Geoscience Links

UWM Sites | Geoarchaeology | Geology | GIS Links | Glaciers | Hydrogeology

Journals | Min/Pet | Oceanography | Organizations | Paleontology | Sed/Strat

Seismology | Sites for Teachers | Soil Science | 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)
• UWM-Women in Math, Science and Engineering
• Geology Resources

Geoarchaeology Links

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• Geoarchaeology and Archaeological Geology
• What is Petroarchaeology?
• Obsidian Sourcing
• Electron Microprobe Analysis in Geoarchaeology

Geology/Plate Tectonics Links  

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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
• Interactive Continental Drift (java applet by Paul Meijer) Utrecht University-Netherlands
• Mid Ocean Ridges Ken Macdonald; UCSB
• New Publications from the USGS
• NUVEL Plate Kinematic Model
• Plate Tectonics UC-Berkeley
• Plate Motion Calculator (go to useful links then plate motion calculator) Utrecht University-Netherlands
• The Rock Cycle University Of British Columbia
• The Silurian UC-Berkeley
• The Story of Plate Tectonics USGS
• The Story of KT Boundary 
• Tectonic Landforms (NASA satellite photos)

GIS Links

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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)
• Fon du Lac County GIS Page
• Geodata.gov (GIS portal CHECK THIS OUT!)
• Geospatial and Statistical Data Center (University of Virginia Library)
• GIS.com
• 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 Data Page
• USGS Node of the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse
• USGS Spatial Data Transfer Standards Information Site
• Waukesha County GIS Page
• WDNR Geographic Geographic Information Systems Page
• Winnebago County GIS Page
• Wisconsin DNR DRG Download Site
• Wisconsin County GIS Links
• Wisconsin GIS Data (USGS site, pick a tile)
• Wisconsin Land Information Board
• Wisconsin Land Information Clearinghouse
• Wisconsin State Cartographer's Office
• Wisconsin Web Mapping Sites (shows the counties that have GIS sites)

Glacier Sites

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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 : University of Wisconsin - Green Bay A Nice Site to Explain Glacial Landforms
• Glaciers and Glacial Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
• Glaciers and Glaciations, Ice Sheets and Glacial Lakes USGS Site
• Glacier Links University of Maryland
• Glacier Image Database University of Cincinnati
• Glacier Power University of Alaska - Fairbanks
• Global Land Ice Measurements from Space (GLIMS) USGS Site
• Icesheet and Glacier Models Australian National University
• Monitoring Glaciers from Space NASA Website
• 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)
• Wired Antarctica (University of Washington)

Hydrogeolgy Sites

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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)
• Groundwater.com (tons of stuff)
• 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-Related Internet Resources (excellent site for links)
• 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
• Universities Water Information Page
• 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

Geoscience 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
• 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
• Ocean News
• Oceanographic Literature Review
• Organic Geochemistry
• 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
• Quaternart Science Reviews
• Reviews of Geophysics
• Science
• Science of Soils
• 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 Sites

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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
• 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 Great Site to Start with
• Mineral Gallery Nice Index of Mineral (you can also purchase them)
• Mineral Identification ExerciseCal State Pomona
• Mineral Properties
• Mineral Reference University of Wisconsin - Madison
• 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
• Norwegian Rockhound
• Online Mineral Database
• Optical Properties of Common Minerals
• Petrographic Atlas of Coal and Carbon Compounds Southern University of Illinois
• Petrography (200 micrographs of rocks and minerals)
• Petrology of the Oceanic Crust
• Rockhounds Information Page
• Zeolite Mineral Picture Gallery

Oceanography/Marine Geology Sites

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• Center for Coastal Studies Sripps Institute of Oceanography
• 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
• Sea Surface Temperature Satellite Images University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography
• School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) University of Hawaii - Manoa
• Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)
• World Ocean Circulation Experiment

Geoscience 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
• Directory to geoscience departments and societies
• 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 Society of Consulting Soil Scientists
• 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 Sites

