Science Reviews
- Economic Geology
- Engineering Geology
- Environmental Geology
- Environmental Geosciences
- Environmental Modelling and Software
- Environmental Pollution
- Environmental Research
- Environmental Science and Engineering
- Environmental Science and Technology
- Geochemica et Cosmochimicaa Acta
- Geological Abstracts
- Geological Society of America Bulletin
- Geology
- Geology Today
- Geomorphology
- Geophysical Journal International
- Geophysical Prospecting
- Geophysical Research Letters
- Geotectonics
- Geothermics
- Geotimes
- Groundwater
- GSA Today
- International Geology Review
- International Journal of Mineral Processing
- Journal of African Earth Studies
- Journal of Applied Crystallography
- Journal of Applied Geophysics
- Journal of Asian Earth Studies
- Journal of Contaminant Hydrology
- Journal of Environmental Hydrology
- Journal of Environmental Management
- Journal of Environmental Quality
- Journal of Geochemical Exploration
- Journal of Geodesy
- Journal of Geodynamics
- Journal of Geology
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans
- Journal of Geophysical Research-Solid Earth
- Journal of Glacial Geology and Geomorphology (GGG)
- Journal of Hydrology
- Journal of Marine Research
- Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
- Journal of Petrology
- Journal of Sedimentary Research
- Journal of Seismology
- Journal of South American Studies
- Journal of Structural Geology
- Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
- Lethaia
- Lithos
- Marine Chemistry
- Marine Environmental Research
- Marine Geology
- Marine Micropaleontology
- Marine and Petroleum Geology
- Minerals Engineering
- Nature
- New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
- Ocean Modelling
- Oceanographic Literature Review
- Organic Geochemistry
- Palaeontology
- Palaios
- Paleobiology
- Paleogeography, Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology
- Physical Oceanography
- Physics and Chemistry of the Earth
- Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
- Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors
- Precambrian Research
- Progress in Oceanography
- Pure and Applied Geophysics (PAGEOPH)
- Quaternary International
- Quaternary Science Reviews
- Reviews of Geophysics
- Science
- Scientific American
- Sedimentary Geology
- Sedimentology
- Seismological Research Letters
- Soil Science Society of America Jounral (SSSAJ)
- Stratigraphy and Geologic Correlation
- Surveys in Geophysics
- Tectonics
- Tectonophysics
- Waste Management
- Water Policy
- Water Research
- Water Resources Research
- Zeolites
Mineralogy/Petrology
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- AmericanElements.com (Lists uses for various elements)
- ATHENA Minerology University of Geneva, Switzerland
- Atlas of Rocks, Minerals, and Textures University of North Carolina
- Chemical Compositions of Minerals and Gems
- Crystallography 101
- Crystallography Online
- Database of Zeolite Structures
- Diamonds, Rocks and Minerals: All about Mineralogy (very good site with tons of links)
- Gem by Gem
- Geochemical Earth Reference Model
- Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks
- Igneous Rocks (lecture notes)
- Igneous Rocks Georgia SW State University
- Igneous Rocks Cal State Pomona
- The Image (gem and mineral enthusiast website)
- Introduction to Crystallography and Mineral Crystal Systems
- Links for Minerologists
- Mineral Gallery Nice Index of Mineral (you can also purchase them)
- Mineral Identification ExerciseCal State Pomona
- Mineral Properties
- Minerals Under a Microscope
- Minerals of the World Paris, France
- Mineralogy Database
- Mineralogy Notes Cal State Pomona
- The Nature of Diamonds American Museum of Natural History
- New York State Museum Petrographic Thin Section Images
- Online Mineral Database
- Teaching Optical Mineralogy and Petrography
- Optical Properties of Common Minerals
- Petrographic Atlas of Coal and Carbon Compounds Southern University of Illinois
- Petrology of the Oceanic Crust
- Rockhounds Information Page
- Virtual Museum of Minerals and Molecules University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Wisconsin Minerals University of Wisconsin-River Falls
Mining Resource
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Oceanography/Marine Geology
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- The Coastal Imaging Lab Oregon State University
- CORE (Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education)
- ERASMUS-Project "Mercator" in Marine Geosciences Renard Center of Marine Geology, University of Ghent, Belgium
- Joides Main Office Page Ocean Drilling Project
- NOAA Marine Geology and Geophysics Page
- Ocean Age Grid (Digital Isochrons of the World's Ocean Floor)
- Ocean Drilling Project Homepage
- OCEANIC University of Delaware
- RIDGE Program Homepage
- School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) University of Hawaii - Manoa
- Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)
- World Ocean Circulation Experiment
Geosciences Organizations
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- Organizations and Societies List Extensive List From The UW-Madison Library
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG)
- American Geological Institute (AGI)
