Geosciences Links

Climatology	Miscellaneous
Databases and Reports	Planets and Space
Earthquakes	Professional Societies and Organizations
Geological Surveys: United States and International	Resources maintained by other Universities
Government Agency Resources	University of Texas at Austin
Journals and Texts	Volcanoes
Maps

University of Texas at Austin

• Center for Research in Water Resources: Online Reports.
• Environmental Science Institute (ESI)
  • Groundwater: The Lifeblood of Central Texas
  • Caves: A Window into the Edwards Aquifer
  • Hot Science, Cool Flicks
• High-resolution X-ray CT Facility. Computed Tomography Facility is an NSF-supported multi-user facility.
• Jackson School of Geosciences
  • Bureau of Economic Geology
    • Geologic Wonders of Texas
  • Department of Geological Sciences
  • Institute for Geophysics
    • PLATES Project. Plate tectonic and geologic reconstructions.
• PETEX. Petroleum Extension Service has training resources for the oil and gas industry.
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
• Cockrell School of Engineering: Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering.
• Texas Natural Science Center. Formerly Texas Memorial Museum.
  • Non-vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory.
  • Vertebrate Paleontology Lab.

Climatology

• Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center CDIAC. Climate-change data.
• ESSC Earth System Science Center. Penn State center's mission is to describe, model, and understand the Earth's climate system.
• IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
• National Center for Atmospheric Resesarch NCAR.
• NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. United States Department of Commerce.
  • National Climatic Data Center.
  • National Geophysical Data Center.
• United Nations. Includes information about World Climate Conferences, Climate Change, and Environment Programmes.
• World Meteorological Organization WMO. Working together in weather, climate and water.

Databases and Reports

• AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) Datapages. Restricted to UT faculty, students, and staff.
  • Search and Discovery. Free public access.
• Center for Research in Water Resources: Online Reports. University of Texas at Austin.
• Collective Bibliography of North Dakota Geology. From North Dakota State University Libraries and the North Dakota Geological Survey.
• Earth Pages. Wiley-Blackwell's Earth Sciences and News from the Geological World.
• First Annual Report of the Geological Survey of Indiana. Made During the Year 1869. Brought to you Indiana University.
• Geologic Guidebooks of North America. Geoscience Information Society compiled all editions of the Union List of Geologic Field Trip Guidebooks of North America.
• GeoRef. Restricted to UT Austin students, faculty, and staff.
  • GeoRef Preview Database. New, unedited References.
• Mindat.org. Minerals, mineral collecting, mineral localities and other mineralogical information.
• Office of Scientific and Technical Information OSTI. Science Accelerator Database from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
  • Energy Citations Database. Science Accelerator Resource. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
• Publications Warehouse Basic Search. U.S. Geological Survey.
• RRUFF. Integrated database of Raman spectra, X-ray diffraction and chemistry data for minerals.
• Schlumberger Oilfield Glossary. Over 3600 entries relating to hydrocarbon exploration, development and production.
• Scientific Databases. Venus Crater, Ganymede Crater, and Callisto Crater Databases. Lunar and Planetary Institute.
• Virtual Landscapes of Texas.

Journals and Texts

• American Mineralogist. Journal of the Mineralogical Society of America MSA.
• Contents of Recent AGU Journals. American Geophysical Union.
• Dynamic Earth: the Story of Plate Tectonics. By W. Jacquelyne Kious and Robert I. Tilling, a 1996 text from the U.S. Geological Survey.
• Dumble Survey is now located within the Virtual Landscapes of Texas . These publications of the Geological Survey of Texas 1887-1894 were dubbed the "Dumble Survey" after E. T. Dumble, the State Geologist during those years.
• Geologic Time. By William L. Newman. Made available by the U.S. Geological Survey.
• Geological Materials Research. Electronic Articles in the American Mineralogist from the Mineralogical Society of America.
• Journal of Petrology. From Oxford Journals.
• Karst Geomorphology and Hydrogeology, Principal References. A bibliography based on the work of Ernst Kastning.
• On-line Earth Science Journals. From the National Centre for Petroleum Geology and Geophysics in Australia.
• Palaeontologia Electronica. The world's first peer-reviewed palaeontological journal.
• Publications Warehouse Basic Search. U.S. Geological Survey.

