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Some potentially useful web sites
Part 1: Information on some scientists
I have found few good web resources on the history of geology. (Please
let me know if you encounter some good ones.)
An excellent site is the University of California at Berkeley's Museum of Paleontology site. It is well
worth a visit if you are interesed in paleontology or geological time. The
site also has some brief biographies and photographs of some of the scientists
we will encounter.
Some other sources of information on the history of geology
- An excellent and highly recommended non-web reference for brief biographies
is the "Dictonary of Scientific Biography" available in the UWM Library's
Reference Room (Q141 .D5).
- "Strange Science: The Rocky
Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology": Two really useful features here!
- The timeline provides a sense of the overall development of geology.
- Biographies of individuals involved in the development of geology and paleontology. Appears to be more complete than the Berkeley site.
- Greek and Roman Science and Technology This site by Tracey Rihll at the University of Wales-Swansea is a bit early for our purposes but it has lots of information.
- Wikipedia entry for History of Geology includes some links to biographical information.
- William Smith information
Part II: Geological features
A. Paris Basin
B. Volcanoes of the Auvergne
C. Volcanoes of Italy: There is some neat stuff related to these
volcanoes because they are (of course) active and hazardous.
- An introduction to the different
kinds of volcanic eruptions (with photos). This has a bit of information
on Hawaii's eruptive style but (if you keep reading) there is information
on other types of eruptive activity as well.
- Volcano World: more world-wide
coverage.
- Volcano Live is similar.
- USGS pages:
- Italy's volcanoes:
the cradle of volcanology: has a lot of information on varied volcanoes
(geology, maps, photos, eruptive histories, etc.). This is a very good place
to get information on some of the volcanoes that Lyell and his predessors
visited.
- Exploring Italian Volcanoes (Roberto
Scandone): Site with information on volcanic activity and history in the area
of Naples .
- Volcano World page with links to information on various volcanoes worldwide, including several Italian ones.
- Some sites related to Vesuvius:
- The Deadly Shadow of
Vesuvius is an offshoot of a NOVA program about Vesuvius. The program
included information on both Vesuvius and the Phlagaean Fields. The potential
for a severe eruption in the future was also illustrated in the program.
- Vesuvius page
is a nice summary site on Volcano World.
- Decade Volcano is an interesting site with lots of information (eruptions, field trips, geology,
etc.) on their Stromboli page. This site
also has some Etna photos (go to the home link).
- Finally, a good
image of Etna
D. Other sites related to the Italian localities cited by Lyell
E. Other sites that might be of interest
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