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AGU ONLINE JOURNALS - American Geophysical Union (AGU) Multimedia Geophysical Journals (Text & Images). For more information see American Geophysical Union (AGU)
APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY - Elsevier B.V. Multimedia Applied Geochemistry (Text & Images). APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY - Elsevier B.V. Multimedia Applied Geochemistry (Text & Images). CHINESE JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMISTRY - Springer Multimedia Chinese Journal of Geochemistry (Text & Images). GEOCHEMISTRY INTERNATIONAL - Springer Multimedia Geochemistry International Journal (Text & Images). GEOCHIMICA ET COSMOCHIMICA ACTA - Elsevier B.V. Multimedia Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Journal (Text & Images). JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION - Elsevier B.V. Multimedia Journal of Geochemical Exploration (Text & Images). ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY - European Association of Organic Geochemists Multimedia Organic Geochemistry Journal (Text & Images). For more information see the European Association of Organic Geochemists Geophysics Journals ACTA GEOPHYSICA - Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences Multimedia Acta Geophysica (Text & Images). For more information see the Institute of Geophysics APPLIED GEOPHYSICS - Springer Multimedia Applied Geophysics Journal (Text & Images). For more information see the Journals of Geophysics & Geodesy GEOPHYSICS - Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Multimedia Geophysics Journal (Text & Images). For more information see the SEG Digital Library or the Society of Exploration Geophysicists JOURNAL OF APPLIED GEOPHYSICS - Springer Multimedia Journal of Applied Geophysics (Text & Images). JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ENGINEERING GEOPHYSICS - Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) Multimedia Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics (Text & Images). For more information see the SEG Digital Library Society of Exploration Geophysicists SURVEYS IN GEOPHYSICS - Springer Multimedia Surveys in Geophysics Journal (Text & Images). Geology Journals GEOLOGY - The Geological Society of America Multimedia Geology Journals (Text & Images). For more information see Geological Society of America Publications or The Geological Society of America JOURNAL OF GEOLOGY - The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) and published by The University of Chicago Press Multimedia Geology Journal (Text & Images). For more information see The University of Chicago Press Journals or the The Astronomical Society of the Pacific (ASP) Astronomy & Geophysics Journals ASTRONOMY & GEOPHYSICS - Royal Astronomical Society; Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc Multimedia Astronomy & Geophysics Journal (Text & Images). For more information see Royal Astronomical Society Earth Journals EARTH INTERACTIONS - Published jointly by the American Geophysical Union, Association of American Geographers, American Meteorological Society, NASA's Mission to Planet Earth and Goddard DAAC Multimedia Earth Interactions Journal (Text & Images). For more information see American Geophysical Union; Association of American Geographers or the American Meteorological Society Earthquake Journals EARTHQUAKE SCIENCE - Springer Multimedia Earthquake Science Journal (Text & Images). For more information see the Journals of Geophysics & Geodesy Oceanography, Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Journals AMS JOURNALS ONLINE - American Meteorological Society Multimedia Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences Journals (Text & Images). Examples of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) Journals include
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology; Journal of Physical Oceanography; Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology; Weather and Forecasting; Journal of Climate; Journal of Hydrometeorology; Weather, Climate, and Society; etc..." Mineralogy Journals & Petrology Journals AMERICAN MINERALOGIST - Mineralogical Society of America Multimedia An International Journal of Earth and Planetary Materials (Text & Images). For more information see the Mineralogical Society of America MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY - Springer Multimedia Mineralogy and Petrology Journal (Text & Images). JOURNAL OF PETROLOGY - Oxford University Press Multimedia Petrology Journal (Text & Images). For more information see Oxford Journals Radiocarbon Journals RADIOCARBON - Publisher: Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona Multimedia Radiocarbon Journal (Text & Images). Water Journals WATER-RESOURCES CIRCULARS, REPORTS, ETC. - USGS For more information see Water Resources of the United States |
The International Chronostratigraphic Chart is available in:
Ordovician Chronostratigraphic Chart; Ordovician Carbon Isotope Curve; Permian Time Scale 2012..." GSA GEOLOGIC TIME SCALE - The Geological Society of America Multimedia GSA Geologic Time Scale (Text & Images). For more information see Education & Careers or the The Geological Society of America GEOLOGICAL TIME MACHINE - University of California, Berkeley Multimedia Geologic Time Scale Lessons (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the University of California Museum of Paleontology GEOCHRONOLOGY METHODS COURSES, LECTURES, ETC.
Geochronology Dating Techniques
Rb-Sr System Dating Technique; Sm-Nd System Dating Technique; Lu-Hf System Dating Technique; Argon 40/39 Dating Technique; Tephrochronology Dating Technique; Pb 210 Dating Technique; Fission Tracks Dating Technique; Carbon 14 Dating Technique; Thermoluminescence Dating Technique; 3He/4He Dating Technique; He/Ne Dating Technique; Berlyllium 10 Dating Technique; etc..."
CHRONOLOGICAL METHODS COURSES, LECTURES, LESSONS, ETC.
Chronological Methods
Dendrochronology; Radiocarbon Dating; Potassium Argon Dating; Obsidian Hydration Dating; etc..." THE RECORD OF TIME: CHRONOMETRIC DATING TECHNIQUES - D. O'Neil (Emeritus), Anthropology, Department of Behavioral Sciences, Palomar College Multimedia Chronometric Dating Techniques Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Chronometric Dating Techniques" Lessons include
Amino Acid Racemization Dating; Paleomagnetic Dating
Geomagnetic Reversal Time Scale Dating; Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale Dating; Archaeomagnetic Dating; Potassium-Argon Dating; Fission Track Dating; Thermoluminescence Dating; Electron Spin Resonance Dating; etc..." |
Amino Acid Geochronology
ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING - PALEOMAGNETIC TIME SCALE - PALEOMAGNETISM
ESSENTIALS OF PALEOMAGNETISM - Lisa Tauxe with Contributions from Subir K. Banerjee, Robert F. Butler and Rob van der Voo; SIO Paleomagnetic Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego; University of California Press, 2010; Hosted by: earthref.org Multimedia Essentials of Paleomagnetism Course & PmagPy Software (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Essentials of Paleomagnetism" Course Chapters include
Fisher Statistics; Paleomagnetic Tensors; The Ancient Geomagnetic Field; The GPTS and Magnetostratigraphy; etc..."
Plots useful in Paleomagnetism; Paleomagnetic Statistics and Parameter Rstimation; Anisotropy in Paleomagnetism; etc..." Archaeomagnetic Dating Lessons ARCHAEOMAGNETIC DATING - Illinois State Museum Multimedia Archaeomagnetic Dating Lessons (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Archaeomagnetism
Geomagnetic Principles; Archaeomagnetic Sample Collecting; Secular Variation Curves; etc..." ATOM TRAP TRACE ANALYSIS (ATTA) - RADIO-KRYPTON DATING
Atom Trap Trace Analysis (ATTA)
"...These three long-lived noble-gas isotopes possess ideal geophysical and geochemical properties for radioisotope dating and are particularly significant for applications in the earth sciences..." DENDROCHRONOLOGY - TREE-RING DATING
LECTURES IN DENDROCHRONOLOGY - Director: H.D. Grissino-Mayer, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Science, Department of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Tennessee Multimedia Lectures in Dendrochronology (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Lectures in Dendrochronology" Sections & Chapters include
Basic Sampling Design; etc..."
Using and Interpreting the COFECHA Program; Standardization Techniques; etc..."
Dendrogeomorphology; Isotope Studies and Tree Rings; etc..." THE SCIENCE OF TREE RINGS - Director: H.D. Grissino-Mayer, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Science, Department of Geography, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Tennessee Multimedia The Science of Tree Rings (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Laboratory of Tree-Ring Science or the Department of Geography Dendrochronology Calculators & Applets CROSSDATING TREE RINGS USING SKELETON PLOTTING (JAVA APPLET) - P. Sheppard, Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, University of Arizona, Tucson VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Crossdating Tree Rings Calculator
Dendrochronology Databases INTERNATIONAL TREE-RING DATA BANK - NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, National Climate Data Center (NCDC), NOAA Multimedia International Tree-Ring Data Bank (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. International Tree-Ring Data Bank
GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE
Geomagnetic Polarity Time Scale (GPTS)
ICE CORE DATING
ICE CORE 101 - Climate Change Institute, University of Maine Multimedia Ice Core 101 (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Ice Core
Ice Core Databases ICE CORE GATEWAY - NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, National Climate Data Center (NCDC), NOAA Multimedia Ice Core Data Bank (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Ice Core Gateway
LUMINESCENCE DATING - THERMOLUMINESCENCE (TL) & OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE (OSL)
OBSIDIAN HYDRATION DATING
Obsidian Hydration Dating
RADIOCARBON DATING
BETA ANALYTIC RADIOCARBON DATING LABORATORY - Beta Analytic, Inc. VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. SURFACE EXPOSURE DATING - COSMOGENIC EXPOSURE DATING
Cosmogenic Exposure Dating
CRONUS-EARTH ONLINE CALCULATORS - COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES CALCULATORS - Greg Balco, Cosmogenic Isotope Laboratory, Quanternary Research Center, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Washington VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Cosmogenic Isotopes Calculators include
TEPHROCRONOLOGY DATING
Tephrochronology Dating
"...The electron microprobe is the primary analytical tool for tephrochronology. It is most commonly used to analyze the glass fraction of tephra for major and minor element abundances and thereby provide a chemical fingerprint which allows ash from different eruptions to be uniquely identified..." |
GEOLOGY GLOSSARY - Cengage Learning, Inc. Multimedia Geology Glossary (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Geology Link or Cengage Learning THE PHYSICAL ENVIROMENT ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY - M. Ritter, Department of Geography & Geology, University of Wisconson, Steven Points, Wisconson Multimedia The Physical Environment Illustrated Glossary (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see The Physical Environment - Contents; The Physical Environment; Michael Ritter's Home Page; Michael Ritter's Faculty Home Page or the Department of Geography & Geology SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY TERMINOLOGY - SEPM STRATA Society for Sedimentary Geology Multimedia Sequence Stratigraphy Terminology Glossary (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the SEPM STRATA - Sedimentary Stratigraphy or the Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) GEOLOGY DATABASES & GEOLOGY ATLASES
GERM Partition Coefficient (Kd) Database
GEOLEX: SEARCH TOOL FOR THE LITHOLOGIC AND GEOCHRONOLOGIC UNIT NAMES - National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Geolex Database
NATIONAL GEOLOGIC MAP DATABASE - National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia USGS National Geologic Map Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program or the Central Division, USGS PETROLOGICAL DATABASE OF THE OCEAN FLOOR (PETDB) - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University Multimedia Petrological Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor
GEOLOGY FIELD TRIPS
Geology of Wessex Coast, Southern England Databases are located at the Bottom of the Page. Examples of "Geology of Wessex Coast, Southern England" Categories include
Bournemouth Cliffs (Eocene); Bridport Area; Chesil Beach - General Introduction to the Tombolo; Osmington Mills and Corallian; Isle of Portland; etc... BASIC GEOLOGY LECTURES & LESSONS
QUARRY TOUR (QUICKTIME) - Graniterock, Watsonville, CA Multimedia Quarry Tour of Granitedrock's Operations (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY EXTENSIVE. Click on Quarry Tour. For more information see the Graniterock Rock Cycle THE ROCK CYCLE - Lisa Tauxe, SIO Paleomagnetic Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego Multimedia Rock Cycle Lesson (Text & Images). For more information see the Earth Sciences 10 Lectures; The Earth - Earth Sciences 10 or Lisa Tauxe's Faculty Home Page THE ROCK CYCLE - Digital Atlas of Idaho, Idaho Museum of Natural History, Idaho State University Multimedia Rock Cycle Lesson (Text & Images). For more information see the Digital Atlas of Idaho |
PHYSICAL GEOLOGY - S.A. Nelson, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane Univesity Multimedia Physical Geology Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Physical Geology" Course Lectures include
Igneous Rocks & Volcanoes; Weathering & Soils; Sedimentary Rocks; Metamorphic Rocks; Deformation of Rock; Mass Wasting; Streams; Groundwater; Wind Action; etc..." PHYSICAL GEOLOGY - D.W. Haywick, Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Alabama Multimedia Physical Geology Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Physical Geology" Course Lectures include
Basic Mineral Chemistry; Mineral Classification; Plate Tectonics and Volcanism; Volcanic Landforms; Extrusive Igneous Rocks; Soils and Sediment; Rivers and Deltas; Lithification; Bedding and Attitude; Rock Deformation; Folds; Agents of Metamorphism; Regional Metamorphism; Retrograde Metamorphism; etc..." WEBGEOLOGY (FLASH) - K. Kullerud, Petrology and Geochemistry, Institutt for Geologi (IG), University of Tromsø, Norway Multimedia Geology Mini Course (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geology" Course Chapters & Subchapters include
Sedimentary Rocks; Chemical Compostion; Plate Tectonics; The Rock Cycle; etc..."
Classification of Clastic Sediments; Diagenesis and Lithification; Types of Clastic Sedimentary Rocks; etc..."
Continent Collisions; Plate Tectonics and Orogeneses; Exhumation; Evolution of Continental Crust; Evolution of Fennosandia; The Caldedonian Orogeny; etc..."
The Structure and Composition of Earth; The Internal Heat of the Earth; etc..."
Weathering Material; Controls on Weathering; etc..." STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY
STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY - R.W. Allmendinger, Geophysics, Active Tectonics, & Structure Research Group, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University Multimedia Structural Geology Course - PDF (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Structural Geology" Course Lectures include
Coordinate Systems; Introduction to Deformation; Strain I, II & III; Vectors & Tensors; Deformation Mechanisms; Flow Laws & State of Stress in the Lithosphere; Joints & Veins; Faults; etc..."
Faults: Mechanics of Thrust Faults; Folds: Geometry, Kinematics, Dynamics; Planar Minor Structures; Thrust Systems; Strike-Splip Fault Systems
Examples of "Structural Geology" Course Lectures include
Fractures and folds; Stress and strain; Isostasy & Cross sections ; etc..." Structural Geology Atlases, Databases, Courses, Lectures, Lessons, Animations, Simulations, Videos STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY: IMAGES AND MOVIES OF GEOLOGIC STRUCTURES (QUICKTIME) - R.W. Schilsche & M.O. Withjack, Structural Geology & Tectonics Group, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey Multimedia Structural Geology: Images and Movies of Geologic Stuctures (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "150" "Structural Geology: Images and Movies of Geologic Stuctures" Subject Categories include
Faults; Experimental Modeling: Extension; Folds; Strain; Experimental Modeling: Shortening & Strain; Foliations and lineations; Ductile shear zones and kinematic indicators; Joints and veins; Extensional tectonics; Salt tectonics; Experimental Modeling: Strike Slip & Strain; Strike-slip tectonics; Fold and thrust belts; Primary structures, contacts & other structures; etc..." ARIZONA GEOLOGY - S.J. Reynolds, School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), Arizona State University Multimedia Geology Atlas, Databases, Lectures & Lessons (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Arizona Geology
Examples of "Digital Geology of Idaho" Subject Categories include
Belt Supergroup; Rifting and The Passive Margin; Accreted Terranes; Thrust Belt; Geology of Northern Idaho and The Silver Valley; Basin & Range Province - Tertiary Extension; Pleistocene Glaciation; Watershed Fly-Throughs; etc..." GEOLOGY OF THE NATIONAL PARKS - Western Region Geologic Information, USGS Multimedia Geology of the National Parks (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geology of the National Parks" Databases include
Standard Images; Park Stratigraphy; etc..." INTERACTIVE 3D GEOLOGIC BLOCKS (QUICKTIME) - Stephen J. Reynolds and Debra E. Leedy, School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), Arizona State University Multimedia 3D Geology Lessons (Text, Images, Animations & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Interactive 3D Geologic Blocks
3D GEOLOGIC MAPS - S.J. Reynolds, School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), Arizona State University Multimedia 3D Geologic Map Gallery (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. 3D Geologic Map Gallery
STRUCTURE MAP 3D GALLERY (QUICKTIME) - S.J. Reynolds, School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), Arizona State University Multimedia (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Structure Map 3D Gallery
THE GALLERY OF VIRTUAL TOPOGRAPHY - S.J. Reynolds, School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE), Arizona State University Multimedia Gallery of Virtual Topography (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Gallery of Virtual Topography
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PETROLOGY - S.A. Nelson, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Tulane Univesity Multimedia Petrology Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Click on Lectures. Examples of "Petrology" Course Lectures include
General Classification of Igneous Rocks; The Interior of Earth and Formation of Magmas; Magmatic Differentiation; Metamorphic Mineral Assemblages; Thermodynamics and Metamorphic Mineral Assemblages; Metamorphic Reactions; etc..." Petrography Courses, Lectures & Databases SEDIMENTARY PETROGRAPHY - D.W. Haywick, Geology, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of South Alabama Multimedia Sedimentary Petrography Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "28" "Sedimentary Petrography" Course Lectures include
Sediment Classification; Bedform Development; Sedimentary Structures; Sedimentary Facies; Near Shore Environments; Alluvial Fans; Provenance; Sandy Fluvial Systems; Volcaniclastic Petrography; Evaporites/Tidal Flats; Skeletal Allochems; Allochems and reefs; etc..." Carbonate Petrology Courses & Lectures CARBONATE PETROLOGY - SEPM STRATA Society for Sedimentary Geology Multimedia Carbonate Petrology Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Carbonate Petrology
"...provides access to photomicrographs and a series of exercises related to over 240 different thin sections of carbonate rocks. Some 1,700 images were captured, and as a result some thin sections have over ten images associated with them..."
