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UWM sites

UWM
College of Letters and Science
Graduate School
UWM Library
Online Catalog
E-reserve
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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Geology/Plate Tectonics Links

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About Geology
Continental Drift (animations) UC-Berkeley
CSC Earth Science Server (Finland)
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
Burnett CountyGIS Page (just enter a user name, any will do)
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 Manitowoc 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
Non-US Data Resources (UC-Berkeley)
Oconto County GIS Page
Pepin County GIS Page
SEDAC's Demographic Data Cartogram Service (you can get census data here)
Terraserver (A cool website that lets you zoom in on any region)
TopoZone (to get topographic maps)
Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center
US GIS Data Resources (plenty of links!)
US State and Local GIS Data Resources (just the 50 States)
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
WDNR Inventory Explorer
Winnebago County GIS Page
Wisconsin Arial Photography
Wisconsin DNR DRG Download Site
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)
Connecticut Groundwater Links
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)
Groundwatersystems.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)
Nearctica - Hydrology Page
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
Water Resources Programs (UW-Extension)
Wisconsin DNR Groundwater Page

Geoscience Journals

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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 Exercise Cal 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
Online Mineralogy Resource (mindat.org) (very nice site)
Optical Properties of Common Minerals
Petrographic Atlas of Coal and Carbon Compounds Southern University of Illinois
Petrography (200 micrographs of rocks and minerals)
Petrologic Database of the Ocean Floor
Petrology Basics
Petrology of the Oceanic Crust
Rockhounds Information Page
Thermodynamic Properties of Minerals University of British Columia - Canada
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
Naval Oceanographic Office
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
OSU Marine Geology-Active Tectonics Page Oregon State University
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 Texas A & M University

Geoscience Organizations

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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
Dinosauricon
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
Carbonate Sedimentology
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
Links for Sed/Strat A Site From Norway
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 (University of British Columbia)
Sedimentary Rocks Georgia SW University
Sedimentary Rocks Cal Poly Ponoma
Sedimentology Directory
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
Weathering Processes

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
Earthquake Information (UC-Davis)
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
PEPP Princeton Earth Physics Project
Record of the Day
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
Activities and Teaching Suggestions for Plate Tectonics
Ask A Geologist (USGS)
Ask-An-Earth Scientist (U. Hawaii)
Denver Earth Science Project
EarthPulse Center (Riverdeep)
Earthquake (lessons and activities from U. California Berkeley)
Earthquake Machine (USGS)
Earthquake Practice Quiz
Earthquake! Remote Sensing Activities (Montgomery Cty Public Schools)
Earthquakes & Seismic Waves Classroom Projects (Princeton Earth Physics Project)
Earthquakes and Volcanoes Lesson
Earth Science Education Activities (L. Braile, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Purdue University)
Earth Science Lessons (U. North Dakota)
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)
Maps and Globes
Musical Plates (A Study of Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics)
Natural Frequency of Buildings
New York Earth Science Teacher
One Page Earthquake Information Sheets (IRIS)
Paleomap Project
Plot that Quake!
Ray Tracing Animations (Washington University, St. Louis)
Seismic Waves & Locating Earthquakes (Arizona Curriculum Development Project)
Shakes and Quakes-Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
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
Dr. Soil Surfs (THE BEST LIST TO START WITH!!)
Field Book for Describing and Sampling Soils National Resources Conservation Service (pdf)
Glossary of Soil Science Terms (NEsoil.com)
Hydric Soils of America (National Resources Conservation Service)
International Soil Reference and Information Centre (Netherlands)
Keys to Soil Taxonomy National Resources Conservation Service (pdf)
National Soil Information System (USDA)
National Soil Resources Institute (Cranfield University, UK)
National Soil Survey Center 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 Laboratory Information Manual National Resources Conservation Service (pdf)
Soil Survey Laboratory Methods Manual National Resources Conservation Service (pdf)
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
Largest Eruptions in the Last 10,000 years
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 Eruptions from Italy
Volcano Hydrogeology and Hydrologic Processes USGS
Volcano Watch
Volcano World
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
Glacial Features of Central Wisconsin University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
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
Minerology of Wisconsin University of Wisconsin - River Falls
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