Links to Earth Science Web Resources

This page is free for general use, but no longer maintained.  Apologies for broken links.


Volcanoes:

Cacades Volcanic Observatory

Electronic Volcano

Volcanoes Online

EOS Volcanology Page

Istituto Internazionale di Vulcanologia

Japan Volcanoes

Michigan Tech Volcano Pages

Montserrat Volcano Observatory - Soufriere Hills Volcano, Monterrat, West Indies

Soufriere Hills Volcano - from the Michigan Tech pages

Mount St. Helens

USGS Volcano Hazards Program

Volcano World

Earthquake and Volcano Links

Many More Volcano Links

 

Earthquakes:

Earthquakes a tutorial by the USGS

Daily Earthquake Map: Los Angeles area

Daily Earthquake Map: San Bernadino and SE California

Weekly Earthquake Map: Greater Southern California Region

Paleoseismology of Coastal Oregon reseach by the scientists at the USGS

The Dynamic Earth The Story of Plate Tectonics

Tsunami! many links to tsunami information

Cascadia Megathrust and Tectonic Stress in the Pacific Northwest

The San Andreas Fault nice paper by the USGS

Earthquake and Volcano Links from Scripps

Northern California Earthquake Data Center

Pacific Northwest Earthquake Information

Recent Earthquakes in the U.S. and Worldwide

Seismo-Surfing on the web

Southern California Earthquake Center

National Earthquake Information Center: current seismicity worldwide

CalTech Seismo Lab

Studying Earthquakes (USGS)

More About Earthquakes (USGS)

USGS Earthquake Information

USGS Pasadena Field Office

 

Rocks and Minerals

Rock Slide Show photos and descriptions by Martin Miller (UO prof)

Notes on Bonding by Jack Rice (UO prof)

Mineralogy Sample also by Jack Rice

The Rock Cycle from Univ of British Columbia (UBC)

Igneous Rocks

Sedimentary Rocks

Metamorphic Rocks

The Mineral Gallery

Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection lots of beauties

 

Other Earth Science Sites

Tibet: A Virtual Field Trip by Jim Wittke, Northern Arizona University

The small comet hypothesis from the University of Iowa.

Geology 201 Lecture Notes by Jack Rice; nice supplement to 101 material

U.C. Berkeley Paleontology Museum Online

U.S.G.S. Learning Web

USGS Education and Outreach

Earth Observing System at NASA

Earth System Modeling at NCAR

Earth Images from NOAA, many globes

Global Change Home Page at NASA

Global Warming Page, Union of Concerned Scientists

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

National Geophysics Data Center at NOAA

Terrestrial Impact Craters from Los Alamos National Lab

Mission to Mars by NASA

Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards at NASA

A Student's Guide to the Solar System

 

Created by Becky Dorsey, Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Oregon