Diagenesis and Porosity of Carbonates; Diagrams that track Carbonate Diagenesis; Depostitional Setting and Geometry of Carbonate Facies; Photomicrographs and diagrams that view Carbonate Particles; Galleries of Carbonate Porosity; Evolution of Carbonate Sequences; etc..." Coal & Carbon Compounds Petrology Atlases & Databases & Petrology Fly Ash Atlases & Database CRELLING'S PETROGRAPHIC ATLAS OF COAL AND CARBON COMPOUNDS - J.C. Crelling, Advanced Coal and Energy Research Center, Department of Geology, College of Science, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois Multimedia Crelling's Petrographic Atlas of Coal and Carbon Compounds (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Petrographic Atlas of Coal and Carbon Compounds" Categories include
Petroleum Cokes - Petroleum Coke Petrology; Quinoline Insolubles - Quinoline Insoluble Residues; Graphites; Combustion Chars - Coal Combustion Chars; Coal Macerals; Fly Ash; etc..." PHOTOMICROGRAPH ATLAS - USGS Energy Resources Program, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Photomicrograph Atlas - Petrographic Web Atlas for Metallurgical Bituminous Coal Macerals (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Photomicrograph Atlas - Petrographic Web Atlas for Metallurgical Bituminous Coal Macerals includes
Liptinite
Sporinite; etc..."
Micrinite; Macrinite; Fusinite; etc..." PETROGRAPHIC CHARACTERIZATION OF FLY ASH - Author: J.C. Hower, Coal/Ash Applied Petrology Laboratory, Center for Applied Energy Research, University of Kentucky Multimedia Petrographic Characterization of Fly Ash Database (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see James Hower's Academia.edu Home Page; James Hower - Coal/Ash Applied Petrology Laboratoryor the Center for Applied Energy Research Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Courses & Lectures IGNEOUS AND METAMORPHIC PETROLOGY (POWER POINT) - J.D. Winter, Department of Geology, Whitman College Multimedia Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "30" "Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology" Course Lectures include
Phase Rule and Binary systems; Trace Element and Isotopes; Magma Generation; Magma Diversification; Layered Mafic Intrusions; Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts; Oceanic Intraplate Volcanism; Continental Arcs; Granitoid Rocks; Continental Alkaline Magmatism ; Introduction to Metamorphism; Metamorphic Textures; Metamorphic Mineral Assemblages; Metamorphic Reactions; Thermodynamics and Geothermobarometry; Metamorphism of Calcareous and Ultramafic Rocks; Metamorphic Fluids, Mass Transfer, and Metasomatism; etc..." Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor PETROLOGICAL DATABASE OF THE OCEAN FLOOR (PETDB) - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University Multimedia Petrological Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor
SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY
Examples of "Bedform Sedimentology Technical Manual" Subject Categories include
Bedform Experiments Animations & Movies; etc..."
Complication of Unsteady Forcing; Examples; etc..." SEDIMENT TRANSPORT PROCESSES VIDEO - Author: Marcelo H. Garcia, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Multimedia Sediment Transport Processes Video - 76MB (Text, Images & Videos/Movies) For more information see Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory or the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MOVIES - P.L. Heller, Sedimentation and Tectonics, Department of Geology & Geophysics, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Wyoming Multimedia Sediment Transport Movies (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). Examples from over "40" "Sediment Transport Movies" include
Ripple Migration Movie; Bedload Transport Movie; Oscillation Ripples Movie; Cliff Retreat by Beach Erosion Movie; Subaqueous Debris Flow Movie; Platte River Sedimentation Movie; etc..." SEDIMENTARY GEOLOGY - John Southard, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, & the MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT Multimedia Sedimentary Geology Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Sedimentary Geology" Course Lectures include
Physics of Sedimentation; Sedimentary Structures; Siliciclastic Rocks; Carbonate Sediments and Rocks; Cherts and Evaporites; Diagenesis; Paleontology; Depositional Environments; Stratigraphy; Sedimentary Basins; etc..." STRATIGRAPHY
Examples of the "ICS Stratigraphic Guide" Chapters include
Stratotypes and Type Localities; Lithostratigraphic Units; Biostratigraphic Units; Chronostratigraphic Units; Magnetostratigraphic polarity units; etc..." SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY COURSES & DATABASES - SEPM STRATA Society for Sedimentary Geology Multimedia Sequence Stratigraphy Courses & Databases (Text, Images, Animations, Simulations, Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Stratigraphy
Sedimentary Depositional Systems; Sequence Stratigraphy Movies, Animations, & Image Gallery; Sequence Stratigraphy Terminology; Carbonates; Deepwater Systems; Depositional Analogues; etc..." INTRODUCTION TO SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY OF DEEPWATER CLASTIC SYSTEMS COURSE - SEPM STRATA Society for Sedimentary Geology Multimedia Introduction to Sequence Stratigraphy of Deepwater Clastic Systems Courses & Databases (Text, Images, Animations, Simulations, Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Introduction to Sequence Stratigraphy of Deepwater Clastic Systems" Courses, Lectures, Technical Reports, etc. include
Deepwater Clastic Systems Sediments; Deepwater Fans & Mass Transport Debris - Sedimentary Structures; Deepwater Fans & Mass Transport Debris - Architectural Configuration; etc..." AN ONLINE GUIDE TO SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY - S.M. Holland, Stratigraphy Lab., Department of Geology, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia Multimedia Guide to Sequence Stratigraphy (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Guide to Sequence Stratigraphy" Subject Categories include
Parasequences; Parasequence Sets and Stacking Patterns; Depositional Sequences; Surfaces; Chronostratigraphic Applications; etc..." CONTINENTAL CORING PROJECTS
Colorado Plateau Coring Project (CPCP): Petrified Forest Core
"...will provide a quantitatively sound reference section in which magnetostratigraphic, geochronological, environmental, and paleontologic data are registered to a common thickness scale with unquestioned superposition and..." INTERNATIONAL CONTINENTAL DRILLING PROGRAMS - International Continental Scientific Drilling Program Multimedia International Continental Drilling Programs (Text & Images). GEODYNAMICS
Examples of "Geodynamics" Course Lectures include
Global Tectonic Observations; Radial Earth Structure; Marine Magnetic Anomalies; Cooling of the Oceanic Lithosphere; Buoyancy of the lithosphere: Cooling of a lava lake Video Clips; Isostasy and Crustal Thickness; Flexure Theory; Reference Gravity; Gravity Anomalies; etc..." MARINE GEOLOGY
Examples of "Introduction to Marine Geology and Geophysics" Course Chapters include
Subduction Zones; Lithosphore; Flows; Dispositional Systems; Shorelines; etc..." COASTAL GEOLOGY
Examples of "Coastal Geology" Course Lectures include
Modern Sea Level Rise; Coastal Classification; Quaternary Dating Methods; Coastal Processes and Landforms; Barrier Islands; Holocene Sea Level Rise; Hawaii Reefs; Coastal Erosion; etc..." ELECTRON MICROPROBE TECHNIQUES
Examples of "Elecron Microprobe" Course Sections & Chapters include
Electronmagnetic Spectrum; Characteristics X-rays; Cathodoluminescence; Absorption of Electromagnetic Radiation; etc.
Electron Sources; Introduction to Magnetic Lenses; etc.
Backscattered Electron Detection; Secondary Electron Detection; etc. Quantification; Mineral Recalculation; etc..." |
FOR ENTOMOLOGY (INSECTS & PESTS) DATABASES, COURSES, VIDEOS, ETC. SEE THE ENTOMOLOGY, MYCOLOGY, LICHENS, PROTIST CENTER CHEMICAL ECOLOGY OF INSECTS: JAVA APPLETS - J.A. Byers, Pest Management & Biocontrol Research Unit, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Agriculture Research Center, USDA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Also available is Free Scientific Sofware Developed by Byers including
Biology, Taxonomy and Systematics Software; Simulation of Animal Behavior/Chemical Ecology Software including
Bark Beetle Dispersal in Forests; Predicting Mean Dispersal Distance of Population; etc.
Effective Attraction Radius Calculator INPUT Values include:
Number caught on pheromone trap; Radius of passive trap; Estimated trap interception percentage of all flight levels; Estimated average insect speed..." Tomicus Mate Finding Calculator Tomicus Mate Finding Calculator INPUT Values include:
Female Radius; etc..." Statistics: Polynomial Regression Analysis (Outliers) Calculator
Simple Treatment/Position Randomization Calculator INPUT Values include:
Randomized Uniform Sampling of Time or Distance Randomized Uniform Sampling of Time or Distance Calculator INPUT Values include:
Total Time or Distance Units; Sample Length in Units; etc..." Host plant finding by N searchers Host plant finding by N searchers Calculator INPUT Values include:
ECOSYSTEMS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
ECOLOGY SIMULATORS - G. Booth VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Ecology Simulators" include
Diversity Metrics; Population Growth Models; etc..." GECKO SIMULATORS - G. Booth VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Gecko Simulators" include
GrassWorld; BacSim (models microbial ecology; etc..." POPULATION ECOLOGY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
POPULATION GENETICS - K.A. Christensen, Animal Genetics, Bioinformatics and Breeding, School of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Multimedia Population Genetics Course & Calculators (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Population Genetics
Hardy-Weinberg law for gene frequency stability in large populations; Deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium; Relationship and inbreeding; Test of simple genetic hypotheses, experimental or field data; Definition of quantitative traits, breeding values and heritability; Estimation of breeding values; Inbreeding, crossing and bred structure; etc..."
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WATERSHED DATABASES, COURSES, LESSONS, CALCULATORS, SIMULATIONS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. STREAM FLOW DATABASES, COURSES, LESSONS, CALCULATORS, SIMULATIONS, SPREADSHEETS (XLS), ETC. Columbia Basin Water & Fisheries Project COLUMBIA RIVER DART (DATA ACCESS IN REAL TIME) - Columbia Basin Research, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences (SAFS), University of Washington VERY VERY VERY......EXTENSIVE. For more information see Columbia Basin Research or the School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences (SAFS)
WATER RUNOFF: SHORT-TERM & LONG-TERM HYDROLOGIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT (L-THIA) DETAILED INPUT - Urban Sprawl Hydrologic Impact, Schools of Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engeering, Purdue University & the Construction Engineering Research Laboratories Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Impacts of Land Use Change on Water Resources Water Runoff: Short-Term Impact Assessments Tools
Area in
Water/Wetlands; Grass/Pasture; Agriculture; Forest; Custom Land Use..." Fish Health NATIONAL WILD FISH HEALTH SURVERY DATABASE (NWFHSDb) - National Wild Fish Health Survey, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Multimedia National Wild Fish Health Survery Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. National Wild Fish Health Survery Database (NWFHSDb)
Fish Passage FISHXING (AQUATIC ORGANISM PASSAGE) - National Stream & Aquatic Ecology Center, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air & Rare Plants, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Multimedia Design Culverts for Fish Passage Sofware, Lessons, Case Studies, Technical Reports (Text, Images, Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Click on "FishXing" FishXing is
Calculates hydraulic conditions within circular, box, pipe-arch, open-bottom arch, and embedded culverts; Calculates water surface profiles through the culvert using gradually varied flow equations, including hydraulic jumps; etc..." Fish Protection at Water Diversions FISH PROTECTION AT WATER DIVERSIONS - Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services Group, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior Multimedia Fish Protection at Water Diversions Manual - A Guide for Planning and Designing Fish Exclusion Facilities - PDF, 46 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fish Protection at Water Diversions Manual - A Guide for Planning and Designing Fish Exclusion Facilities
Overview of Fish Exclusion; Positive Barrier Screens; Behavioral Barriers; Post-Construction Evaluation; etc..." GUIDELINES FOR PERFORMING HYDRAULIC FIELD EVALUATIONS AT FISH SCREENING FACILITIES - Authors: Connie DeMoyer & Tracy Vermeyen; Hydraulic Investigations and Laboratory Services Group, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior Multimedia Guidelines for Performing Hydraulic Field Evaluations at Fish Screening Facilities - PDF, 48 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Guidelines for Performing Hydraulic Field Evaluations at Fish Screening Facilities" Chapters include
Fish Protection Criteria; Instrumentation; Types of Hydraulic Screen Evaluations; etc..." Flow Between Two Reservoirs FLOW BETWEEN TWO RESERVOIRS (JAVA APPLET) - F. Hellweger, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University; Hosted by the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas VERY EXTENSIVE. Flow Between Two Reservoirs
Gas Saturation in Streams GAS SATURATION CALCULATOR FOR STREAMS - H. Bührer, Switzerland VERY EXTENSIVE. Gas Saturation Calculator for Streams INPUT Values include:
Xenon, 222Rn, Oxygen, Nitrogen, N2O, NO, CO, CO2, SO2, Chlorine, Cl2O, ClO2, Ethane, Propane, Butane, H2Se, H2S, & CH4..." Hatchery Management FISH HATCHERY MANAGEMENT SPREADSHEETS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Author: John Colt (National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle); Hosted by the American Fisheries Society VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "10" Fish Hatchery Management" Spreadsheets include
Stream Pebble Count SIZE-CLASS PEBBLE COUNT ANALYZER (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: John Potyondy and Kristin Bunte; National Stream & Aquatic Ecology Center, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air & Rare Plants, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Size-Class Pebble Count Calculator
Water Density WATER DENSITY CALCULATOR - H. Bührer, Switzerland Water Density Calculator
Conductance at 20 Degrees; Conductance at 25 Degrees; Density; Water Depth; Density in Depth; Temperature at Maximum Density..." Fluid Dynamics
FOR RELATED FLUID DYNAMICS, ETC. COURSES, DATABASES, VIDEOS, ETC. SEE THE METEOROLOGY, CLIMATOLOGY, WEATHER ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY & ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS CENTER
Examples of "Geophysical Fluid Dynamics" Sections include
Climate Diagnostics; Climate Change, Variability and Prediction; Oceans and Climate; Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics; etc.." FLUID DYNAMICS COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, ETC.
