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Geosciences Internet Sources
Geological Society of America
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This site describes the
history and current activities of one of the largest professional
societies in the earth sciences. Upcoming GSA meetings are outlined;
instructions on how to apply for grants, awards, and invitations to the
Penrose Conferences are given along with the instructions for authors
wanting to contribute papers to GSA journals. The tables of contents for
current issues of the Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geology,
and GSA Today are included for browsing. In addition, a searchable
retrospective index is available for GSA Bulletin (1972-present),
Geology (1973-present), and GSA Today (1991-present).
American Geological Institute
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The extensive coverage of
legislative and governmental activities relating to the earth science
community is timely and useful. As producer of the GeoRef database, AGI
gives information about the subjects and journals covered in GeoRef, the
access process, and search aids (thesaurus, training manual). Links to the 44 member societies
provide additional information regarding important organizations within
the field.
Paleontological Society
Homepage
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In addition to information
about the society, this site provides the criteria and application
forms
for grants and scholarships, including the International Research Program.
Publication resources include a list of special publications, an online version of
their newsletter, Priscum, and instructions for authors submitting articles to the Journal
of Paleontology. Links to other sites, especially the museums, are good.
Society of Exploration Geophysicists
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The Publications section of this
site is particularly useful. The list of currently
available publications is accompanied by a searchable cumulative (1936-to date) index to
publications from SEG, the European Association of Geoscientists and
Engineers, the Australian
Society of Exploration Geophysicists, the Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists,
and the American Association of Petroleum Geologists. Abstracts of
articles from current issues of Geophysics and The Leading Edge are
online for browsing.
United States Geological Survey
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An excellent
site that focuses on geology, geography, water, geospatial information,
and biology. Links give access to very detailed data as well as
general information. The publications section includes a link to the USGS Library
catalog. Other national surveys also
have good home pages:
Global Change Master Directory
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NASA's site provides descriptions of earth science data sets
and services relevant to global change research. The data set descriptions were contributed by more than
1200 data centers, government agencies, universities, research institutions and
archives around the world.
Organized by topics, it covers agriculture, atmosphere, biosphere, climate
indicators, cryosphere, human dimensions, hydrosphere, land surface, oceans, paleoclimate, solid earth,
spectral/engineering, and sun-earth interactions.
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Earthquake Hazards Program Website
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This site includes an
online information program allowing access to earthquake and geomagnetic
activity from as recently as the last hour through the last week.
Much of the information is technical but a number of earthquake lists
(largest in the world, in the United States, by state, etc.) will be of wide popular
interest. Lists of historical earthquakes by magnitude, number of deaths, amount of
destruction and other criteria are provided along with location maps.
Universities Council on
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The Council's site provides access to information related to education,
research, and public service in water resources.
Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center
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This is the home page for the Edwards Aquifer Research and Data Center, which is located
at Texas State University in San Marcos. It provides information on the
Edwards Aquifer, which is the water source for the entire San Antonio area. There are links
to general background information and statistics on water usage and recharge, as well as
links to the USGS streamflow data for surface water information.
Volcano World
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A project of the North Dakota Space Grant Consortium,
this site is aimed at higher education, K-12, and the general public.
The "Current Eruptions" section links to information and sometimes
webcams from recent eruptions.
Mineral Gallery
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This site provides
descriptions and images of mineral specimens and includes searchable
mineralogical data. You can search for minerals by name, class or other
types of groupings such as gemstones, birthstones, etc. There are good
discussions of the physical characteristics of minerals.
University of California-Berkeley
Museum of Paleontology
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This is a very nice site with extensive online exhibits that can be searched by
phylogeny, geology or evolutionary theory. It is possible to search for type specimen data
in online catalogs on vertebrate, invertebrate, microfossils or plant fossils. The
"Subway" provides good links to science and other museum sites on the Web.
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Please send any comments or suggestions about this page to
Barbara MacAlpine, Science Librarian.
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