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• Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates
• Computational Paleontology
• Dino Russ's Lair (vertebrate paleontology information)
• Dinosaur and Paleontology Dictionary
• Dinosauria On-Line
• Field Adventures in Paleontology
• Fossil Collections of the World
• Fossils of New Jersey
• Illinois Stae Geological Survey Paleontology Links (good set of links)
• Invertabrate Paleontology Image Gallery Yale University
• Journal of Dinosaur Paleontology (not an actual journal, more of a discussion)
• Kuban's K-Paleo Place
• Learning From the Fossil Record
• Museum of Paleontology UC-Berkeley
• Nearctica Paleontology Page
• North Dakota Geological Survey Paleontology Site
• Oceans of Kansas Paleontology
• Ozark Paleontology
• Paleonet Pages (lots of information!)
• Paleontological Research Institute
• Paleontology and Fossil Resources (very extensive set of links! check this out!)
• Paleontology Links
• The Paleontology Museum Database Page
• 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 Sites

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• A list of Sed/Strat and Geomorph. Links University of Houston
• Aeolian Processes and Deposits (powerpoint slide show)
• Arizona Sedimentary Geology Page
• Carbonate Reefs and Build-ups
• Carbonate Rock Fabric University of Texas-Austin
• Carbonates (powerpoint slide show)
• Clastic Depositional Environments
• Coastal Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
• Deep Marine Sedimentation (powerpoint slide show)
• Deltas and Deltaic Facies Models (powerpoint slide show)
• Deltaic Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
• Dr. Smith's Field Adavanced Sedimentology Page University of New Mexico
• Eolian Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
• Fluvial Landforms (NASA satellite photos)
• Index Fossils USGS site
• Lecture Notes for Sedimentary Rocks
• Online Guide to Sequence Stratigraphy University of Georgia
• Oscillatory Flow, Sediment Transport and Bedforms (powerpoint slide show)
• Photomicrographs of Carbonate Rocks
• Sedimentary Gravity Flows (powerpoint slide show)
• Sedimentary Rocks Georgia SW University
• Sedimentary Rocks Cal Poly Ponoma
• Sharon Gabel's Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Page (nice lecture notes)
• Shore Faces and Barier Islands (powerpoint slide show)
• The Ways Fosills Form (very cool Flash site with narration; Georgia Museum of Natural History)
• USC Sequence Stratigraphy Web
• USGS Bedform Sedimentology Studies 

Seismology/Geophysics Sites

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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 Homepage at LLNL
• 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)
• Seismo-surfing on the Net The best source for finding earthquake related material
• 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!).
• World Data Center (WDC-A) for Solid Earth Geophysics
• World Data Center (WDC-A) for Marine Geology & Geophysics
• The World-Wide Earthquake Locator The University of Edinburgh

Sites For Teachers  

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• A "Small is Beautiful" Approach to Upgrading a Geophysics Course
• Ask A Geologist (USGS)
• Ask-An-Earth Scientist (U. Hawaii)
• Denver Earth Science Project
• EarthPulse Center (Riverdeep)
• Earthquake Machine (USGS)
• Earthquake Practice Quiz
• Earthquake! Remote Sensing Activities (Montgomery Cty Public Schools)
• 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
• Geology Lesson Plans (From Ask Eric website)
• 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)
• Musical Plates (A Study of Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics)
• New York Earth Science Teacher
• 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
• The Earth's Crust (USGS)
• Virtual Geoscience Professor
• Virtual Labs
• Virtual Learning Center Projects (Mid-America Earthquake Center, U. of Illinois)
• Web Resources for Undergraduate and Graduate Courses (USGS)

Soil Science Sites

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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 Landscape Illustrations (Soil Profiles from Canada)
• Soil Quality Institute
• Soil Science for Archeologists
• Soil Science Glossary Search (Soil Science Society of America)
• Soil Survey Manual Intermountain Resources Inventories Inc.
• Soil Texture Triangle Hydraulic Properties Calculator
• Soils and Substrates (WWW Virtual Library)
• Soils Under a Microscope (USDA-NRCS)
• United States Consortium of Soil Scientists Associations
• 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 Sites

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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