FLUID DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN (12.800) - L.J. Pratt, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Multimedia Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENISVE. Examples of "Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean" Course Chapters include
The Stress Tensor for a Fluid and the Navier Stokes Equations; Frictional boundary layers; Fundamental Theorems: Vorticity and Circulation; Geostrophy, Quasi-Geostrophy; Internal Waves and Instabilities; etc..." FLUID DYNAMICS OF ATMOSPHERE AND OCEAN: VIDEO COURSE (12.800) - L.J. Pratt, Department of Physical Oceanography, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Multimedia Fluid Dynamics of the Atmosphere and Ocean Course (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENISVE. For more information see Lawrence J. Pratt's Home Page; Department of Physical Oceanography; Videoconferenced Joint Program Courses - WHOI & MIT or Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) |
GEOGRAPHY & TOPOGRAPHY COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC.
Examples of "Fundamentals of Physical Geography" Textbook Chapters include
Maps, Remote Sensing, and GIS; The Science of Physical Geography; Introduction to Systems Theory; Energy and Matter; Introduction to the Atmosphere; Introduction to the Hydrosphere; etc..." TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS, THE BASICS (TOPO 101) - Centre for Topographic Information, Ottawa, Canada Multimedia Topographic Maps, The Basics (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Centre for Topographic Information KEY TO TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS - K.A. Lemke, Department of Geography & Geology, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin Multimedia Key to Topographic Maps (Text & Images). For more information see Glacial Geology Course Home Page; Karen A. Lemke's Home Page or the Department of Geography & Geology MAP PROJECTIONS - Department of Geography, Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Multimedia Map Projections (Text & Images). For more information see The Geographer's Craft or the Department of Geography GEOGRAPHIC MAPS & ATLASES
WORLD FACTBOOK - Central Intelligence Agency VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. World Factbook includes
WORLD MAP ATLAS - MapQuest VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. MAP MACHINE - National Geographic VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see National Geographic Geo-Sparial Maps, Fly Over Maps, 3D Maps, etc. GLOBAL LAND COVER DATABASES - Global Land Cover Facility, University of Maryland Multimedia Global Land Cover Facility Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF)
GOOGLE EARTH - Google Inc. VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Google Earth
SHUTTLE RADAR TOPOGRAPHY DATABASES - FLY-OVERS, MOVIES, 3D, ETC. - Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), JPL and is an international project spearheaded by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Multimedia Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. The Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
SATELITE IMAGERY - Digital Globe VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Digital Globe
Interactive Mapping, Design Your Own Map PLANIGLOBE - M. Weinelt, S. Körsgen & R. Kantz, kk+w - digitale kartografie GmbH, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. With Planiglobe
GMT-3: THE GENERIC MAPPING TOOLS - Developed and Maintained by: P. Wessel & W.H.F. Smith, Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST), University of Hawai'i at Manoa VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Generic Mapping Tools (GMT)
Geographic Maps & Atlases for Individual Countries AUSTRALIAN GEOGRAPHIC ATLASES & MAPS - Geoscience Australia, Sydney, Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Geoscience Australia CANADA: THE NATIONAL ATLAS OF CANADA - Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, Natural Resources Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see The Atlas of Canada Home Page or the Natural Resources Canada U.S. INTERACTIVE MAP - Google VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. U.S. INTERACTIVE MAP - Yahoo VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. NATIONAL MAP SMALL-SCALE COLLECTION - National Mapping Information, U.S. Geological Survery (USGS) VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see National Mapping Information TERRAFLY: AN INTERACTIVE "FLY-OVER" OF THE U.S. - High Performance Database Research Center (HPDRC), School of Computer Science, Florida International University VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Florida International University GEOGRAPHIC NAMES, GEOGRAPHICAL COORDINATES, ETC.
WORLD GEOGRAPHIC NAMES - NGA GEONET NAMES SERVER (GNS) - National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Geographic Names Server
GETTY THESAURUS OF GEOGRAPHIC NAMES ON LINE - The J. Paul Getty Trust VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Research at Getty or The Getty Australia AUSTRALIA GEOGRAPHIC PLACE NAMES - Geoscience Australia, Sydney, Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Topographic Mapping or Geoscience Australia U.S. U.S. GEOGRAPHIC NAMES INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GNIS) - U.S. Board on Geographic Names, U.S. Geological Survery (USGS), Department of the Interior VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
MAP COLLECTIONS
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MAP COLLECTIONS - Library of Congress Multimedia Library of Congress Map Collections (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Geography and Map Reading Room or the Library of Congress PERRY-CASTAÑEDA LIBRARY MAP COLLECTION - University of Texas Libraries, University of Texas Multimedia Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
TOPOGRAPHY
GLOBAL BATHYMETRY AND TOPOGRAPHY - Marine Geology & Geophysics, National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Mulitmedia Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Marine Geology & Geophysics |
Examples of "The Geography of Transport Systems" Course Subject Categories include
Transportation Modes; International Trade and Freight Distribution; Urban Transportation; Transportation and the Economy; Transport, Energy and Environment; Transport Geography Glossary; etc..." Paleogeography
Click on "small samples". Global Regional Paleogeography Maps
Geodesy - Geodynamics - GPS, GIS, Remote Sensing, etc.
DICTIONARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS, CARTOGRAPHY, AND REMOTE SENSING - Authors: Philip Hoehn and Mary Lynette Larsgaard; Hosted by the: Earth Sciences and Map Library, Berkeley Library, University of California, Berkeley Multimedia Dictionary of Abbreviations and Acronyms in Geographic Information Systems, Cartography, and Remote Sensing (Text & Images). For more information see the Earth Sciences and Map Library or the Berkeley Library GEODESY - GEODYNAMICS COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, ETC.
GIS AND REMOTE SENSING (GEOL 260) - D. Harbor, Department of Geology, Washington and Lee University Multimedia GIS and Remote Sensing Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "GIS and Remote Sensing" Course Lectures include
Digital Terrain Analysis; Spatial Overlays and Querying; Neighborhood Analyses; Shape Analyses; Fuzzy Logic; Remote Sensing Data; Image Processing; GPS and Remote Data Collection; etc..." INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GEOG 60) - Jean-Paul Rodrigue, Department of Global Studies and Geography, Hofstra University Multimedia Introduction to Geographic Information Systems Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Introduction to Geographic Information Systems" Course Lectures include
Geographical Data Structures; Geographical Data Analysis; Spatial Queries and Measurement; Cartographic Output; etc..." Global Positioning Systems Courses, Textbooks, Lectures, etc. GPS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS - U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center, U.S. Coast Guard Multimedia Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Acronyms and Abbreviations (Text & Images). For more information see Global Positioning System (GPS) or the U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center SPACE GEODETIC MEASUREMENTS OF ACTIVE CRUSTAL MOTIONS - E. Calais, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, College of Science, Purdue University Multimedia Space Geodetic Measurements of Active Crustal Motions Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Space Geodetic Measurements of Active Crustal Motions" Course Lectures include
Satellite orbits; GPS Observables - Global Positioning System Observables; GPS Signal Propagation - Global Positioning System Propagation; GPS parameter estimation; GPS measurement strategies; etc..." PRINCIPLES OF GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS - T. Herring, Geodesy and Geodynamics Group, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Science, MIT Multimedia Principles of Global Positioning Systems Graduate Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "23" "Principles of Global Positioning Systems" Course Lectures include
Coordinate and Time Systems; GPS Satellite Orbits; Continue Estimation now Examining it from a Statistical Point of View; Kalman Filter approach to Estimation; Timing in GPS; Tropospheric Delay Estimation; Antennas and Calibrations; Processing Software; etc..." SOPAC: GPS SITE UTILITIES - Scripts Orbit and Permanent Array Center (SOPAC), Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP), Scripps, University of California, San Diego Multimedia Global Positioning Systems (GPS) Site Utilities (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Scripts Orbit and Permanent Array Center (SOPAC)
Graduate Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans Courses, Textbooks, Lectures, etc. REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND OCEANS - I.N. Sokolik, Atmospheric Chemistry, Aerosols & Clouds, School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, College of Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology Multimedia Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans Graduate Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "16" "Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Oceans" Course Lectures include
Modeling of particle optical characteristics with Mie theory. Remote sensing based on direct solar radiation. AERONET.; Remote sensing of aerosols in the visible and near-IR.; Passive microwave remote sensing: retrievals of total precipitable water and cloud liquid water; Principles of active remote sensing: Lidars. Lidar sensing of gases, aerosols, and clouds.; etc..." Graduate & Scientists Remote Sensing Technical Reports NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY PUBLICATIONS - National Geodetic Survey (NGS) Multimedia NGS Publications (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "NGS Publications" Subject Categories include
National Spatial Reference System: Datums, Networks, Coordinate Systems Operations, Field Procedures; Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing, Shoreline Mapping Special Projects; etc..."
FOR SEISMOLOGY INSTRUMENTS COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC. SEE THE SEISMOLOGY INSTRUMENTATION
GeographicLib
Online Geographic Coordinate Conversions using the GeoConvert Utility Calculator
Online Geodesic Calculations using the Geod Utility Online Geodesic Calculations using the Geod Utility Calculator
"...is accurate to about 15 nm and gives solutions for the inverse problem for any pair of points..." Online Geodesic Polygon and Polyline Calculations using the Planimeter Utility Online Geodesic Polygon and Polyline Calculations using the Planimeter Utility Calculator
"...In polyline mode, Planimeter calculates the length of the geodesic path joining the points..." Geodesic lines, circles, envelopes in Google Maps Geodesic lines, circles, envelopes in Google Maps Calculator
"...The inverse problem: specify the two end points as..." Online Geoid Calculations using the GeoidEval Utility Online Geoid Calculations using the GeoidEval Utility Calculator
Inverse/Forward/Invers3D/Forwrd3D Calculators include
State Plane Coordinates Calculator State Plane Coordinates Calculator
Surface Gravity Prediction Calculator in the Conterminous USA Surface Gravity Prediction Calculator in the Conterminous USA
Tidal and Orthometric Elevations Calculator: CO-OPS/NGS Elevation Data Tidal and Orthometric Elevations Calculator: CO-OPS/NGS Elevation Data
GIS Calculators include:
Area Conversion Calculator; DegMinSec to DecDeg Calculator; DecDeg to DegMinSec Calculator; Scale Calculator; Degrees to Radians Calculator; Time to GPS Seconds Calculator..."
Geomagnetism - Paleomagnetism - Magnetics
ESSENTIALS OF PALEOMAGNETISM - Lisa Tauxe with Contributions from Subir K. Banerjee, Robert F. Butler and Rob van der Voo; SIO Paleomagnetic Laboratory, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego; University of California Press, 2010; Hosted by: earthref.org Multimedia Essentials of Paleomagnetism Course & PmagPy Software (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Essentials of Paleomagnetism" Course Chapters include
Fisher Statistics; Paleomagnetic Tensors; The Ancient Geomagnetic Field; The GPTS and Magnetostratigraphy; etc..."
Plots useful in Paleomagnetism; Paleomagnetic Statistics and Parameter Rstimation; Anisotropy in Paleomagnetism; etc..." ROCK MAGNETISM SHORT COURSE AND LECTURES NOTES - Institute for Rock Magnetism, Department of Earth Sciences, College of Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota Multimedia Rock Magnetism Short Course and Lecture Notes (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Institute for Rock Magnetism GEOMAGNETIC REAL-TIME DATA
Geomagnetism Real-Time Data
GEOMAGNETIC CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
CORRECTED GEOMAGNETIC COORDINATES - Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF), Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. IGRF/DGRF Model Parameters and Corrected Geomagnetic Coordinates Calculator
GEOMAGNETIC FIELD CALCULATOR - E. Williams VERY EXTENSIVE. Geomagnetic Field Calculator
THE IGRF APPLET - K. Korhonen, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland VERY EXTENSIVE. IGRF Applet
MAGNETICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
Available in English & German/Deutsch. Magnetics Calculator
PHASE TRANSITIONS IN MAGNETICS: 2D ISING MODEL (JAVA APPLET) - E. Demidov, Department of Semiconductor Physics, Institute for Physics of Microstructures (IPM), Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Russia VERY EXTENSIVE. Available in English & Russian. Phase Transitions in Magnetics Calculator
LINEAR INVERSION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
Geophysical inversion
MAGNETIC DECLINATION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
The Magnetic Information Retrieval Program (MIRP)
MAGNETIC DIPOLE CALCULATORS & APPLETS
Magnetic Dipole Modeling Applet's
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GEOCHEMISTRY COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, ETC.
FUNDAMENTALS OF GEOCHEMISTRY - K.H. Rubin, Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii Multimedia Fundamentals of Geochemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Fundamentals of Geochemistry" Course Lectures include
Weathering and Soil Formation; Hydrologic Cycle; Marine Chemistry and Chemical Cycles; Marine Sediments; Crust and Mantle Evolution; etc..." INTRODUCTION TO GEOCHEMISTRY - Greg Druschel, Microbial Geochemist, Department of Geology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Vermont Multimedia Introduction to Geochemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "26" "Introduction to Geochemistry" Course Lectures include
Mineral Equilibrium; Acid-base Geochemistry; Carbonate Chemistry; Redox Geochemistry; Geomicrobiology; Chemistry of Natural Waters; Groundwater Geochemistry; Igneous Petrochemistry; Ore Geochemistry; Sorption; etc..." CLAY MINERALOGY (GEOL8550) - P.A. Schroeder, UGA Clay Science, Department of Geology, and Co-Director: Center for Advanced Ultrastructrual Research, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia Multimedia Clay Mineralogy Graduate Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "34" "Clay Mineralogy" Graduate Course Lectures include
X-ray Diffraction Data Processing; Hydrous Layered Silicates; Ionic Radii and Structural Formula Calculations; Associated Mineral Phases and their XRD Identification; XRD Identification of Discrete Clay Minerals (Illite, Chlorite, Kaolinite, Smectite, Vermiculite) Mixed-layer Clays and their XRD Identification; Quantitative XRD Analysis of Mineral Mixtures; Reicprocal Lattice, Electron Diffraction; Electron Optics; The Geochemistry of Clays; Equilibrium Adsorption and Ion Exchange; Weathering Reactions and Stability Diagrams; etc..." Isotope Geochemistry MARINE ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY - B. Jenkins, B. Peucker-Ehrenbrink & M. Kurz, Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Multimedia Marine Isotope Geochemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Isotope Geochemistry" Course Chapters include
Earth Formation and Evolution; Stable Isotopes; Ocean Applications; etc. Graduate Geochemistry Databases, Courses, Lectures, etc. GEOKEM: GEOCHEMISTRY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS - B.M. Gunn, Mew Zealand Multimedia Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks Lectures, Technical Reports, Databases, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks (GEOKEM)" Subject Categories include
Oceanic Island Basalts (OIBs) & Alkaline Series; Continental Flood Basalts; Orogenic Andesites; Rare Earth Elements; Sodic and Potassic Granites; Lamprophyres; Rhyolites Trachytes and Phonolites; Archaean MetaBasalts, and MetaAndesites; Extraterrestrial geochemistry; etc..." ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY - W.M. White, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University Multimedia Isotope Geochemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Isotope Geochemistry" Course Lectures include
Isotope Cosmochemistry; Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of the Mantle; Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of the Crust; Stable Isotopes II High Temperature Applications; Stable Isotope Geochemistry III Low Temperature Applications; Unconventional Stable Isotope Approaches and Systems; etc..." GEOCHEMISTRY DATABASES & GEOCHEMICAL MODELLING
FOR RELATED GEOCHEMISTRY DATABASES, COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC. SEE THE CHEMISTRY CENTER PHREEQC (VERSION 2) - Authors: D. Parkhurst, S. Charlton & A. Riggs; Denver Federal Center, U.S. Geological Survey; Hosted by the U.S. Geological Survey Central Region, USGS Multimedia PHREEQC: A Computer Program for Speciation, Batch-Reaction, One-Dimensional Transport, and Inverse Geochemical Calculations (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. PHREEQC: A Computer Program for Speciation, Batch-Reaction, One-Dimensional Transport, and Inverse Geochemical Calculations
GEOCHEMICAL EARTH REFERENCE MODEL (GERM) - GERM, EarthRef.org Multimedia Geochemical Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Geochemical Database includes:
Chondritic Smooth Interplanetary Dust Particles; Chondritic Porous Interplanetary Dust Particles; Interplanetary Dust Particles; etc..." GEOCHEMISTRY OF ROCKS OF THE OCEANS AND CONTINENTS (GEOROC) - Max-Planck-Institut (MPI) für Chemie, Mainz, Germany Multimedia Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans & Continents Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans & Continents Database
GEOKEM: GEOCHEMISTRY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS - B.M. Gunn, Mew Zealand Multimedia Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks Lectures, Technical Reports, Databases, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks (GEOKEM)" Subject Categories include
Oceanic Island Basalts (OIBs) & Alkaline Series; Continental Flood Basalts; Orogenic Andesites; Rare Earth Elements; Sodic and Potassic Granites; Lamprophyres; Rhyolites Trachytes and Phonolites; Archaean MetaBasalts, and MetaAndesites; Extraterrestrial geochemistry; etc..." GEOCHEMISTRY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
CRONUS-EARTH ONLINE CALCULATORS - COSMOGENIC ISOTOPES CALCULATORS - Greg Balco, Cosmogenic Isotope Laboratory, Quanternary Research Center, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, University of Washington VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Cosmogenic Isotopes Calculators include
Radioactivity of Minerals Calculators FOR MORE RADIATION, RADIOACTIVITY CALCULATORS, DATABASES, ETC. SEE RADIATION CENTER - RADIOACTIVITY CENTER RADIOACTIVITY OF MINERALS - Mineralogy Database, D. Barthelmy Multimedia Radioactivity of Minerals Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Radioactivity of Minerals Database includes for each Mineral
Calculated Activity: Becquerel/kilogram; Calculated Activity: Curie/gram; Estimate Activity: GR(api); Estimate Activity: mRem/hr per gram..." Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculators STABLE ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION CALCULATOR - CALCULATEUR DU FRACTIONNEMENT DES ISOTOPES STABLES - Département de géologie et de génie géologique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Stable Isotope Fractionation Calculator - Calculateur du Fractionnement des Isotopes Stables includes
Compute the isotope equilibrium temperature for a difference in composition (Δ)..." Uranium Series Calculator for Magma Migration Problems FOR MORE URANIUM CALCULATORS, DATABASES, ETC. SEE RADIATION CENTER - RADIOACTIVITY CENTER USERCALC: URANIUM SERIES CALCULATOR FOR MAGMA MIGRATION PROBLEMS - Mark Spiegelman, Division of Seismology, Geology, and Tectonophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), The Earth Institute, Columbia University, & a Joint Appointment with the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences & Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Uranium Series Calculator for Magma Migration Problems
The purpose of the site is to provide a tool that can spur additional collaborations between geophysicists and geochemists as well as drive more rapid exploration/evolution of U-series models..."
