Calhoun Community College Library - VRD - Science - Earth Science
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Earth Science
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Dive and Discover -
http://www.divediscover.whoi.edu/
Research scientists at Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institute present this chronicle of a current expedition to the
mid-ocean ridge, exploring the eastern Pacific off Central America,
seeking new volcanic eruptions on the undersea crest where several
tectonic plates meet. Includes videos, glossaries, timelines, maps,
and charts. |
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GeologyLink Glossary -
http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/glossary.html
A free, reliable glossary of geology terms from
Houghton Mifflin. |
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Geologic Time - http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/geology.html
Clickable geologic time scale made available by the
University of California Museum of Paleontology. |
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Geological Survey of
Alabama - http://www.gsa.state.al.us/
Provides maps, including interactive ones, online
publications, and more. |
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Groundwater
Atlas of the United States - http://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/gwa.html
Text and images from the book are browsed by
region. All 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands are
included. |
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Inside Geology - http://college.hmco.com/geology/resources/geologylink/toc.html
Links to "hundreds of class lectures, web sites,
references, news items, organizations, and glossaries on every
aspect of geology." |
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Interactive
Mapping Tools -
http://geoinformatics.sdsc.edu/doe/student/web_tools.html#
List of mapping tools that allow you to create your own maps from an array of information to
be displayed. For example, map all the volcanoes in the United
States. |
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Introduction
to Atmospheric Chemistry -
http://www.cac.yorku.ca/general/intro.html
A brief explanation of atmospheric chemistry with
further information on 5 of the most well known issues - global
warming, smog, ozone depletion, acid rain, and toxic air pollutants. |
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Life along the
Fault Line - http://www.exploratorium.edu/faultline/
Produced by the Exploratorium, San Francisco's
"museum of science, art and human perception," this report on "Life
and Science in Earthquake Country" tells the story of a region
shaped by its recent seismic history. The site features personal
recollections, images, and video; and an introduction to topics in
earthquake engineering, architecture, prediction, and preparedness. |
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Mineralogy Database -
http://webmineral.com/
A comprehensive, user-friendly database of over 5000
individual pages on minerals, organized with alphabetical links by
names of the minerals. |
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National Geophysical
Data Center - http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdc.html
A NOAA web page that provides data, images, reports,
and other products. Search the entire collection of pages, or
browse by subjects: space weather and solar events; global relief;
marine geology and geophysics, natural hazards, geomagnetic data and
models, or earth observations from space. |
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U.S. Geological Survey -
http://www.usgs.gov/
Another data rich site with key resources on the
front page for natural hazards (water, earthquakes, data), news, and
state research. Use the Science Topics link in the top menu bar to
find indepth coverage of full-text reports, images, and data on over
50 topics. |
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Visible Earth -
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/
NASA's searchable directory of over a thousand
images, visualizations, and animations of the earth. |
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