Maps

• Aerial Photography Field Office. U.S. Department of Agriculture- Farm Service Agengy has over 10,000,000 images, 1955-present.
• California Geographical Survey.
  • Himalaya Atlas of Aerial Panoramas.
• Coordinate Systems. Description of local and global systems for use in precise positioning, navigation, and geographic information systems.
• Cornell University: Building the Digital Earth. Geoscience Information System Interactive Map Server.
• DeLorme GPS, Maps and Data.
• Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS). A leading source of land information for exploring our changing planet.
• Geologic Atlas of Texas - 1:250,000 Scanned Sheets. Texas Water Development Board.
• Geologic Atlas of the United States. 227 folios published by U.S. Geological Survey between 1894 and 1945 and digitized by Texas A&M.
• Faunmap. Electronic database for the late Quaternary distribution of mammal species in the U.S. From Illinois State Museum.
• Historic USGS Maps of New England and New York. University of New Hampshire Library Government Information Department.
• National Atlas.
• National Geologic Map Database. Geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology.
• PALEOMAP Project. Plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea.
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.
• Rare Map Collection. From the University of Georgia Libraries Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
• TerraServer-USA. Database of maps and aerial photographs of the United States.
• USGS Topographic Maps. U.S. Geological Survey.

Resources maintained by other Universities

• Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, and Textures. Virtual Geology Project at the University of North Carolina.
• Big Bend National Park Virtual Field Trip. Dr. Bruce Herbert's Texas A&M site on Big Bend.
• Branner Earth Sciences Library and Map Collections. Stanford University.
• Colorado School of Mines.
• Department of Geosciences. Stony Brook University, College of Arts and Sciences, State University of New York.
• Dinobase. Dinosaur page maintained by the Earth Sciences Department at the University of Bristol.
• Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences. California Institute of Technology.
• Earth Resources Laboratory. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
• Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center. Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos.
• Geochemistry on the World Wide Web. Hosted by Cornell University.
• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). From topographic maps of U.S. Geological Survey. Maintained by Yale Peabody Museum.
• Geologic Book Publishers, Vendors, Dealers, Map Dealers, and Serials Vendors. Maintained by the University of Illinois at Champagne-Urbana. Includes geology society publications, maps, and government publications.
• Geology: Plate Tectonics. History, mechanisms, and animation of plate tectonics. From the University of California Berkeley.
• Geoscience Departments WWW Directory - U.S. and Canada.
• IGWMC International Ground Water Modeling Center. Colorado School of Mines.
• Illustrated Glossary of Geological Terms. Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences Iowa State University.
• Karst and Cave Studies. DSpace University of New Mexico.
• Karst Information Portal. Supported by the University of South Florida Libraries.
• Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory. The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
• Mineralogical Museum at Harvard University.
• Oversized Color Images: Addressing Issues of Preservation and Access, New York State Museum Bulletins Project. Columbia University Libraries, Academic Information Systems.
• Satellite Products. Current weather imagery from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
• Shale Research Lab -- Dr. J. Schieber. Indiana University - Geoscience Invitation to Explore Shale Geology.
• Stukenberg Geology Museum. Kazan State University, Russia.
• TCU Department of Geology. Texas Christian University.
• Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century: Topical Resources. On the Cutting Edge: Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty.
• Teaching resources in Structural Geology. Earth Sciences, University of Leeds.
• Texas Water Resources Institute. The Texas A&M AgriLIFE.
• Tour of Geologic Time. Provided by the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
• University of California Museum of Paleontology.
• Water Resources Center Archives. From University of California Berkeley Library.
• Western Waters Digitial Library. Water-related resources of Trans-Mississippi region of North America. Greater Western Library Alliance.