Contour Plots Calculator; Spreadsheet Calculator..." |
Undergraduate Geophysics: Applied Geophysics THE BERKELEY COURSE IN APPLIED GEOPHYSICS - F.H. Morrison, E. Gasperikova & J. Washbourne, Applied Geophysics Program, GeoEngineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, University of California, Berkeley; Hosted by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Multimedia Applied Geophysics Course (Text, Images, Animations, Simulations & Applets). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Applied Geophysics
Density of minerals, soils and rocks; Gravity anomalies of simple shapes; etc..."
Magnetic anomalies; Magnetometers; etc..."
DC Electrical Methods (the Resistivity Method); Electrical conductivity of rocks and minerals; etc..."
Seismic velocity, attenuation and rock properties; etc..."
Magnetic Methods Chapter: Magnetic Survey Simulation Calculator Electric Methods Chapter: Archie's Law Calculator Electric Methods Chapter: Cole-Cole Calculator Seismic Methods Chapter: Raytracing Calculator - RayPaths for Three-Layer Model Calculator SPECIAL TOPICS IN GEOPHYSICS: GEOPHYSICAL INVERSE PROBLEMS - Division of Geology and Planetary Science, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Multimedia An introduction to Geophysical Inverse Problems Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Special Topics in Geophysics: Geophysical Inverse Problems introduces
Linearized Inverse Problems; Singular Value Decomposition; Regularizing Inverse Problems; Cross-Validation; Iterative Methods; Probabilistic Inference; etc..." GEOPHYSICAL INVERSION - Geophysical Inversion Facility, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Multimedia Geophysical Inversion Course (Test, Images & Calculators). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geophysical Inversion" Course Subject Categories & Subcategories include
The Inversion Process; Inversion Flow..."
Understanding Data; Norms and Misfit; Optimization; Theory into Practice; etc..." GEOPHYSICAL INVERSION: TECHNICAL BACKGROUND AND MANUALS - Geophysical Inversion Facility, Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada Multimedia Geophysical Inversion Course (Test, Images & Calculators). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Technical Background & Technical Manuals" include
3D DC Resistivity and Induced Polarization Manual; 3D Magnetics Manual; 3D Gravity Manual; 1D frequency Domain Electromagnetics Technical Background; etc..." Undergraduate Geophysics: Borehole Geophysics INTRODUCTION TO BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS - New York Water Science Center, USGS Multimedia Introduction to Borehole Geophysics (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Borehole Geophysics
Definition of Ground-Water Quality; Caliper Logs; Gamma Logs; Single-point resistance Logs; Spontaneous-potential Logs; Normal-resistivity Logs; Electromagnetic-induction Logs; Fluid-resistivity Logs; Temperature Logs; Flowmeter Logs; Television Logs; etc..." GEOPHYSICAL METHODS: BOREHOLE GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE-GEOPHYSICAL & WATER-BORNE - Branch of Geophysics, Office of Groundwater, USGS Water Resources of the United States, U.S. Geological Survey Multimedia Borehole Physics Textbook (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Geophysical Methods
Borehole Electromagnetic (EM) Induction logging; Borehole Imaging; Borehole Radar; Deviation; Electrical Resistance Tomography (ERT); Spectral Gamma; etc..." BOREHOLE LOGGING TOOLS, EQUIPMENT & DATA ACQUISTION - Borehole Research Group, Division of Marine Geology and Geophysics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University Multimedia Borehole Physics - Geophysics Lessons & Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Borehole Logging Tools, Equipment & Data Acquistion" Lessons & Technical Reports include
Seismic-While-Drilling Pilot Sensor; Digital Core Barrel Measurements..."
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Graduate Geophysics: Sea-ice Geophysics SEA-ICE GEOPHYSICS - Hajo Eicken, Sea Ice Group, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, Alaska Multimedia Sea-Ice Geophysics Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Sea-Ice Geophysics" Course Lectures include
Sea-ice phase diagram, equations of state and solute segregation; Microphysics and microstructural evolution: the evolution of sea-ice salinity profiles and their impact on macroscopic ice properties; Sea-ice optical and electromagnetic properties; Sea-ice thermal properties; The problem of scales: macroscopic ice strength and its relevance for large-scale ice dynamics; Sea-ice remote sensing; etc..." TRANSPORT PROCESSES AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF ROCKS - Hajo Eicken, D. Pringle & J. Eichelberger, Sea Ice Group, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, Alaska Multimedia Transport Processes and Physical Properties of Rocks Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Transport Processes and Physical Properties of Rocks" Course Lectures include
Permeability and fluid transport; Transport and property modeling; Electrical properties and charge transport; Transport and rock properties in magmatic systems; Dielectric properties of porous rocks and sea ice; etc..." FIELD TECHNIQUES IN INTERDISCIPLINARY SEA-ICE RESEARCH - Hajo Eicken, R. Gradinger & K. Shirasawa, Sea Ice Group, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (UAF), Fairbanks, Alaska Multimedia Field Techniques in Interdisciplinary Sea-ice Research Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Field Techniques in Interdisciplinary Sea-ice Research" Course Lectures include
Sea ice thickness, morphology and deformation; Ice-core and in-situ measurements of sea-ice physical properties; Ice engineering properties; Ice-ocean interaction, heat and nutrient exchange; Integrated sea-ice observing systems; etc..." |
PLATE BOUNDARY OBSERVATORY (PBO) - UNAVCO Multimedia Observations, Instrumentation, Databases, Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)
WORLD STRESS MAP PROJECT - Project Director: F. Wenzel, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Geophysical Institute, University Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Multimedia Tectonic Stress Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENISVE. World Stress Map (WSM)
Tectonic Modelling; Reservoir Management; Stability of Mines, Tunnels and Boreholes, Fault Slip Tendency & Seismic Risk Assessment..." GEOPHYSICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
Available in English & German/Deutsch. You must Click on the German Applet Version first and then in the upper left corner Click on the English Applet Version. Examples of Geophysics Calculators include:
Seismometer Calibration Calculator; 2D-Magnetics Calculator; Magnetic Dipole Calculator; Gravity Meter Calculator; Normalized Frequency Response of a Seismometer Calculator; Free Motion of the Moving Mass of a Seismometer Calculator; LP Seismometer Calculator; Ray Paths Calculator; Electric Sounding Calculator; Geothermics Calculator; Huygens' Priciple Calculator; etc..." GEOPHYSICS CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
CREWES EXPLORER PROGRAM (JAVA APPLETS) - Consortium for Research in Elastic Wave Exploration Seismology (CREWES), Department of Geoscience, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Elastic Wave Exploration Seismology Tools include
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CREWES Reflectivity Explorer 2.1 CREWES Reflectivity Explorer 2.1
CREWES Fluid Properties Explorer Calculator CREWES Fluid Properties Explorer Calculator is
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GEOMORPHOLOGY (GEOGRAPHY/GEOLOGY 352/552) - K.A. Lemke, Department of Geography & Geology, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin Multimedia Geomorpholgy Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geomorpholgy" Course Lectures include
Stream Sediment; Channel Patterns; Weathering Processes and Landforms; Karst Processes and Landforms; Glacial Processes and Landforms; Mass Wasting; etc..." GEOMORPHOLOGY - L.S. Hanson, Department of Geological Sciences, School of Arts & Sciences, Salem State College Multimedia Geomorpholgy Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geomorpholgy" Course Lectures include
Weathering Processes; Mass Wasting; Streams; Slopes; Glaciers; Igneous Landforms - Volcanic and Plutonic Landforms; Coasts; etc..." Tectonic Geomorphology TECTONIC GEOMORPHOLOGY - K. Whipple & J.R. Arrowsmith, Earth Surface Processes & Continental Tectonics and Structural Geology, Earth Systems Sciences, School of Earth and Space Exploration, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University Multimedia Tectonic Geomorphology Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Tectonic Geomorphology" Course Lectures include
Large scale Climate-Tectonic Interactions; Climate-Tectonic Interactions - Bedrock Channels; General commentary, Earthquake displacement fields, and Introduction to the San Andreas Fault; Dip-slip Dislocations; Earthquake Surface Ruptures; Earthquake Moment and Intensity; etc..." Geothermics, Geothermobarometry, Mineral Thermobarometry
Available in English & German/Deutsch. Geothermics Calculator
Practical Aspects of Mineral Thermobarometry provides
Chemical Mineralogy of Common Mineral Groups; Solid solutions, mixing models and activity calculations; etc..."
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The Cryosphere
GLACIER PHOTOGLOSSARY - Jürg Alean (Geographie-KZU, Kantonschule Zürcher Unterland (KZU), Bülach, Switzerland) and Michael Hambre (Centre for Glaciology, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, U.K.); Hosted by: SwissEduc VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Glacier Photoglossary
GLOSSARY OF GLACIER TERMINOLOGY - Author: Bruce F. Molnia, USGS Multimedia Glossary of Glacier Terminology (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. ILLUSTRATED GLOSSARY OF ALPINE GLACIAL LANDFORMS - K.A. Lemke, Department of Geography & Geology, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, Wisconsin Multimedia Alpine Glacial Landforms Glossary (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Illustrated Glossary of Alpine Glacial Landforms Home Page; Karen A. Lemke's Home Page or the Department of Geography & Geology GLACIOLOGY DATABASES
Glaciers Online
Fluctuating Glaciers; Glaciers and Volcanoes; Shaping the Landscape; Glacier Hazards; etc..." Glaciers of Svalbard; Glaciers and landscapes of Axel Heiberg Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago; Glaciers of New Zealand; etc..." GLIMS GLACIER DATABASE - Water & Ice Studies, Flagstaff Field Center, United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, Arisona Multimedia Glacier Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. GLIMS Glacier Viewer
ICE SURVEY TIME-LAPSE VIDEO & PHOTOGRAPHY - Extreme Ice Survey Multimedia Time-Lapse Video & Photography (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples "Time-Lapse Video & Photography" Categories include
Photo Gallery: Greenland; Photo Gallery: Iceland; Photo Gallery: Iceland; etc..." NATIONAL ICE CENTER - National Ice Center, NOAA Multimedia Snow & Ice Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. NATIONAL SNOW AND ICE DATA CENTER (NSIDC) - National Snow & Ice Center, NOAA Satellite Operations Facility, NOAA Multimedia Snow & Ice Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. NSIDC
SATELLITE IMAGE ATLAS OF GLACIERS OF THE WORLD - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Glacier Atlases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see USGS
The Cryosphere Today
Data updated Daily. ICE CORE DATABASES
Ice Core
GLACIAL GEOLOGY & QUATERNARY GEOLOGY COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC.
Examples of "Glacial Geology" Course Lectures include
Equilibrium Line Altitude & Mass Balance; Ice and Snow Facies, Thermal Regime of Glaciers; The Role of Water in Glaciofluvial Systems; Glacier Flow and Ice Profiles; Subglacial Erosion and Entrainment; Glacial Tills; etc..."
Glacial Calving; etc..." QUATERNARY GEOLOGY - ICE AGE ENVIRONMENTS (331/767) - James S. Aber, Earth Science, Department of Physical Sciences, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas Multimedia Quaternary Geology - Ice Age Environments Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Quaternary Geology - Ice Age Environments" Course Lectures include
Glacial Geomorphology; Modern Glacial Processes; Glacial Megageomorphology; Glaciomarine Environments; Quaternary Chronology; Quaternary Paleoclimatology; Glacial Climatic Conditions; Regional Glaciation; etc..." ARTIC CLIMATOLOGY AND METEOROLOGY COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, ETC.
Arctic Climatology and Meteorology Lessons
SNOW AND ICE, SNOW DYNAMICS AND ACCUMULATION COURSES, LECTURES, LESSONS, ETC.
Examples of "Snow & Ice" Course Lectures include
Properties of snow, energy/water budgets; Snowfall Formation, Distribution & Snowcover Distribution; Formation and Distribution of Snowcover; Remote Sensing of Snow; ' Snowpack Properties, Evolution and Ablation; Measurement and Data Analysis; Sea Ice; etc..." SNOW CRYSTALS COURSES, LECTURES, LESSONS, ETC.
Snow Crystals
Frost Crystals; Snowflake Physics; etc..." AVALANCHE ENCYCLOPEDIAS & GLOSSARIES
Avalanche.org
ICEBERG MOVIES, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
ICEFLOW CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
ICEFLOW Model
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LANDSLIDES LEARNING & EDUCATION - Landslide Hazard Program, USGS Multimedia Landslide Publications, Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Landslide Hazard Program GIANT HAWAIIAN UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES - USGS Western Coastal and Marine Geology, USGS Multimedia Giant Hawaiian Underwater Landslides Technical Reports & Lectures (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of Giant Hawaiian Underwater Landslides Technical Reports include
The giant submarine Alika debris slide, Mauna Loa, Hawaii; etc..." POTENTIAL SAN FRANCISCO BAY LANDSLIDES DURING EL NIÑOS - USGS Western Coastal and Marine Geology, USGS Multimedia Potential San Francisco Bay Landslides During El Niños (Text, Images, Animations & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Topics or USGS Western Coastal and Marine Geology DEBRIS FLOW CALCULATORS & APPLETS
Debris Flows
LANDSLIDE PREDICTION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
Typhoon Meteorological Condition of Landslide Disasters Calculator is
Baiu Frontal Precipitation Meteorological Condition of Landslide Disasters Calculator Baiu Frontal Precipitation Meteorological Condition of Landslide Disasters Calculator is
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Mineralogy Databases
Mineral Spectroscopy Databases ~ Mineral Structure Databases Mineralogy Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. Optical Mineralogy Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. |
Mineralogy Database
"...Mineral data for individual species are linked to mineral tables by crystallography, crystal structures, X-Ray powder diffraction, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, Dana's New classification,..."
