teaching - Earth Science Teachers' Association

TEACHING EARTH SCIENCES ● Volume 26 ● Number 3, 2001
www.pmel.noaa.gov/vents/home.html
NOAA Vents programme: Researching the effects of
underwater hydrothermal venting systems: covers all
aspects of deep sea vents, including live camera coverage.
EARTH’S INTERIOR
www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/interio
r.html
The Earth’s Interior: lecture notes and graphics from
Prof John Louie at the University of Nevada.
PLATE TECTONICS
www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/mggd.html
National Geophysical Data Center: Marine Geology
and Geophysics Division
www-odp.tamu.edu/
Ocean Drilling Program
volcano.und.nodak.edu/
Volcano World: “The world’s premier source of volcano
info”. Excellent site for all ages, includes ‘teaching and
learning’, ‘today in volcano history’, virtual field trips and
loads more.
craton.geol.brocku.ca/guest/jurgen/SITES.HTM
Structure and Tectonics Groups on the WWW: an
alphabetical Listing of University Research Groups in
Structural Geology by country.
www.fiu.edu/orgs/caribgeol/
Caribbean Geology & Tectonics Website: “The
Caribbean Geology website is designed to help the
spread of information about the geosciences in the
Caribbean and adjacent areas, and to encourage cooperation
between the widely spread members of the
Caribbean Geological community.”
www-wsm.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de
World Stress Map (WSM) project. “The WSM is a fundamental
database for Earth System Management. It is a
standard global stress compilation of recent tectonic
stress data of more than 10, 000 quality ranked data sets.”
It is a non-profit project. The database is freely available
from the web-site.
www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/geology/techist.html
Plate Tectonics: History of an Idea. From the University
of California, Berkeley Museum of Palaeontology.
pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html
This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics. Webbased
version of the book by W. Jacquelyne Kious &
Robert I. Tilling.
www.platetectonics.com/
Plate Tectonics: A whole new way of looking at your
planet. Includes an article archive, ocean floor map with
close ups and commentaries, and an online account of
plate tectonics.
www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/plates/plates.htm
“PLATES is a program of research into plate tectonic and
geologic reconstructions. It is supported by a consortium
of oil companies. PLATES maintains an up-to-date
oceanic magnetic and tectonic database, continuously
adding new paleomagnetic, hot spot, geological and geophysical
data to extend the span and accuracy of global
plate reconstructions.”
www.muohio.edu/tectonics/ActiveTectonics.html
The Active Tectonics Web Server. This was established
in order to effectively disseminate ideas resulting from
the Active Tectonics initiative. The initiative intended
to enhance multidisciplinary research on active tectonic
environments. Contains some interesting earthquake
images.
EARTHQUAKES
wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/
The US National Earthquake Information Center:
World Data Center for Seismology, Denver.
www.gps.caltech.edu/seismo/seismo.page.html
California Institute of Technology Seismological Laboratory
www.geophys.washington.edu/tsunami/
Tsunami. “Tsunami! is a World-Wide Web site that has
been developed to provide general information about
tsunamis. Tsunamis are large water waves, typically
generated by seismic activity, that have historically
caused significant damage to coastal communities
throughout the world. This site has been developed
with a broad audience in mind; consequently, it contains
extensive background information that is intended
primarily for the general public, including
information about the mechanisms of tsunami generation
and propagation, the impact of tsunamis on
humankind, and the Tsunami Warning System.”
www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/
Seismology and Earthquake Information from the
University of Washington
http://quake.usgs.gov/
USGS: Latest Earthquake Information including
real-time earthquake maps, shaking maps and seismogram
displays.
115 www.esta-uk.org