Tectonics Links

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Active tectonics

• UCD Course in Active Tectonics
  http://www-geology.ucdavis.edu/~GEL214/GEL214-2.html
  Good college level site, lots of links and figures to download

  Active Tectonics Home Page

  http://www.muohio.edu/tectonics/ActiveTectonics.html

  Part of the Active Tectonics Initiative

  Active Tectonics Resources

  http://www.muohio.edu/tectonics/ATresources.html

  Major database links, good specific index of other active tectonics related sites.

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Specific topics in tectonics

• Relative plate motion calculator
  http://manbow.ori.u-tokyo.ac.jp/tamaki-html/nuvel1a.html
  Just what it says

  PALEOMAP Project

  http://www.scotese.com/

  The PALEOMAP Project by Christopher Scotese. A lot of interesting information on development of the ocean basins and continents, as well as the changing distribution of land and sea during thepast 1100 million years.

  Ocean Floor Database

  http://imager.ldeo.columbia.edu/

  Includes bathymetry, petrology info anda sea-floor movie.

  Tectonics of Eurasian Plate

  http://wcuvax1.wcu.edu/~cm900/sam.html

  At Western Carolina Univ . Cullohwee, NC. Good graphics, info

  Geodynamics

  http://www.geodyn.psu.edu/

  The Geodynamics Reseach Program at Pennsylvania State University

  Institute of Geophysics SITE Project

  http://www.gphs.vuw.ac.nz/geophysics/projects/site/index.html

  Multi-disciplinary, multi-national, multi-institutional continental dynamics project

  The National Academy of Sciences of Belarus

  http://www.ac.by/publications/litho/index.html

  Journal of Lithosphere on-line, other Russian links

Earthquakes

• Most Recent Earthquake List
  http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/cgi-bin/quake/gldfs.cr.usgs.gov
  Nothing fancy, just a quick list with a map.

  Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

  http://home.epix.net/~tgburns/quakes.html

  Basic introduction to earthquakes

  Earthquake Resources

  http://www.uh.edu/~jbutler/anon/quakes.html

  Listing of earthquake links and resources, including papers and posters on the web.

  UNR Seismological laboratory

  http://www.seismo.unr.edu/index.html

  Cal./Nevada seismic information, great earthquake links

  Public Seismic Network, Redwood City

  http://psn.quake.net/

  Contains an index to other PSN sites, and good earthquake sites.

  Seismosurfing the Internet

  http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html

  A complete list of sites to obtain earthquake data

Other specfic topics in tectonics

• San Andreas Fault
  http://geog.gmu.edu/gess/classes/students/studgeog411/randy/saf.html
  Specific information on the San Andreas fault, evolution of the western margin of North America, a basic cartoonish setup.

  LW's geo-site

  http://www.acc.umu.se/~widmark/lwgeolog.html

  Lots of Sweden related geology sites, but good index of general geology/tectonics sites as well.

  Tethyan Plate Tectonics

  http://130.223.104.15/marge&co/Paplate.htm

  Very nice site, good index included.

  Tectonics, Atlas Mountains

  http://atlas.geo.cornell.edu/people/weldon.html

  Student page from Cornell, interesting info about Moroccan geology

  Global Earth History

  http://vishnu.glg.nau.edu/rcb/globaltext.html

  Great plate animations and time slices

  Hydrothermal processes at mid-ocean ridges

  http://earth.agu.org/revgeophys/humphr01/humphr01.html

  Paper by Susan Humphris

  Permian Reef Complex Virtual Field Trip

  http://www.science.ubc.ca/~eoswr/slidesets/guad/slidefiles/

  Really cool site, well constructed.

  Grand Canyon Explorer

  http://www.kaibab.org/

  Everything you ever wanted to know about the Grand Canyon

  Geology of Ring Mountain, CA

  http://citt.marin.cc.ca.us/ring/rgeo.html

  Good dicsussion with lots of links to supporting geology information. Part of the To See A World Project

  Cascadia Subduction Zone Slide Show

  http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/INFO_GENERAL/SLIDES/atwater/BRANT/

  Good overview of the Cascsadia Subduction Zone and evidence for past earthquakes.

  geo-tectonics mailing list

  http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/geo-tectonics/

  Sign up page for the tectonics study group of Geological Society of London

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More General Geology Sites

• Structural Geology on the Web
  http://home.earthlink.net/~schimmrich/structure/structure.html
  Great site - a must visit

  Planet Earth

  http://windows.ivv.nasa.gov/earth/earth.html

  Includes lots of earth science information - geology, atmosphere, magnetosphere, etc.

  Volcano World

  http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/vw.html

  More than just volcanoes, includes a search engine

  Volcanoes Online

  http://library.advanced.org/17457/

  Nice images and facts about plate tectonics and volcanoes. Great site for beginners.

  MYDL Geology

  http://mydl.soe.umich.edu/mygeology/start.htm

  Good pages on EQ, Volcanoes, Rock Cycle

  Dynamic Earth

  http://emerald.ucsc.edu/~jlrpk/plate_tectonics.html

  Info about the formation of the earth, from a UCSC course on geology

  Information about the Earth

  http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/nineplanets/nineplanets/earth.html

  Lots of information and statistics about Physics of the earth, from University of Arizona, really good site

  Earth Sciences and Resource Institute

  http://www.esri.sc.edu/DATA/lib-main.cfm

  On-line catalog of available geologic data, primarily petroleum and environmental data. Allows keyword/author search. Data available for a cost, but a non-profit organization.

  EROS Data Center

  http://edcftp.cr.usgs.gov/

  Digital topographic map data. A USGS site.

  Thoen's Web

  http://www.csn.net/~bthoen/

  Digital maps, cartography and GIS data and information

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The Generally Bizarre

• The Society for the Prevention of Plate Tectonics
  http://www.wimble.org/preventionhome.shtml
  I think they are serious?!

  Momento Mori

  http://memento.ieor.berkeley.edu/index.html

  A surreal look at seismicity along the Hayward Fault

  Expansion Tectonics

  http://www.kwluckert.com/

  An interesting viewpoint, however it doesn't account for all geologic features that are present today. He ignores some important evidence.

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Geology/Geophysics Related Organizations

• AAPG,
  http://www.aapg.org
  American Association of Petroleum Geologists

  AGU

  http://www.agu.org

  American Geophysical Union

  EAGE

  http://www.accu.nl/eage

  European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers

  GSA

  http://www.geosociety.org/members/info.htm

  Geological Society of America

  RMAG

  http://rmag.org

  Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists

  SEG

  http://www.seg.org

  Society of Exploration Geophysicists

  WTGS

  http://www.wgts.org

  West Texas Geological Society

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