Mineral Sciences Collections
Meteorites with Images; Rocks and Ores with Images..." BANCROFT MINERAL COLLECTION - Department of Earth Science, College of Letters & Science, University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Multimedia Bancroft Mineralogy Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTESNIVE. Bancroft Mineralogy Database
AMETHYST GALLERIES' MINERAL GALLERY - Amethyst Galleries, Inc Multimedia Mineral Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Amethyst Galleries' Mineral Gallery
PERIODIC TABLE: GERM PARTITION COEFFICIENT (KD) DATABASE - KD'S OF ROCKS AND MINERALS - A. Koppers (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) & Roger Nielsen (Oregon State University), & Hosted by EarthRef.org VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. GERM Partition Coefficient (Kd) Database
Crystallography of Minerals Databases FOR MORE CRYSTALLOGRAPHY DATABASES, COURSES, LECTURES, CALCULATORS, ETC. SEE THE CHEMISTRY CENTER: CRYSTALLOGRAPHY BILBAO CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC SERVER - Server hosted by the University of the Basque Country Multimedia Crystallographic Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Bilcao Crystallographic Server" Subject Categories include
Magnetic Symmetry and Applications; Group - Subgroup Relations of Space Groups; Representation Theory Applications; Subperiodic Groups: Layer, Rod and Frieze Groups Retrieval Tools; Solid State Theory Applications; Structure Utilities; The Bilbao Incommensurate Structures Database; Raman and Hyper-Raman scattering; Point Groups: Retrieval Tools; Plane Groups: Retrieval Tools; The k-vector types and Brillouin zones of the Layers groups; etc..." CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AND CRYSTALLOCHEMICAL DATABASE FOR MINERALS AND THEIR STRUCTURAL ANALOGUES: WWW-MINCRYST - A.V. Chichagov & D.A. Varlamov and supported by the Russian Foundation of Basic Research, Russia Multimedia Crystallographic and Crystallochemical Database for Minerals and Their Structure Analogues Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. In English & Russian. For more information see the WWW-MINCRYST Home Page or the Russian Foundation of Basic Research Zeolite Databases ATLAS OF PROSPECTIVE ZEOLITE STRUCTURES - M.D. Foster & M.M.J. Treacy, Department of Physics, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Arizona State University Multimedia Atlas of Prospective Zeolite Structures (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Atlas of Prospective Zeolite Structures
DATABASE OF ZEOLITES STRUCTURES - Structure Commission, International Zeolite Association (IZA-SC), Switzerland Multimedia Zeolites Structures Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Database of Zeolite Structures includes
User-controlled animated displays of each framework type; Crystallographic data and simulated powder diffraction patterns for representative materials; Detailed instructions for building models; Descriptions of some families of disordered zeolite structures; etc..." |
USGS Digital Spectral Library
MINERAL SPECTROSCOPY - G.R. Rossman, Division of Geological & Planetray Sciences, California Institute of Technology Multimedia Mineral Spectroscopy Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Mineral Spectroscopy
MINERAL STRUCTURE DATABASES
MINERALOGY COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC.
Earth Materials Course
Crystal Morphology, Crystal Symmetry, Crystallographic Axes; Axial Ratios, Parameters, Miller Indices; Stereographic Projection of Crystal Faces; Twinning, Polymorphism, Polytypism, Pseudomorphism; Physical Properties of Minerals; Properties of Light and Examination of Isotropic Substances; Uniaxial Minerals, Uniaxial Indicatrix, Optic Sign, & Ray Path; Silicate Structures, Structural Formula, Neso-, Cyclo-, and Soro- Silicates; Tectosilicates, Carbonates, Oxides, & Accessory Minerals; etc..." CLAY MINERALOGY (GEOL8550) - P.A. Schroeder, UGA Clay Science, Department of Geology, and Co-Director: Center for Advanced Ultrastructrual Research, Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, University of Georgia Multimedia Clay Mineralogy Graduate Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "34" "Clay Mineralogy" Graduate Course Lectures include
X-ray Diffraction Data Processing; Hydrous Layered Silicates; Ionic Radii and Structural Formula Calculations; Associated Mineral Phases and their XRD Identification; XRD Identification of Discrete Clay Minerals (Illite, Chlorite, Kaolinite, Smectite, Vermiculite) Mixed-layer Clays and their XRD Identification; Quantitative XRD Analysis of Mineral Mixtures; Reicprocal Lattice, Electron Diffraction; Electron Optics; The Geochemistry of Clays; Equilibrium Adsorption and Ion Exchange; Weathering Reactions and Stability Diagrams; etc..." FUNDAMENTALS OF X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION - J.R. Connolly, Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico Multimedia Fundamentals of X-Ray Powder Diffraction Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Fundamentals of X-Ray Powder Diffraction" Course Lectures include
Generation of X-rays; Generation of X-rays; X-ray scattering, Bragg’s Law and diffraction geometry; Diffraction intensities and relationships to crystal structure and chemistry; Types and sources of errors in diffraction data; Introduction to the analysis of clay minerals; etc..." A LABORATORY MANUAL FOR X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION - U.S. Geological Survey Multimedia A Laboratory Manual for X-Ray Powder Diffraction (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "A Laboratory Manual for X-Ray Powder Diffraction" Chapters & Subchapters include
Separation of Silt and Clay by Decantation; Separation of Silt and Clay by Centrifuge; Smear Slide Mounts; Oriented-Aggregate Mounts; Ethylene Glycol Treatment; Lithium Saturation of Smectites; Intercalation of Kaolinite Group Minerals; etc..."
Illite; Kaolinite Group; Mixed-Layer Clays; Smectite Group; Sepiolite and Palygorskite; Vermiculite..." SPECTROSCOPY OF ROCKS AND MINERALS, AND PRINCIPLES OF SPECTROSCOPY - R.N. Clark, USGS Spectroscopy Laboratory, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Spectroscopy of Rocks and Minerals, and Principles of Spectroscopy (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Spectroscopy of Rocks and Minerals, and Principles of Spectroscopy" Subject Categories include
Imaging Spectroscopy; Reflection and Absorption; Electronic Processes; Crystal Field Effects; Charge Transfer Absorptions; Vibrational Processes; etc. OPTICAL MINERALOGY COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC.
Examples of "Optical Mineralogy" Course Chapters include
Refractometry; Isotropic Materials; Anisotropic Minerals; Optical Properties; Uniaxial Minerals; Biaxial Minerals; etc..." |
TURBIDITY CURRENTS DATABASES, COURSES, LECTURES, ETC. FOR RELATED COURSES, LECTURES, MANUALS, ETC. SEE THE ENGINEERING CENTER - CIVIL ENGINEERING: HYDROLOGY ENGINEERING, ETC. OR OCEANOGRAPHY & MARINE GEOCHEMISTRY: SEDIMENT COURSES, LECTURES, ETC. 1D SEDIMENT TRANSPORT MORPHODYNAMICS WITH APPLICATIONS TO RIVERS AND TURBIDITY CURRENTS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - G. Parker, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering & the Department of Geology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Multimedia 1D Sediment Transport Morphodynamics with Applications to Rivers & Turbidity Currents Course (Text, Images & Spreadsheets). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "50" "1D Sediment Transport Morphodynamics with Applications to Rivers and Turbidity Currents" Course Parts & Chapters include
Relations for the Conservation of Bed Sediment; Threshold of Motion and Suspension; Relations for 1D Bedload Transport; Fluvial Bedforms; Relations for Hydraulic Resistance in Rivers..."
Mobile and Static Armor in Gravel-bed Streams; Response of a Sand-bed River to a Dredge Slot; Morphodynamics of Recirculating and Sediment-Feed Flumes; Transportational Cyclic Steps; Morphodynamics of Gravel-Sand Transitions; etc..."
Rivers Ending in 1D Deltas Carrying Sediment Size Mixtures; Modeling of Rivers On 2D in Fan-deltas: Fixed-width Channel(s); Modeling of Rivers On 2D in Fan-deltas: Self-formed Channel(s); etc..."
Particle fall velocity calculator; Spreadsheet for backwater calculations in open channel flow; Spreadsheet for calculating the Rouse-Vanoni profile of suspended sediment; Calculator for aggradation and degradation with a migrating bedrock-alluvial transition at the upstream end; Calculator for aggradation and degradation of sediment mixtures in gravel-bed streams; Calculator for evolution of upward-concave bed profiles in rivers carrying sediment mixtures in subsiding basins; etc.." MORPHODYNAMICS SHORT COURSES (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - G. Parker, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering & the Department of Geology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Multimedia Morphodynamics Short Course (Text, Images & Spreadsheets). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Morphodynamics Short Courses" include
Environmental Fluid Mechanics: Theory, Experiments and Applications Course; Morphology, Morphodynamics and Ecology of Mountain Rivers Course; Coastal Morphodynamics Course; Geomorphological Fluid Dynamics Course; etc..." BAGS: BEDLOAD ASSESSMENT IN GRAVEL-BEDDED STREAMS (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Authors: J. Pitlick & Y. Cui; National Stream & Aquatic Ecology Center, Watershed, Fish, Wildlife, Air & Rare Plants, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Browse down to BAGS: Bedload Assessment in Gravel-bedded Streams (2009-5) BAGS: Bedload Assessment in Gravel-Bedded Streams
TURBIDITY CURRENTS - G. Parker, Ven Te Chow Hydrosystems Laboratory, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering & the Department of Geology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Multimedia Turbidity Currents Course (Text, Images & Spreadsheets). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Turbidity Currents" Course Lectures include:
Morphologies; Analogies to Rivers; Hydraulics and Sediment Transport; Triggering Mechanisms of Turbidity Currents; Derivation of Governing Equations; Introduction to Turbidity Current Morphodynamics; etc..." |
NOAA'S CORAL REEF DATA DISCOVERY GLOSSARY - NOAA's Coral Reef Information System, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Multimedia Coral Reef Data Discovery Glossary (Text & Images). Coral Reef Data Discovery Glossary
Fisheries Glossaries & Dictionaries NOAA FISHERIES GLOSSARY - Office of Science and Technology, National Marine Fisheries Service Multimedia NOAA Fisheries Glossary - PDF, 71 Pages (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Office of Science and Technology or the National Marine Fisheries Service DEFINING FISHERIES: A USER'S GLOSSARY - Authors: K.J. Roberts, J.W. Horst, J.E. Roussel & J.A. Shephard, (Louisiana Sea Grant College Program, Louisiana State University); Hosted by the Division of Marine Fisheries, Department of Environmental Quality, North Carolina Multimedia Fisheries Glossary (Text & Images). For more information see Division of Marine Fisheries or the Department of Environmental Quality FISHERIES TECHNICAL TERMS GLOSSARY - Northeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Multimedia Fisheries Technical Terms Glossary (Text & Images). For more information see Northeast Fisheries Science Center Ichthyology Glossaries & Dictionaries DICTIONARY OF ICHTHYOLOGY - Authors: Brian W. Coad (Research Services, Canadian Museum of Nature (Musée canadien de la nature), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) & Don E. McAllister Multimedia Dictionary of Ichthyology (Text & Images). Dictionary of Ichthyology
Marine Biology Glossaries & Dictionaries GLOSSARY OF MARINE BIOLOGY - J. Levinton, Biological Sciences, State University of New York, Stony Brook, N.Y. Multimedia Marine Biology Glossary (Text & Images). For more information see Jeff Levinton's Marine Biology Web Page MARINE BIOLOGY
Marine Species Database
INTEGRATED TAXONOMIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (ANIMAL, PLANT, FUNGAL, MONERA) - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); Geological Survey (USGS); Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); Agriculture Research Service (ARS), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS); National Museum of Natural History (NMNH), Smithsonian Institution; National Biological Information Infrastructure; National Park Service; Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada; CONABIO, Mexico and hosted by the Department of Agriculture (USDA) Multimedia Integrated Taxonomic Information Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Integrated Taxonomic Information Database
Marine Biology Courses, Textbooks, Lectures, Lessons, etc.
COMPARATIVE MARINE PHYSIOLOGY - C.W. Holliday, Department of Biology, Lafayette College, Easton, PA Multimedia Comparative Marine Physiology Lessons (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Comparative Marine Physiology" Lessons include
Osmoregulation and Ion transport in isopod gills; Osmoregulation and Ion transport in brine shrimp; Osmoregulation and Ion transport in crab gills; Osmoregulation and Ion transport in fish gills; etc..." |
AUDIO GALLERY FOR DISCOVERY OF SOUND IN THE SEA (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Office of Marine Programs (OMP), Coastal Institute on Narragansett, University of Rhode Island Multimedia Sounds of the Sea Audio Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Audio Gallery of Sounds of the Sea
Fish Sounds; Marine Invertebrates Sounds; Nautical Sounds, etc..." COLLECTION OF SOUNDS FROM THE SEA (QUICKTIME & WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER) - Ocean Explorer, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Multimedia Sounds of the Sea Audio Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Sound in the Sea; Explorations or Ocean Explorer Whale Sounds Lessons with Text, Images & Audio/Sound WHALE ACOUSTICS PROJECT - PMEL Acoustics Program, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), NOAA Multimedia Whale Sounds Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Mammals - Whale Sounds" include
Fin Whale Sounds (Atlantic & Pacific); Humpback Whale (Alaska); etc..." KILLER WHALE SOUNDS - WHALE CHAT - B.C. Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program, Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, BC, Canada Multimedia Whale Sounds Lessons (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). For more information see Whale Facts or the Vancouver Aquarium's B.C. Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program Fish - Ichthyology
FISHBASE DATABASE - FishBase Org Multimedia Fish Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. FishBase includes over
FISHNET 2 - Development funding provided by: the National Science Foundation, and the National Biological Information Infrastructure FishNet 2
ICHTHYOLOGY (FISH) IMAGE DATABASE - Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences Multimedia Ichthyology Image Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Ichthyology Image Database
LARVABASE - Larvalbase Project & funded by German Ministery for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), Germany Multimedia Fish Larvae Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Fish Larvae Database
Fish Anatomy FISH ANATOMY - Wikipedia Multimedia Fish Anatomy Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. |
Hawaii Institute Research Laboratories
GALLERY OF DEEP-SEA ANIMALS FOUND AT AXIAL SEAMOUNT - Earth-Ocean Interactions Program, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), NOAA Multimedia Gallery of Deep-sea Animals Found at Axial Seamount (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Gallery of Deep-sea Animals Found at Axial Seamount
Cephalopods: Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish, Nautilus
Cephalopods: Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish, Mautilus
CEPHBASE - CEPHALOPOD DATABASE: OCTOPUS, SQUID, CUTTLEFISH & MAUTILUS (QUICKTIME) - J.B. Wood, Associate Director & Director of Education of the Waikiki Aquarium , University of Hawaii Multimedia Cephalopods Database, Lessons, Technical Reports (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. CephBase: Cephalopods: Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish, Mautilus
Conchology & Gastropods - Shells & Mollusks
CONCHOLOGY: THE ART & SCIENCE OF NATURE - World Wide Conchology Multimedia Conchology Database (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. CONCHOLOGY - Guido T. Poppe, Beligum Multimedia Conchology Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Corals - Sea Anemones
Coral Reef Data Discovery Glossary
CORAL REEFS - National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Multimedia Coral Reefs Databases & Coral Reefs Technical Reports, Lessons, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see NOAA CORAL REEFS: HAWAIIAN ISLANDS (QUICKTIME) - Coastal and Marine Geology Program, Geology Division, United States Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Coral Reefs Videos, Databases, Technical Reports, Lessons, etc. (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Hawaiian Islands Coral Reefs Subject Categories include
Mapping coral reefs; Monitoring change on coral reefs; Sediment studies; etc..." HEXACORALLIANS OF THE WORLD: SEA ANEMONES, CORALS AND THEIR ALLIES - D.G. Fautin, Division of Invertebrate Zoology, Kansas University Biodiversity Institute, Kansas University Multimedia Coral Database & Sea Anemones Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Hexacorallians of the World
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Nudibranchs, Opisthobranchs, Sea Slugs
The Sea Slug Forum includes
General Topics
General biology, ecology and evolution; Interstitial (and other microscopic) opisthobranch groups; Life history, reproduction, mating and eggs; Localities and geographic regions; etc..." Other molluscs (including snails, clams and chitons); Sacoglossans; Sea Hares (including Aplysiomorpha, Anaspidea and Aplysia); etc..." MEDITERRANEAN SLUG SITE: OPISTHOBRANCHS FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND ELSEWHERE - Erwin Koehler Multimedia Nudibranchs, Opisthobranchs, Sea Slugs Database, Lessons, etc. (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Includes Opisthobranchs from the
THE SLUG SITE: NUDIBRANCHS, OPISTHOBRANCHS, SEA SLUGS - M.D. Miller, San Diego, CA Multimedia Nudibranchs, Opisthobranchs, Sea slugs Database (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Seaweeds, Kelp, Maring Algae
Algaebase contains over
SEAWEEDS - Michael D. Guiry, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Multimedia Seaweeds Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Seaweeds Database
CATALOGUE OF BENTHIC MARINE ALGAE OF THE INDIAN OCEAN - P.C. Silva, P. Basson & R. Moe; The University and Jepson Herbaria, University of California, Berkeley Multimedia Marine Algae Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Catalogue of the Benthic Marine Algae of the Indian Ocean
Sea Urchins
Sea Urchin Embryology
Sea Urchin Embryology Lessons include
Seahorses
SEAHORSES MATING, TRANSFERRING EGGS - Seahorse Conservancy Multimedia Seahorses Mating, Transferring Eggs (Text, Images, Animations & Audio/Sound). For more information see the Seahorse Conservancy |
INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY - L.D. Talley & M.C. Hendershott, Climate, Atmospheric Sciences and Physical Oceanography (CASPO), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (UCSD) Multimedia Introduction to Physical Oceanography Course (Text, Images & Animations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "25" "Introduction to Physical Oceanography" Course Lectures include
Typical Distributions/Ocean Structure; Dynamics (Momentum, Rotation & Geostrophy); Waves; Tsunamis; Tides; Internal Waves; Atmospheric Circulation/Surface Forcing; Pacific Ocean Subtropical Circulation; Indian Ocean (Monsoons, Subtropical, Overturning); Southern Ocean; etc..." AN INTRODUCTION TO PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY - M. Tomczak (Emeritus Professor), School of the Environment, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Multimedia Physical Oceanography Course (Text, Images, Simulations & Calculators). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Physical Oceanography
The Global Oceanic Heat and Mass (freshwater) budgets; Depth Distribution of Temperature, Salinity and Mutrients; Aspects of Geophysical Fluid Dynamics; Thermohaline Processes, Water Masses; Wave Classification, Dispersion, Wind Waves; Long waves: Tsunamis, Seiches, Internal Waves; etc.
CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (OCEANOGRAPHY 400) - J.W. Murray, Chemical Oceanography, School of Oceanography, College of the Environment, University of Washington Multimedia Chemical Oceanography Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "18" "Chemical Oceanography" Course Lectures include
Stable Isotopes; Radioactive Isotopes and Decay; Gases and Gas Exchange; Ocean Carbonate Chemistry: Reactions; Principles of Mass Balance - Box Models; Primary Production - Nutrient Stoichiometry; Redox reactions; Respiration; Ocean Nitrogen Cycle; etc..." MARINE CHEMISTRY - Adina Paytan, Paytan Biogeochemistry Lab, Institute of Marine Science, University of California, Santa Cruz & Hosted by: Ocean Biogeochemistry Lab, Department of Geological & Environmental Sciences, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University Multimedia Marine Chemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "16" "Marine Chemistry" Course Lectures include
Temperature; Salinity; Density; General Ocean Circulation; Major Elements in the Ocean; Trace Elements in the Ocean; Marine Chemical Mass Balance (Box and Transport Reaction Models); The Biological Pump; Particle Flux; Remineralization Acid-Base Reactions; Carbonate Chemistry; Marine Sediments; Marine Sediments & Stable Isotopes; etc..." Undergraduate: Geochemistry of Marine Sediments & Marine Organic Geochemistry Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. GEOCHEMISTRY OF MARINE SEDIMENTS - D.C. McCorkle & W.R. Martin, Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Multimedia Geochemistry of Marine Sediments Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geochemistry of Marine Sediments" Course Lectures include
Solute Transport; Particle Accumulation Rates; Organc Matter Decomposition; Oxic Decomposition; Denitrification and the Sedimentary Nitrogen Cycle; Carbonate Chemistry; Metabolic Calcite Dissolution; Permeable Sediments; etc..." MARINE ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY - D.J. Repeta & T.I. Eglinton, Department of Marine Chemistry & Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Multimedia Marine Organic Geochemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Organic Geochemistry" Course Lectures include
Organic Geochemistry Methods - Mass Spectrometry; Composition of DOC; Microbial BGC and DOC; Terrestrial OM in the Oceans Carbon Preservation in Sediment; Radiocarbon in Organic Materials; etc..." Undergraduate: Fisheries & Biological Oceanography Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY - Matthew Church, Department of Oceanography, School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Hawai'i, Manoa, Hawai'i Multimedia Biological Oceanography Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Biological Oceanography" Course Lectures include
Photosynthetic biomass and marine phytoplankton; Dissolved organics matter; Plankton respiration and community metabolism; ; Pelagic Consumers-Energetics; Pelagic Community Ecology-Methods; Fisheries Oceanography; Fisheries Oceanography – Management; Suspension Feeding; Reproduction and recruitment; Distribution patterns: Depth Zonation; etc..." Undergraduate: Satellite Oceanography Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. COMPARING NWP SYNTHETIC/SIMULATED SATELLITE IMAGERY TO OBSERVED SATELLITE IMAGERY - Authors: Dan Bikos, Dan Lindsey and Lewis Grasso; Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training (VISIT), a joint effort involving NOAA-NESDIS Cooperative Institutes, the National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS), and the National Weather Service (NWS); Hosted by Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch (NOAA/NESDIS), and is co-located with the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University Multimedia Comparing NWP Synthetic/Simulated Satellite Imagery to Observed Satellite Imagery Course (Text, Images, Video/Movies & Audio Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Comparing NWP Synthetic/Simulated Satellite Imagery to Observed Satellite Imagery
"...Learning objectives include
2) Introduce how the use of synthetic/simulated satellite imagery from NWP can aid in the forecast process of cloud cover,low cloud/fog, convection and extra-tropical cyclogenesis, 3) How to verify synthetic / simulated satellite imagery with GOES-R imagery..." Graduate: Chemical Oceanography CHEMICAL OCENAOGRAPHY (REAL PLAYER & FLASH) - D.K. Ryan & M. Altabet (Dartmouth University), Department of Chemistry & the Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, College of Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, Massachusetts Multimedia Graduate Chemical Oceanography Course (Text, Images, PowerPoint, PDF, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples from over "25" Graduate "Chemical Oceanography" Course Video Lectures include
Equilibrium Concepts Video Lectures; Atmospheric Chemistry Video Lecture; Dissolved Gases Video Lecture; Carbonate System Video Lectures; Global CO2 Cycle Video Lectures; Organic Matter Production & Export Video Lectures; Geochemical Cycles Video Lectures; Metal Geochemistry Video Lectures; Stable Isotopes as Tracers Video Lecture; Radioisotopes as Tracers Video Lecture; CO2 Sequestration Video Lecture; etc..." Graduate: Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. GEOKEM: GEOCHEMISTRY OF IGNEOUS ROCKS - B.M. Gunn, Mew Zealand Multimedia Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks Lectures, Technical Reports, Databases, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geochemistry of Igneous Rocks (GEOKEM)" Subject Categories & Lectures include
Oceanic Island Basalts (OIBs) & Alkaline Series; Continental Flood Basalts; Orogenic Andesites; Rare Earth Elements; Sodic and Potassic Granites; Lamprophyres; Rhyolites Trachytes and Phonolites; Archaean MetaBasalts, and MetaAndesites; Extraterrestrial geochemistry; etc..." Graduate: Hydrothermal Vent Geochemistry Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. HYDROTHERMAL VENTING - Earth-Ocean Interactions Program, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA Multimedia Hydrothermal Venting Lectures, Databases, Technical Publications, etc. (Text, Images, Animations, ). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Hydrothermal Venting" Subject Categories include
Gases - Gas Chemistry - Helium Isotope Laboratory; Hydrothermal Plume Studies; Hydrothermal Vent Particle Chemistry; Modeling Effects of Hydrothermal Plumes; etc..." Graduate: Isotope Geochemistry Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY - W.M. White, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University Multimedia Isotope Geochemistry Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Isotope Geochemistry" Course Lectures include
Isotope Cosmochemistry; Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of the Mantle; Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry of the Crust; Stable Isotopes II High Temperature Applications; Stable Isotope Geochemistry III Low Temperature Applications; Unconventional Stable Isotope Approaches and Systems; etc..." Graduate: Sea Level Measurement & Interpretation Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. IOC MANUAL ON SEA LEVEL MEASUREMENT AND INTERPRETATION - Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, U.K. Multimedia Sea Level Measurement & Interpretation Manual - PDF (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "IOC Manual on Sea Level Measurement & Interpretation" Subject Categories include
Emerging Technologies; Reappraisals and Recommendations as of the year 2000; List of tide gauge manufacturers; Glossary of terms used in tidal measurements and analysis; Frequently used abbreviations and acronyms; etc..." |
Basic Oceanography Calculators & Applets A SEA WATER EQUATION OF STATE CALCULATOR - modified by S.E. Van Bramer, Department of Chemistry, Widener University; originally developed by R. Chapman (www.jhuapl.edu) Sea Water Equation of State Calculator
OCEANOGRAPHIC UTILITIES - M. Tomczak (Emeritus Professor), School of the Environment, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Oceanographic Calculators & Graphing Applets include:
Sound speed from Temperature, Salinity and Pressure Calculator; Potential Temperature from In-situ Temperature and Pressure Calculator; Freezing Point of Seawater Calculator; Salinity from Conductivity Ratio Calculator; Salinity from Conductivity, Temperature and Pressure Calculator; Coriolis Frequency Calculator; Distance between Two Positions Calculator; Potential Temperature, Potential Density and Brunt-Väisälä Frequency Calculator with Graphs; Geostrophic Current and Volume Transport Calculator with Graphs; Ocean Currents Calculator with Graphs; Wind and Calculating Wind Stress Data Calculator with Graphs; Co-oscillation Tides and Seiches in Narrow Gulfs and Basins Calculator with Graphs; Designing a Station Plan for an Oceanographic Research Voyage Calculator with Graphs;
Sound Speed Calculator (Sound speed from temperature, salinity and pressure)
Freezing Point Calculator Freezing Point Calculator (Freezing Point of Seawater)
Graphing Utility for Geostrophic Currents Graphing Utility for Geostrophic Currents
Graphing Utility for Ocean Currents Graphing Utility for Ocean Currents
CALCULATION OF ABSORPTION OF SOUND IN SEAWATER - CALCULATOR - National Physical Laboratory (NPL), U.K. VERY EXTENSIVE. Absorption of Sound in Seawater Calculator
SPEED OF SOUND IN SEA-WATER - National Physical Laboratory (NPL), U.K. VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Speed of Sound in Sea-Water Calculators include:
2 Interactive Versions for Pressure or Depth..."
Speed of Sound in Sea-Water Calculator: Del Grosso's equation: Wong and Zhu (An alternative equation to the UNESCO algorithm) Speed of Sound in Sea-Water Calculator: Mackenzie Speed of Sound in Sea-Water Calculator: Coppens Presure to Depth in Sea-Water Calculator: Leroy and Parthiot CO2-System Calculator
COMPUTATION OF AQUEOUS METAL SOLUBILITIES USING SPREADSHEET PROGRAMS (SPREADSHEETS OPEN ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - D.A. Vaccari, Department of Civil, Environmental and Coastal Engineering, Charles V. Schaefer, Jr. School of Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology VERY EXTENSIVE. Computation of Aqueous Metal Solubilities Calculators include:
Ferrous and Ferric Iron Solubility Calculator; Calcium and Magnesium Solubility Calculator; etc..." OCEANIC CALCULATOR - P. Wilde, Berkeley, CA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Oceanic Calculator INPUT Values include:
Specific Alkalinity; etc..."
Dissolved Methane; etc..."
Specific Heat; etc..." OCEANIC CALCULATOR II: CONSERVATIVE, NUTRIENT AND REDOX RELATED ELEMENTS IN SEA WATER - P. Wilde, Berkeley, CA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Oceanic Calculator II INPUT Values include:
Magnesium; Calcium; Strontium; Barium; Zirconium; Titanium; Vanadium; Molybendum; Chromium; etc..." OCEANIC CALCULATOR III: OCEANIC VELOCITY FROM STATION DATA CALCULATOR - HELLAND-HANSEN EQUATION - P. Wilde, Berkeley, CA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. "...'Mean' velocity with depth between two hydrographic stations making the depth of no motion assumption and applying the Helland-Hansen equation..."
OCEANIC VERTICAL REDOX CALCULATOR - P. Wilde, Berkeley, CA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Oceanic Vertical Redox
Depth; Climate: Glacial; Pre-Post Glacial or Non Glacial; etc..." |
OCEAN OBSERVATORIES INITIATIVE (OOI) Multimedia Ocean Observatories Initiative (Text & Images). Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)
Oceanography Atlases & Databases VIRTUAL OCEAN - Hosted by: Marine Geoscience Data System, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Multimedia Virtual Ocean Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Virtual Ocean
The Global Multi-Resolution Topography (GMRT)synthesis developed by the Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS) is the primary base map for Virtual Ocean, providing..." GEOMAPAPP - Hosted by the: Marine Geoscience Data System (MGDS), Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University; Part of the IEDA Data Facility GeoMapApp
EGEOTRACES ELECTRONIC ATLAS - Reiner Schlitzer, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven, Germany Multimedia eGeotraces Electronic Atlas (Text, Images & Animated 3D Scenes). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. eGeotraces Electronic Atlas
"...eGEOTRACES then presents tracer distributions along the selected sections or animated 3D scenes showing tracer distributions along all available sections in the selected basin..." NODC OCEANOGRAPHIC DATABASES - National Oceanographic Data Center, NOAA Multimedia NODC Oceanographic Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "NODC Oceanographic" Databases include
Buoy Databases; Chlorophyll Databases; Ocean Currents Databases; Plankton Databases; Salinity Databases; Coastal Water Temperature Guide (CWTG); Global Argo Data Repository; Global Ocean Data, Archaeology & Rescue; Global Temperature Salinity Profile Program (GTSPP); Coral Reef Temperature Anomaly Database (CoRTAD); etc..." SEAFLOOR LITHOLOGY - EarthByte, School of Geosciences, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia Multimedia Seafloor Lithology (Text, Images & 3D Visualisations). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. GPlates
WORLD OCEAN DATABASE AND WORLD OCEAN ATLAS - Ocean Climate Laboratory (OCL), National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "World Ocean Database and World Ocean Atlas" include
WODselect:
World Ocean Atlas 2009: Climatological fields and statistics data files World Ocean Atlas 2009 Figures: Climatological field and statistic figures; etc. CCHDO - CLIVAR & CARBON HYDROGRAPHIC DATA OFFICE - CLIVAR and Carbon Hydrographic Data Office, La Jolla, California Multimedia DDHDO Databses (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. CCHDO's primary mission
eWOCE - ELECTRONIC ATLAS OF WOCE DATA - Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) Electronic Atlas of WOCE Data
"...An eWOCE Gallery shows more than 350 tracer distributions along sections from the WOCE Hydrographic Program (WHP)..." WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHY DATABASES, SOFTWARE, MOVIES, ETC. - USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA Multimedia Oceanography Databases, Databases, Software, Calculators, Spreadsheets, etc. (Text, Images, Animations, Simulations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
Marine Realms Information Bank..."