Geological Surveys: United States and International

• AASG Association of American State Geologists. Links to the 50 United States and Puerto Rico geological surveys.
• Alberta Geological Survey. Canada.
• Australian Government: Geoscience Australia.
• British Geological Survey.
• Directory of Geoscience Organizations of the World 1999. 378 organizations from 160 countries. From the Geological Survey of Japan.
• Geological Survey of Northern Ireland.
• Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
• Natural Resources Canada.
  • Earth Sciences Sector.
  • Geological Survey of Canada.
• Ontario Geological Survey. Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. Canada.
• Texas Speleological Survey TSS. Collects, organizes, and maintains information on Texas caves and karst.
• U.S. Geological Survey.
  • Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). Formerly U.S. Board on Geographic Names.
  • Geology of National Parks: 3D and Photographic Tours Featuring Park Geology and Natural History.
  • Mineral Resources Program (MRP). Includes full text of recent Mineral Industry Surveys, Minerals Yearbooks, and Mineral Commodity Summaries.
  • National Geologic Map Database. Geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology.
    • Geologic Names Lexicon "GEOLEX".
  • Publications Warehouse Basic Search.
  • Texas Water Science Center: Water Resources of Texas.
  • USGS Library.
• Water Resources of the United States.

Government Agency Resources

• Bureau of Land Management. U.S. Department of the Interior.
• California Department of Water Resources.
• Global Change Master Directory. Earth science data and services. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
• Minerals Management Service: Gulf of Mexico Region. Outer Continental Shelf.
• National Energy Technology Laboratory. U.S. Department of Energy.
• National Park Service.
  • Geologic Resources Inventory Publications.
  • NPS Data Store. Find Geographic Information Systems (GIS) resources.
  • Nature and Science: Explore Geology.
• Railroad Commission of Texas RRC. Oil and natural gas industry, coal and uranium surface mining operations.
• Texas Coastal Natural Resources Inventory Program. Makes available GIS data. Texas General Land Office.
• Texas Commission on Environmental Quality TCEQ.
• Texas Water Development Board.
  • Geologic Atlas of Texas - 1:250,000 Scanned Sheets.
  • Texas Natural Resources Information System TNRIS.

Professional Societies and Organizations

• AASG Association of American State Geologists. Represents the State Geologists of the 50 United States and Puerto Rico.
• AGI American Geological Institute. Nonprofit federation of 45 geoscientific and professional associations.
  • Geologic Guidebooks of North America.
  • GeoRef Preview Database. New, unedited References.
  • National Status Report on K-12 Earth Science Education.
• AGU American Geophysical Union.
  • Contents of Recent AGU Journals. American Geophysical Union.
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists AAPG.
• Austin Geological Society AGS.
• CIESIN Columbia University. The Center for International Earth Science Information Network.
• Clay Minerals Society CMS. Research and dissemination of information on clay science and technology.
• European Mineralogical Union EMU.
• Geological Society. Of London, England.
• Geological Society of America GSA.
• Geoscience Information Society. Exchange of information and cooperation among scientists, librarians, editors, cartographers, educators, and information professionals.
• IASnet.org. International Association of Sedimentologists.
• International Union of Geological Sciences IUGS.
• Mineralogical Association of Canada. Association minéralogique du Canada.
• Mineralogical Society of America MSA.
  • American Mineralogist. Journal of the Mineralogical Society of America MSA.
• National Speleological Society NSS. Studies, explores, and conserves cave and karst resources.
• Self-Presentation in the Sciences.
• SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology.
• Society of Economic Geologists.
• Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
• Texas Speleological Association.
• Texas Speleological Survey TSS. Collects, organizes, and maintains information on Texas caves and karst.

Earthquakes:

• Earthquake Hazards Program. U.S. Geological Survey.
  • Tsunami Websites.
• Earthquakes. Santa Cruz region after the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake.
• Southern California Earthquake Center SCEC. National Science Foundation and U.S. Geological Survey center dedicated to gathering information about earthquakes in Southern California and disseminating information to interested parties.
• Southern California Integrated GPS Network Education Module. Space technology used to observe and measure tectonic motion of the Earth's surface.