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Institute of Hydrology (AIH)
- American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical, and Petrloeum Engineers
- American Institute of Professional Geologists (AIPG)
- American Petroleum Institute (API)
- American Society of Limnology and Oceanography (ASLO)
- Association for Women Geoscientists (AWG)
- Association of American State Geologists (AASG)
- Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)
- Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists (CSPG)
- Clay Minerals Society
- Council on Undergraduate Research
- The Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (EES)
- Friends of Minerology
- Geological Association of Canada (GAC)
- The Geological Society of America (GSA)
- Geoscience Information Society (GIS)
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
- International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH)
- International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI)
- International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Eart's Interior (IAVCEI)
- International Groundwater Modeling Center
- International Union for Quaternary Research (INQUA)
- Internation Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG)
- Lunar and Planetary Institute
- Minerological Society of America
- Museum of Paleonlogy, Univ. of California at Berkeley
- National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
- National Groundwater Association (NGA)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
- National Science Foundation World Wide Web Server (NSF)
- National Speleological Society (NSS)
- Ocean Drilling Program
- Paleontological Research Institution (PRI)
- Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists (RMAG)
- Seismological Society of America (SSA)
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG)
- Society of Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration (SME)
- Society of Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)
- Soil Science Society of America (SSSA)
- United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Paleontology
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- Dinosaur and Paleontology Dictionary
- Dinosauria
- Field Adventures in Paleontology
- Fossil Collections of the World
- Fossils of New Jersey
- Illinois State Geological Survey Paleontology Links (good set of links)
- Invertabrate Paleontology Image Gallery Yale University
- Kuban's K-Paleo Place
- Learning From the Fossil Record
- Museum of Paleontology UC-Berkeley
- North Dakota Geological Survey Paleontology Site
- Oceans of Kansas Paleontology
- Paleonet Pages (lots of information!)
- Paleontological Research Institute
- Paleontology and Fossil Resources (very extensive set of links! check this out!)
- Paleontology Portal
- Plant Fossil Record
- The Rad Page (a site devoted to radiolarian paleontology)
- Strange Site: The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology
- USGS Paleontology Site Index
- Vertebrate Paleontology (Florida Museum of Natural History)
- Vertebrate Paleontology (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
- Wisconsin Ordovician Fauna
Sedimentology/Stratigraphy
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- A list of Sed/Strat and Geomorph. Links University of Houston
- Carbonate Reefs and Build-ups
- Carbonate Rock Fabric University of Texas-Austin
- Clastic Depositional Environments
- Coastal Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
- Deltaic Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
- Eolian Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
- Fluvial Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
- Index Fossils USGS site
- Online Guide to Sequence Stratigraphy University of Georgia
- Photomicrographs of Carbonate Rocks
- Weathering Sedimentary Rocks Cal Poly Ponoma
- The Ways Fossils Form
- USC Sequence Stratigraphy Web
- USGS Bedform Sedimentology Studies
Seismology/Geophysics
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- Arrival Time Calculator (USGS)
- Earthquake Data from NGDC A Division of NOAA
- Earthquake data from USGS-Menlo Park
- Global Earthquake Response Center
- GMT - Mapping Tools for Earthquakes
- Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
- Induced Earthquake Bibliography from D. Cysper.
- Live Internet Sesimic Server (USGS)
- Mid America Earthquake Center
- National Earthquake Information Center NEIC
- NCEDC Earthquake Catalog Search (form)
- Nevada Seismological Laboratory
- NOAA Marine Geology and Geophysics Page
- Orfeus European Seismology Group
- SAC - Seismic Analysis Code
- San Francisco 1906 Earthquake (Museum of the City of San Francisco)
- Santa Barbara Earthquake History (UC-Santa Barbara)
- Savage Earth PBS Online (nice animations)
- Seismic Shear Wave Propagation (cool animations; Washington University, St. Louis)
- Seimological Laboratory (California Institute of Technology)
- Southern Arizona Seismic Observatory
- Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC)
- St. Louis University Earthquake Center
- Swiss Seismological Service
- Tsunami Information University of Washinton
- Understanding Earthquakes (UC-Santa Barbara)
- WinQuake.A freeware seismic analysis program by Larry Cochrane (SAC data format compatible!).