Digital Shoreline Analysis System; MATLAB software for scientific computations; etc..."
Numerical Modeling Tools; Mapping Tools; Hydrographic Tools; Data Interface Tools; etc..." Marine Geoscience, Marine Geology, Marine Geophysics, Marine Geochemistry, Bathymetry, Topography, etc. Databases MARINE GEOSCIENCE DATA SYSTEM (MGDS) - MGDS Team, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO), Columbia University Multimedia Marine Geoscience Data Portals, Tools, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Geoscience Data Portals" include
GeoPRISMS Data Portal; Global Multi-Resolution Topography Data Portal; Academic Seismic Portal at LDEO; etc..."
GeoMapApp; EarthObserver App; Media Bank; etc..." GEOCHEMICAL EARTH REFERENCE MODEL (GERM) - GERM, EarthRef.org Multimedia Geochemical Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Geochemical Earth Reference Model" Databases include
Chondritic Smooth Interplanetary Dust Particles; Chondritic Porous Interplanetary Dust Particles; Interplanetary Dust Particles; etc..." GEOCHEMISTRY OF ROCKS OF THE OCEANS AND CONTINENTS (GEOROC) - Max-Planck-Institut (MPI) für Chemie, Mainz, Germany Multimedia Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans & Continents Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Geochemistry of Rocks of the Oceans & Continents Database
MARINE GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS, BATHYMETRY, TOPOGRAPHY, & RELIEF DATABASES - U.S. National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA Multimedia Bathymetry, Topography, & Relief Databases, Marine Geology Databases & Marine Geophysics Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. NGDC and the collocated World Data Center for Geophysics and Marine Geology, Boulder (WDC GMG),
Bathymetry and Topography Databases include
International Ocean Mapping Projects; Multibeam Data; NOS Hydrographic Survey Data; Satellite-derived Data; Trackline Data; etc..."
Digital Elevation Model (DEM) Discovery Portal; Global Relief (ETOPO2v2 and ETOPO5); Tsunami Inundation Gridding Project; etc..." Marine Geology & Geophysics: Shoreline - Coastline Data Marine Geology & Geophysics: Shoreline - Coastline Databases include
Coastal Relief Model at NGDC; etc..." Marine Geology Data Marine Geology Database
Marine Geophysical Trackline Data Marine Geophysical Trackline Database
Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor
Sea Level Databases SEA LEVEL DATA - Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level, Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory, U.K. Multimedia Sea Level Data (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level or the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) Submarine Volcanism and Hydrothermal Venting EARTH-OCEAN INTERACTIONS PROGRAM - Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA Multimedia Earth-Ocean Interactions Program Databases, Lessons, etc. (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Earth-Ocean Interactions Program
Submarine Volcanism (Geology and Mapping); etc..."
Submarine-eruptions; Submarine Ring of Fire; DIVE!: Dive to an active submarine volcano!; etc..." |
MARINE SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES COURSES, LECTURES, MANUALS, ETC. SEDIMENT-TRANSPORT CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS BEDFORM SEDIMENTOLOGY (QUICKTIME) - Authors: D.M. Rubin, C.L. Carter, G.V. Middleton, & R.E. Plotnick; Hosted by the USGS Pacific Coastal & Marine Science Center, USGS Multimedia Bedform Sedimentology Technical Manual (Text, Images, Animations, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). Examples of "Bedform Sedimentology Technical Manual" Subject Categories include
Bedform Experiments Animations & Movies; etc..."
Complication of Unsteady Forcing; Examples; etc..." MARINE SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES: MECHANICS OF SEDIMENT TRANSPORT - A.S. Ogston & C. Nittrouer, Marine Geology & Geophysics, School of Oceanography, College of the Environment, University of Washington Multimedia Marine Sedimentary Processes Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Marine Sedimentary Processes: Mechanics of Sediment Transport" Course Lectures include
Flocculation of sediment particles; Buoyant plumes; Marine boundary layers; Bedload transport; Suspended-sediment load and flux; Waves and sediment transport; Beaches; etc..." SEDIMENT-TRANSPORT (JAVA APPLETS) - C.R. Sherwood, Coastal Sediment Transport Measurements and Modeling, USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Christopher R. Sherwood's Home Page or the USGS Woods Hole Coastal and Marine Science Center, Woods Hole, MA
Linear Wave Calculator INPUT Values include:
Ripple Properties Calculator Ripple Properties Calculator INPUT Values include:
Grain Size; Ripple Height; Ripple Wavelength; etc..." Sediment Particle Property Calculations Sediment Particle Property Calculator INPUT Values include:
Fine Sand: Powers Roundness Factor; Corey Shape Factor; Salinity; etc..."
Stokes Setting Velocity; Gibbs Setting Velocity; Water Density; etc..." Wave-Current Interaction Calculations Wave-Current Interaction Calculator INPUT Values include:
Angle Between Waves/Currents; Wave Height; Wave Period; Wave-optical Velocity Amplitude; Angular Wave Frequency; etc..."
Combined Friction Velocity; Apparent Roughness; etc.." COASTAL MODELING SYSTEMS
Examples of the CHL's Coastal Modeling Systems, etc. include
Coastal Model Test Bed (CMTB); Coastal Modeling System; Coastal Storm Modeling System; Coastal Storm Modeling System Features; Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar; etc..." DREDGING COURSES, TEXTBOOKS, LECTURES, CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ETC.
DREDGING CALCULATORS - Director: Sape A. Miedema, Dredging Engineering Research Laboratory (DERL), Dredging Engineering, Offshore and Dredging Engineering, Department of Maritime and Transport Technology, Faculty Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands Multimedia The Slurry Transport: Historical Overview & DHLLDV Book (Text & Images) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click on Calculators. Examples of Dredging Calculators include
The Moody Diagram for Pipe Flow Calculator; Terminal Settling Velocity Calculator; Turbulence Settling Efficiency Calculator; etc..." DREDGE AND FILL FEE CALCULATOR - State Water Resources Control Board Programs, California Environmental Protection Agency Click on "Dredge and Fill Fee Calculator". Dredge and Fill Fee Calculator
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AN OCEAN WAVE PARAMETER CALCULATOR - R. Chapman, Ocean Remote Sensing Group, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Ocean Wave Parameter Calculator
Wavenumber; Phase speed; Group speed..." STOKES WAVE (NONLINEAR) APPLET - S.A. Kinnas, M.H. Kim, J. Zhang, H. Hart, & J.M. Roesset, Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC), Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Ocean Wave Mechanics: Nonliear Wave theory; Courses; Spyros A. Kinnas' Home Page Jun Zhang's Home Page or the Offshore Technology Research Center (OTRC)
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GPlates
WORLD STRESS MAP PROJECT - Project Director: F. Wenzel, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Geophysical Institute, University Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Multimedia Tectonic Stress Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENISVE. World Stress Map (WSM)
Tectonic Modelling; Reservoir Management; Stability of Mines, Tunnels and Boreholes, Fault Slip Tendency & Seismic Risk Assessment..." PLATE TECTONICS COURSES, LECTURES, ETC.
Examples of "Tectonic Geomorphology" Course Lectures include
Large scale Climate-Tectonic Interactions; Climate-Tectonic Interactions - Bedrock Channels; General commentary, Earthquake displacement fields, and Introduction to the San Andreas Fault; Dip-slip Dislocations; Earthquake Surface Ruptures; Earthquake Moment and Intensity; etc..." PLATE TECTONICS MOTION MOVIES, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
Plate Tectonics Animations
INTERACTIVE CONTINENTAL DRIFT, PLATE MOTION, ETC. APPLETS - P. Meijer, Faculty of Geoscience, Universiteit Utrecht (Utrecht University), The Netherlands VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Paul Meijer's Home Page or the Faculty of Geoscience
PLATE MOTION CALCULATORS & APPLETS
Plate Motion Calculator
Moving Plate (Africa, Antarctica, Arabia, Eurasia, etc.); Fixed Plate (Pacific, Caribbean, Juan de Fuca, etc.); Latitude & Longitude..." PLATE MOTION CALCULATOR - R.G. Gordon, Global Tectonics Group, Department of Earth Sciences, Rice University VERY EXTENSIVE. Plate Motion Calculator INPUT Values include:
Latitude & Longitude..."
Speed and Direction for Input Location..." NUVEL1A-NNR PLATE MOTION CALCULATOR - UNAVCO, Inc. VERY EXTENSIVE. Plate Motion Calculator
PLATE MOTION CALCULATOR (JAVA APPLET) - Faculty of Geoscience, Universiteit Utrecht (Utrecht University), The Netherlands VERY EXTENSIVE. Plate Motion Calculator Computes
PLATE VELOCITY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
PLATE VELOCITY CALCULATOR - W. Menke, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, and the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Columbia University Plate Velocity Calculator
Ridge Spreading Rate Calculator INPUT Values include: "...Latitude & Longitude..." Expression Calculator |
IRIS SEISMIC MONITOR - Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Multimedia Earthaquake Activity Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Earthquakes or the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology SEISMOLOGY DICTIONARIES & GLOSSARIES
SEISMOLOGY DATABASES
EARTHSCOPE VOYAGER, JR. - UNAVCO & EarthScope VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Jules Map Server EARTHSCOPE - EarthScope.org VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Tectonic Strain, Crustal Dynamics, Lithospheric Strain, etc. Databases CDDIS DATASETS - Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS), Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA Multimedia Crustal Dynamics Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)
GNSS (GPS & GLONASS)
"...GNSS receivers detect, decode, and process signals from the GNSS satellites (e.g., currently GPS and GLONASS and, in the future, Galileo)..." "...Global IGS network consists of several hundred permanent GNSS (GPS and GPS+GLONASS) receivers..."
Hourly 30-second data files; etc..." SLR Data SLR Network
"...SLR targets are satellites equipped with corner cubes or retroreflectors. Currently, the global SLR network tracks over forty such satellites..." DORRIS Data DORRIS
Crustal Deformation Data
PLATE BOUNDARY OBSERVATORY (PBO) - UNAVCO Multimedia Observations, Instrumentation, Databases, Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)
WORLD STRESS MAP PROJECT - Project Director: F. Wenzel, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Geophysical Institute, University Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Multimedia Tectonic Stress Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENISVE. World Stress Map (WSM)
Tectonic Modelling; Reservoir Management; Stability of Mines, Tunnels and Boreholes, Fault Slip Tendency & Seismic Risk Assessment..." USGS Earthquake Databases EARTHQUAKE DATABASES - National Earthquake Information Center, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP), USGS Multimedia Earthquake Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Earthquake Intensity, Strong Motion, etc. Databases EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY DATABASD - 1638 TO 1985 - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA, Department of Commerce Multimedia Earthquake Intensity Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Earthquake Databases; NGDC Natural Hazards Data or the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE DATABASE - 2150 B.C. TO THE PRESENT - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia Earthquake Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Significant Earthquake Database
STRONG MOTION DATABASE - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Earthquake Databases; NGDC Natural Hazards Data or the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Earthquake Engineering Databases NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICE FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (NISEE) - NISEE, University of California, Berkeley Multimedia Earthquake Databases, Lessons, Technical Reports (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE) includes
University Engineering Reports; NISEE eBooks; Structural Engineering Slide Library; Kozak Historical Image Collection; EQIIS Image Database; Strong Ground-Motion Database, etc..." SEISMOLOGY SEMINARS
SEISMOLOGY COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC.
INTRODUCTION TO EARTHQUAKES: EAS193 - C.J. Ammon, Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University Multimedia Introduction to Earthquakes Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Introduction to Earthquakes" Course Chapters include
Waves, Seismograms, and Seismometers; Seismc Waves and Earth's Interior; Plate Tectonics; Faults and Faulting; Earthquake Effects, Shaking; etc..." EARTHQUAKES & TECTONICS (EPS 324) - S.Stein & J.E. DeLaughter, Department of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University Multimedia Earthquakes & Tectonics Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Earthquakes & Tectonics" Course Lectures include
Amplitudes of Seismic Waves; Focal Mechanisms; Waveform Modeling; Moment Tensors; Earthquake Geodesy; Relative Plate Motions; Spreading Centers; Subduction Zones; Continental Intraplate Earthquakes; etc..." Graduate Seismology Courses, Lectures, Textbooks, etc. INTRODUCTION TO SEISMOLOGY - R. Van Der Hilst, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, & the MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT Multimedia Introduction to Seismology Graduate Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Introduction to Seismology" Course Lectures include
Travel time curves; Travel time tomography; Critical and post-critical reflection; Normal modes; Focal mechanics; etc..." SOUTH NAPA EARTHQUAKE - FAULT AFTERSLIP
"Key Recovery Factors for the [8/24/2014], South Napa Earthquake"
ELASTIC WAVE EXPLORATION SEISMOLOGY - CREWES EXPLORER PROGRAM
Elastic Wave Exploration Seismology Tools include
CREWES Zoeppritz Explorer 2.2 is
CREWES Reflectivity Explorer 2.1 CREWES Reflectivity Explorer 2.1
CREWES Fluid Properties Explorer Calculator CREWES Fluid Properties Explorer Calculator is
SEISMOLOGY NETWORKS, SEISMOLOGY INSTRUMENTATION & EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS
PLATE BOUNDARY OBSERVATORY (PBO) - UNAVCO Multimedia Observations, Instrumentation, Databases, Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)
SAN ANDREAS FAULT OBSERVATORY AT DEPTH - Northern California Earthquake Data Center Multimedia Observations, Instrumentation, Databases, Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD)
USARRAY: A CONTINENTAL-SCALE SEISMIC OBSERVATORY - USArray, EarthScope Multimedia Observations, Instrumentation, Databases, Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE.
"...each of the Transportable Array stations consists of a three-component broadband seismometer with associated signal processing, power, and communications equipment..." Flexible Array Flexible Array
USArray Reference Network Stations Magnetotelluric Array Magnetotelluric Array
EARTHQUAKE EARLY WARNING - Project Partners: United States Geological Survey; California Institute of Technology; University of California Berkeley; University of Washington; Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule Zurich & the Southern California Earthquake Center; Funded by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation and the USGS Multimedia Earthquake Early Warning System (Text & Images). Earthquake Early Warning
EARTHQUAKES AND TECTONIC PLATE MOTIONS - Roger Bilham, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), Department of Geological Sciences, College of Arts & Sciences, Univeristy of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado Multimedia Earthquakes and Tectonic Plate Motions Databas, Technical Reports, Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) or the Department of Geological Sciences
Creepmeter
Tiltmeters Tiltmeters
Tunnel Tiltmeters (Long Baseline Tiltmeters) Tilt-meter Operation
Float Sensors used in long-baseline water-pipe tiltmeters
Examples of "PASSCAL Instrumentation" include
Short Period Sensors; High Frequency Sensors; High Resolution Data Acquisition Systems..." GSN Instrumentation GSN Instrumentation includes
Secondary Broadband Sensors; Strong Motion Sensors; Short Period Sensors; Microbarometers; Data Acquisition Systems..."
