Earth Science Links

Web links for Earth Science

GENERAL EARTH SCIENCE

BBC Essential Guide to Rocks Fantastic site with all sorts of pages related to the UK.

The British Geological Society web site.

The Great Globe Gallery A staggering number of images are available on this site (you don't have to download the text support prior to connecting to the site).

The Virtual Earth web page (AMAZING DEPTH.)

The U.S. Geological Survey home page.

The Learning Web at the U.S. Geological Survey Good site with a lot of relevant information.

PLATE TECTONICS AND EARTH STRUCTURE

Plate Tectonics Excellent source of volcanic information.

Plate tectonics and people A comprehensive site dealing with the effects that plate tectonics has on humans.
(Edited version on this site - click here)

Plate tectonics Excellent explanation of plate tectonics.

Plate Tectonics, TSAW Project Good source for general information.

Earth's interior and plates

Continental Drift Reconstructions

Webquest: Plate Tectonics Contains lists of questions dealing with plate tectonics.

VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES

The Electronic Volcano

Etna. Live camera view of the summit area of Mount Etna, Sicily, updated every 30 seconds.

Earthquake information (Virtual Earthquakes).

The Latest Earthquake Information from the USGS.

Volcano World Very comprehensive source on volcanoes and all related topics including a lot of information on plate tectonics.

MINERALS AND GEMS

The USGS Mineral Resource Surveys Program contains mineral resource information as well as several links to other sites. There is also a Mineral Information page at this site.

The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom page offers information on mineral classification, gemstones, and mineral resources.

ORGANISATIONS

The Earth Sciences web page at the University of Calgary in Canada.

The Explorer Home Page at the University of Kansas. Contains a lot of educational stuff and related material.

The Department of Earth Sciences web page, at the University of Sheffield.

The Geological Survey of Canada.

The Natural History Museum at Berne, Switzerland, containing information on both mineralogy and paleontology.

The Australian Geological Survey.

OTHER

Image Gallery - NOAA Seafloor Maps

Sand A site all about sand?

Ask a geologist