- The World-Wide Earthquake Locator The University of Edinburgh
K-12 Teachers
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- A "Small is Beautiful" Approach to Upgrading a Geophysics Course
- A System In Its Own - A Guide to Geology
- Ask A Geologist (USGS)
- Ask-An-Earth Scientist (U. Hawaii)
- Denver Earth Science Project
- Earthquake Machine (USGS)
- Earthquake Practice Quiz
- Earth Science Education Activities (L. Braile, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Purdue University)
- Volcano Lessons
- Earth Science Lesson Plans
- Earth Science Teachers Association (United Kingdom)
- Educational Materials From the USGS
- Enchanted Learning Earth Lessons
- Faults and Seismic Waves Lab
- Geology.com (Teacher Resources)
- Geology Central
- GeoScience: K-12 Resources (from Canada)
- GETIT (Geoscience Education Through Interactive Technology)
- How to Build a Model Illustrating Sea-Floor Spreading and Subduction
- Ideas for Activities Using Live Seismograms
- Investigating Earthquakes Through Regional Seismicity (Southern Californai Earthquake Center)
- Inside Geology (GeologyLink® Resource Center)
- One Page Earthquake Information Sheets (IRIS)
- Paleomap Project
- Plot that Quake!
- Ray Tracing Animations (Washington University, St. Louis)
- Educator Resources (Arizona Curriculum Development Project)
- Shakes and Quakes
- Soils and Earthquakes
- Southern California Integrated GPS Network Education Module
- Surfing for Volcanoes and Earthquakes (U. California Berkeley)
- TASA Graphic Art's Inc. (great geoscience software!)
- Tabletop Earthquakes
- Virtual Geoscience Professor
- Web Resources for Undergraduate and Graduate Courses (USGS)
Soil Sciences
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- British Society of Soil Science
- Canadian Soil Information System
- Clemson University Department of Crop and Soil Environmental Science
- Colorado State Department of Soil and Crop Science
- Compendium of Online Soil Survey Information
- Glossary of Soil Science Terms (NEsoil.com)
- Hydric Soils of America (National Resources Conservation Service)
- International Soil Reference and Information Centre (Netherlands)
- Soil Taxonomy National Resources Conservation Service
- National Soil Information System (USDA)
- National Soil Resources Institute (Cranfield University, UK)
- Soil Surveys by State National Resources Conservation Service
- National Soil Survey Handbook National Resources Conservation Service
- NEsoil.com (New England Soil Information)
- North Carolina State University Department of Soil Science
- North Dakota State University Department of Soil Science
- Official Soil Series Descriptions Data Access (USDA-NRCS)
- Oklahoma State University Department of Plant and Soil Science
- Soil Landscapes of Canada
- Soil Quality Institute
- Soil Science for Archeologists
- Soil Science Glossary Terms (Soil Science Society of America)
- Soil Survey Manual
- Soil Texture Triangle Hydraulic Properties Calculator
- Soils Under a Microscope (USDA-NRCS)
- University of Delaware Department of Plant and Soil Science
- University of Florida Department of Soil and Water Science
- University of Idaho Soil Science Division
- University of Minnesota Department of Soil, Water and Climate
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Soil Sciences
- Wisconsin Soils Program (has soil maps and data)
Volcanology
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- Alaska Volcano Observatory
- The Axial Volcano NOAA
- Cascade Volcanoes
- The Electronic Volcano
- Global Volcanism Program A Complete Listing of the World's Volcanoes from the Smithsonian
- Hawaii Center for Volcanology
- How Pyroclastic Flows are Generated USGS
- Japanese Volcanoes
- Michigan Technological University Volcano Page
- The Montserrat Volcano Observatory
- Mount Pinatubo USGS
- Mount St. Helens Seismicity University Of Washington
- NOAA Active Volcano Satellite Imagery
- Photo Glossary of Volcanic Terms USGS
- Pyroclastic Flow Visualization University of Buffalo
- SRL Volcano Exhibit (Radar images of volcaoes from NASA)
- Stromboli On-Line (English) Links to other volcano sites.
- Volcanic Ash Advisories
- Volcanic Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
- Volcano Hydrogeology and Hydrologic Processes USGS
- Volcano Watch
- Yellowstone: Restless Volcanic Giant (US)
Wisconsin Geology
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- A Geological History of Rib Mountain, Wausau, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin - Marathon County
- Bedrock Geology of Wisconsin Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey
- Cave of the Mounds Website
- Central Wisconsin Archaeology Center University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
- The Geology of Caves USGS
- Geology of Ice Age National Scientific Reserve National Park Service
- Geology of Wisconsin - Index University of Wisconsin - Green Bay (great site for geology of Wisconsin)
- The Geographical Provinces of Wisconsin
- Ground Water Data Network for Wisconsin USGS
- Ice Age Deposits of Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Map
- Landforms of Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Map
- Milwaukee Public Museum Geology Page
- Physical (Shaded Relief) Map of Wisconsin University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
- Regoinal Landscape Ecosystems (Map of Wisconsin) USGS
- Thickness of Unconsolidated Material in Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Map
- Virtual Silurian Reef Milwaukee Public Museum
- Wisconsin Maps, Satellite Imagry and GIS Resources University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
- Wisconsin Minerals University of Wisconsin-River Falls