Examples of Long Period "Ocean Bottom Seismograph Instruments" include SEISMOLOGY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
EARTHQUAKE CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS Electric Sounding - Response of a Subsurface Model ELECTRIC SOUNDING APPLET - P. Alberts, Geophysics Clausthal, Institut für Geophysik, TU Clausthal, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany) VERY EXTENSIVE. Available in English & German/Deutsch. Electric Sounding Calculator
Reftek Das Memory Usage REFTEK DAS MEMORY USAGE CALCULATOR - Portable Broadband Instrument Center (PBIC) (established by the Southern California Earthquake Center), and managed by the Institute for Crustal Studies (ICS), University of California Santa Barbara VERY EXTENSIVE. Reftek Das Memory Usage Calculator is for use with
Seismographs MAKE YOUR OWN SEISMOGRAPH! - Nothern California Earthquake Data Center & the & UC Berkeley Seismographic Station VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Seismograph Calculator
Seismometers & Seismometer Calibration LONG PERIOD VERTICAL SEISMOMETER (JAVA APPLET) - P. Alberts, Geophysics Clausthal, Institut für Geophysik, TU Clausthal, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany) VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Available in English & German/Deutsch. Long Period Vertical Seismometer Calculator
SEISMOMETER (JAVA APPLET) - Geophysics Clausthal, Institut für Geophysik, TU Clausthal, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Available in English & German/Deutsch. Seismometer Calculator
SEISMOMETER CALIBRATION (JAVA APPLET) - Geophysics Clausthal, Institut für Geophysik, TU Clausthal, Bundesrepublik Deutschland (Germany) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Available in English & German/Deutsch. Seismometer Calibration Calculator
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Current Tsunami Activity
Tsunami Dictionaries & Glossaries ~ Tsunami Databases Tsunami Courses, Lectures, Movies, Animations & Modeling Tsunami Calculators & Simulations |
BUOY DATA IN REAL-TIME - COASTAL U.S., NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC, COASTAL CANADA, CARIBBEAN, COASTAL EUROPE, ETC. - National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Buoy Data Database includes Current Conditions & Previous Observations for:
Wave Height (WVHT); Dominant Wave Period (DPD); Average Period Average Period (APD); Atmospheric Pressure (PRES); Pressure Tendency (PTDY); Air Temperature (ATMP); Water Temperature (WTMP); Wind Chill (CHILL)..." DEEP OCEAN ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING OF TSUNAMIS (DART) - REAL-TIME DATA BUOY DATA FOR ALASKA, WESTERN CANADA, U.S. WEST COAST, HAWAII, NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC, U.S. EAST COAST, & CARIBBEAN - National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Service, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) Project
REAL TIME HAWAII BUOY DATA - National Data Buoy Center, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the National Data Buoy Center Tsunami Warning Bulletins & Messages PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER: INCLUDES PACIFIC OCEAN, HAWAII & CARIBBEAN SEA - Pacific Tsunami Waring System, Pacific Region Headquarters, National Weather Service, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Pacific Tsunami Waring System Database includes:
Tsunami Zone; etc., for the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii & Caribbean Sea.." WEST COAST AND ALASKA TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER - West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, National Weather Service, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center or the National Weather Service JOINT AUSTRALIAN TSUNAMI WARNING CENTRE - Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) & Geoscience Australia, Commonwealth of Australia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) or Geoscience Australia JAPAN CURRENT TSUNAMI WARNING BULLETINS - Japan Meteorological Agency VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Available in Japanese & English. For more information see the Japan Meteorological Agency INDONESIA TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (INATEWS) - Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG), Indonesia VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (BMKG) INDIAN TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM (ITEWC) - Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services TSUNAMI DICTIONARIES & GLOSSARIES
TSUNAMI DATABASES
Tsunami Event Database
HISTORICAL TSUNAMI DATABASE - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia Historical Tsunami Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Historical Tsunami Database
TSUNAMI DATABASES - Tsunami Laboratory, Institute of Computational Mathematics and Mathematical Geophysics (Computing Center), Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Multimedia Tsunami Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Tsunami Database includes
On-line Atlantic Tsunami Catalog, 60B.C. to present; On-line Mediterranean Tsunami Catalog, 1628B.C. to present; etc..." TSUNAMI COURSES, LECTURES, MOVIES, ANIMATIONS, MODELING
TSUNAMI LECTURES (QUICKTIME) - Steven N. Ward, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz Multimedia Tsunami Lectures (Text, Images, Simulations & Videos/Movies). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Includes over "15" Tsunami Lectures & over "45" Tsunami Simulation Videos/Movies including:
Landslide Tsunami Simulation Movies; Volcano Tsunami Simulation Movies; Earthquake Tsunami Simulation Movies; etc..."
Examples of "Tsunami Lessons & Research Studies" include
Preliminary Analysis of the April 2007 Solomon Islands Tsunami; Descriptive Model of the 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami; etc..."
Panoramas of Damage in Sri Lanka after the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami; 1998 Papua New Guinea Tsunami: Earthquake Source; Animation of the Tsunami from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake; etc..."
MOST Model
Correct Education of Coastal Communities - Tsunami Preparedness CAN SMALL ISLANDS PROTECT NEARBY COASTS FROM TSUNAMIS? AN ACTIVE EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN APPROACH Authors: T.S. Stefanakis, E. Contal, N. Vayatis, F. Dias & C.E. Synolakis; Fluid Dynamics section, Physics, arVix.org e-Print archive, Submitted 5/31/2013, Cornell University Library Multimedia Can Small Islands Protect Nearby Coasts From Tsunamis? An Active Experimental Design Approach - PDF, 22 Pages (Text & Images). For more information see Costas E. Synolakis Faculty Home Page; USC Tsunami Research Center or the arVix.org TSUNAMI CALCULATORS & SIMULATIONS
Tsunami Simulation
Volcanology
USGS WEEKLY VOLCANIC ACTIVITY REPORT - Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution & the US Geological Survey's Volcano Hazards Program Multimedia USGS Weekly Volcanic Activity Report (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Global Volcanism Program WASHINGTON VOLCANIC ASH ADVISORY CENTER (VAAC) - Office of Satellite and Products Operations (OSPO), National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS), NOAA Multimedia Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) (Text, Images & Videos/Movies) VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Also includes
SUBMARINE VOLCANISM - Earth-Ocean Interactions Program, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, NOAA Multimedia Submarine Volcanism Lessons, Technical Reports, etc. (Text, Images, Animations, Videos/Movies). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Submarine Volcanism" includes
NeMO Dive!: simulated dive to the seafloor with a remotely operated vehicle; NeMO Explorer: virtual seafloor landscapes, fly-thru movies, panoramas; etc..." VOLCANOLOGY DATABASES
VOLCANO DATABASE - NOAA Paleoclimatology Program, National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia Volcano Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Volcano Database
VOLCANOES - Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington, U.S. Geological Survey Multimedia Volcano Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see the Cascades Volcano Observatory THE GLOBAL VOLCANIC EARTHQUAKE SWARM DATABASE - J. Benoit & S. McNutt, Alaska Volcano Observatory, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks Multimedia Volcanic Earthquake Swarm Database (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Global Volcanic Earthquake Swarm Database (GVESD)
VOLCANOLOGY DICTIONARIES & GLOSSARIES
VOLCANOLOGY COURSES, LECTURES, TEXTBOOKS, ETC.
HOW VOLCANOES WORK - V.E. Camp, Department of Geological Sciences, San Diego State University Multimedia Introduction to Volcanoes Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. How Volcanoes Work
Shield Volcanoes; Stratovolcanoes; Lava Domes; etc..."
Tephra; Pyroclastic Flows; Volcanic Gases; etc..."
Hawaiian; Strombolian; Vulcanian; etc..." MONITORING VOLCANOES - Volcaon Hazards Program, USGS Multimedia Introduction to Instruments used in Monitoring Volcanoes (Text & Images). VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Volcaon Hazards Program VOLCANO PHOTO ARCHIVE: ALASKA - Alaska Volcano Observatory, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks Multimedia Volcano Photo Archive (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. For more information see Alaska Volcano Observatory WHY DOES A VOLCANO SCREAM? - Author: Alicia Hotovec-Ellis, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, College of the Environment, University of Washington; Hosted by the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) Multimedia Why does a volcano scream? (Text, Images & Audio/Sound). Why does a volcano scream?
Graduate Volcanology Courses, Lectures, etc. ASHFALL - W.I. Rose, Volcanology Graduate Programs at Michigan Tech, Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences, College of Engineering, Michigan Technological University Multimedia ASHFALL Course, Numerical Models & Cases Studies (Text, Images, Videos/Movies & Audio/Sound). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. ASHFALL
Phreatic and Phreatomagmatic Fragmentation Video Lecture; Size of Volcanic Ash Video Lecture; Particle Fall through the Atmosphere Video Lecture; Volcanological Meteorology Video Lecture; Thunderstorms and Volcanic Clouds Video Lecture; Direct Sampling of Volcanic Clouds Video Lecture; Detecting Volcanic Ash from Space Video Lecture; SO2 Remote Sensing Video Lecture; Bonadonna Tephra Deposits Characteristics Video Lecture; Chaiten Eruption Observations Video Lecture; etc..." DEEP SUBMARINE ERUPTIONS - K.H. Rubin, Department of Geology and Geophysics, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, and the Hawaii Center for Volcanology, University of Hawaii, Manoa, Hawaii Multimedia Deep Submarine Eruptions Graduate Course (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Deep Submarine Eruptions
Introduction to Hydrothermal Activity and Event Plumes ((a.k.a. Megaplumes) from Submarine Eruptions; Submarine Pyroclastic Activity; Seafloor Eruption and Hydrothermal Fluid Chemistry; Submarine Lava Morphology; Hawaiian Submarine Volcanism; etc..." LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES OF THE MONTH - International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) Multimedia Large Igneous Provinces of the Month (Text & Images). VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. For more information see Large Igneous Provinces or the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) MANTLE PLUMES - HOTSPOT VOLCANISM - Mantleplumes.org Multimedia Mantle Plumes (Hotspot Volcanism) Lectures, Lessons, Technical Reports, Publications, etc. (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Examples of "Mantle Plumes" Subject Categories & Subcategories include
Transition zone
Plumes..."
Lower crust recycling; etc..."
Metasomatic OIB; Komatiites; etc..."
Hotspot table; Radiating volcanic migrations; etc..." Seismology; Noble gases; etc. THE YELLOWSTONE MAGMATIC SYSTEM - YELLOWSTONE SUPERVOLCANO
"...The hot rock in the newly discovered, deeper magma reservoir would fill the 1,000-cubic-mile Grand Canyon 11.2 times..." NSF Yellowstone Discovery Video (4/23/2015) - National Science Foundation
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THE IOWA PHOSPHORUS INDEX CALCULATOR (SPREADSHEET OPENS ONLINE WITH EXCEL, iWORK-NUMBERS, IBM LOTUS SYMPHONY, NEOOFFICE, OPENOFFICE CALC, ETC.) - Iowa NRCS and the Electronic Field Office Technical Guide, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), USDA VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Click ON "Iowa Phosphorus Index Calculator" The Iowa Phosphorus Index Calculator
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WATER QUALITY CONTROL - E.E. Adams, Water & Sanitation, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, & the MIT OpenCourseWare, MIT VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Multimedia Water and Wastewater Technology Course (Text & Images). Water Quality Control Course
Turbulent Diffusion; Spatial Averaging; Estuarine Mixing; Reactor Vessels; Initial Mixing; Sediment-Water Exchange; Water Quality Models; etc..." FIELD MANUAL FOR THE COLLECTION OF WATER-QUALITY DATA - F.D. Wilde, et al., Office of Water Quality, U.S. Geological Survey Multimedia Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Field Manual for the Collection of Water-Quality Data
Selection of Equipment for Water Sampling; Cleaning of Equipment for Water Sampling; Collection of Water Samples; Processing of Water Samples; Biological Indicators; etc..." REAL-TIME SURFACE-WATER, GROUND-WATER AND WATER-QUALITY FOR U.S. - Water Resources of the U.S., U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Water Databases (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. USGS Water Databases
GROUND WATER ATLAS OF THE UNITED STATES - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Multimedia Ground Water Atlas (Text & Images). VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Ground Water Atlas
WATER QUALITY MONITORING: WATER QULAITY INDICATORS - CALCULATORS - Friends of Five Creeks VERY EXTENSIVE. Calculators are located at bottom of each page. For more information see Friends of Five Creeks
ALKALINITY CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
Alkalinity Calculator
WATER & WASTEWATER CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
GAS SATURATION IN WATER CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
Gases in the Gas Saturation in Water Calculators include:
222Rn; Oxygen; Nitrogen; N2O; NO; CO; CO2; SO2; Chlorine; Cl2O; ClO2; Ethane; Propane; Butane; H2Se; H2S; CH4; etc..."
Oxygen Saturation Calculator INPUT Values include:
Nitrogen Saturation Calculator Nitrogen Saturation Calculator INPUT Values include:
Gas Saturation Calculator Gas Saturation Calculator INPUT Values include:
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Examples of Graduate "Groundwater Hydrology" Course Lectures include
Groundwater/Surface Water Interactions; Pump Test Analysis; Solute Transport in Groundwater; Soil Moisture; etc..." GROUNDWATER MODELING - Earthward Consulting, Inc. VERY EXTENSIVE. Groundwater Modeling Calculators include:
Dispersivity Calculator; Fluid Density Calculator; Waste Injection Well Plume Calculator..."
Dispersivity Calculator INPUT Values include:
Waste Injected Plume Calculator Waste Plume Calculator INPUT Values include:
Examples of Groundwater Flow & Solute Transport Calculators include
1D Non-reactive and Reactive Solute Transport Calculator; Multidimensional Non-reactive and Reactive Solute Transport Calculator; 2D Steady Flow in Homogeneous Aquifers with Particle Tracking Calculator; 2D Steady Flow in Heterogeneous Aquifers with Particle Tracking Calculator; etc..." LANGELIER CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
LANGELIER SATURATION INDEX (LSI) CALCULATOR - Environmental Test Systems, Inc. Langelier Saturation Index Calculator INPUT Values include:
Calcium Hardness; Total Dissolved Solids..." MONITORING CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
TURBIDITY THRESHOLD CALCULATOR (JAVA APPLET) - Pacific Southwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service VERY VERY EXTENSIVE. Turbidity is
RESERVOIR CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
STREAM CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS FLOW BETWEEN TWO RESERVOIRS (JAVA APPLET) - F. Hellweger, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Northeastern University; Hosted by the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Texas VERY EXTENSIVE. Flow Between Two Reservoirs
GAS SATURATION CALCULATOR FOR STREAMS - H. Bührer, Switzerland VERY EXTENSIVE. Gas Saturation Calculator for Streams INPUT Values include:
Xenon, 222Rn, Oxygen, Nitrogen, N2O, NO, CO, CO2, SO2, Chlorine, Cl2O, ClO2, Ethane, Propane, Butane, H2Se, H2S, & CH4..." Water Runoff
ESTIMATING SURFACE WATER RUNOFF (JAVA APPLET) - The Shodor Education Foundation, Inc. VERY EXTENSIVE. Surface Water Runoff Calculator
Herbaceous; Meadow; Oak Aspen; Open Urban Space; Parking Lots; Pasture; Paved Street With Curb; Paved Street with Open Ditch; Pinyon Juniper; Residential; Sagebrush; Woods; & Woods with Grass..." WATER RUNOFF CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
WATER RUNOFF: SHORT-TERM & LONG-TERM HYDROLOGIC IMPACT ASSESSMENT (L-THIA) DETAILED INPUT - Urban Sprawl Hydrologic Impact, Schools of Engineering, Agricultural & Biological Engeering, Purdue University & the Construction Engineering Research Laboratories Division of the US Army Corps of Engineers VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Impacts of Land Use Change on Water Resources Water Runoff: Short-Term Impact Assessments Tools
Area in
Water/Wetlands; Grass/Pasture; Agriculture; Forest; Custom Land Use..." WATER EROSION CALCULATORS, APPLETS, ANIMATIONS & SIMULATIONS
Water Erosion Prediction (WEPP Model)
Basic Hillslope Profile Calculator allows you to
Hillslope with Filter Strip at Bottom Calculator Hillslope with Filter Strip at Bottom Calculator allows you to
Strip Cropping Calculator Strip Cropping Calculator allows you to
Water Erosion Prediction Worksheet Calculator Water Erosion Prediction Worksheet Calculator allows you to
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