Volcanoes:

• Alaska Volcano Observatory.
• Electronic Volcano. From Dartmouth College.
• Global Volcanism Program. Worldwide Holocene Volcano and Eruption Information from the Smithsonian.
• Hero of Vesuvius. Story of volcanologist Frank Alvord Perret and his studies of Vesuvius.
• Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page. Scientific and educational information that can lead to hazard mitigation.
  • Rabaul Caldera, Papua New Guinea.
• Mount Baker Volcano Research Center. A clearinghouse for ongoing volcanic research at Mount Baker in the North Cascades, Washington.
• U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.
• Vents Program. Researching the effects of underwater hydrothermal venting systems.
• Volcano Hazards Program. U.S. Geological Survey
• Volcano Information Center VIC.
• Volcano Rekindled: the Renewed Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 2004-2006. U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1750.
• Volcano World.
• Volcanoes. A-Z index of volcanoes by USGS/Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, Washington.

Planets and Space:

• ASTER. Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Global Digital Elevation Model.
• Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth. Collection of astronaut photographs of the Earth.
• Imaging Radar @ Southport. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Imaging Radar information.
• JSC Digital Image Collection. Johnson Space Center's collection of NASA press release photos of the manned space program.
• Lunar and Planetary Institute. Provides the Lunar Charts (LAC's), Lunar Map series (LM's) and the Apollo 70 mm imagery.
  
  • Apollo Image Atlas. 70mm Hasselblad Image Catalog.
  • Lunar Map Catalog
  • Scientific Databases. Venus Crater, Ganymede Crater, and Callisto Crater Databases.
• Mars Pathfinder. NASA's 1997 exploration of Mars.
• NASA SIR-C Survey Images. Spaceborne Imaging Radar-C launched aboard the NASA Space Shuttle twice in 1994.
• Southern California Integrated GPS Network Education Module. Space technology used to observe and measure tectonic motion of the Earth's surface.
  

Miscellaneous

• Another Node On the interNet ANON. For those with interests in Geosciences, Mathematics and Computing.
• Big Bend National Park Pointers and Pictures.
• Biogeosciences.org. Intersection of the biosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and geosphere.
• Degree Confluence Project. Photographs and stories of places across the world where the latitude and longitude integer degrees intersect.
• Dr. Ron Blakey. Professor of Geology introduces teaching and research presentations as well as the geology of the Colorado Plateau and paleogeography.
• Geology Link Page. Geological Societies, Geologic Surveys, Seismology, Volcanology, Paleontology, Hydrology, Mining, Remote Sensing.
• Geoscience Gateways. Listing of International Geological Surveys.
• Integrated Ocean Drilling Program: United States Implementing Organization. History and structure of the earth as recorded in seafloor sediments and rocks.
• Links for Palaeobotanists.
• Minerology and Petrology Research on the Web.
• New York Geology Resources Forum. Presented by Sand Lake Geoscience.
• Ocean Drilling Program: Science Operator. Research of ocean basins and crust beneath the ocean floor, using scientific drill ship JOIDES Resolution.
  • Ocean Drilling Program Legacy: Final Technical Report. 1983-2003.
  • Publication Services. Includes Proceedings of the Ocean Drilling Program.
  • School of Rock Expedition: The Library. Online catalog of information on the topics covered during the Expedition.
• PALEOMAP Project. Plate tectonic development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea.
• Petroleum Technology Transfer Council. Oil and natural gas industry-directed, regionally-focused not-for-profit organization.
  • Barnett Shale Resources.
• Preservation Society for Spring Creek Forest. Photographs and explanations of geology, fossils, soils, plants, and other aspects of the Garland, Texas forest.
• Rockhounds Information Page. For rockhounds and mineral collectors.
• SciVee. Pubcasts, postercasts, and videos of scientific research.
• Virtual Geosciences Professor. John C. Butler's site.
• World Digital Library. Significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world.

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