Geology Related Links

• Physical Geology Topics
  • Basic 101 geology info: Houghton-Mifflin Textbook site (it is commercial, but also helpful)*
• Geologic Disasters Topics
  • Volcano World: yep there really is a place all about volcanoes--really cool pictures too!
  • AZ Geological Survey: pretty cool geological info that relates to local issues.
  • Nova Flood: there's some useful information about floods on here, as well as some great photos.
  • Mt. Vesuvius: living with a composite volcano
  • Hawaii: living with a shield volcano
  • Savage Earth: destruction, mayhem, oh my!
  • EOS Volcanic Research: Images of volcanoes and research that is being conducted on them*
  • More Volcanoes: EXTREMELY thourough website that really explains everything you wanted to know about volcanoes.*
  • Hazard Pictures: what more could you want than looking at pictures of Death, Destruction, & Mayhem?*
  • More Volcanic Hazards*
  • Research on Volcanic Hazards: NASA based research*
  • General information on geologic hazards: a good starting place to learn more.*
  • Acid Rain: A good reference on the basics behind Acid Rain*
• Historical Geology Topics
  • Ice Ages: When will it be cold in AZ?
  • The Cretaceous: T-rex and other creatures from the Cretaceous
  • Dinosaurs, Dinosaurs and more Dinosaurs!
  • Geologic Time: This site examines the Geologic Time scale and all of the fossils that correspond to each age.  Very thorough, very helpful.
  • ZoomDinosaurs: This site has a very thorough look at dinosaurs and even addresses common myths associated with dinosaurs.
  • UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology site: an incredible look at life/tectonics/geology through time.
  • Paleos: another amazing assortment of information on life/tectonics/geology through time
  • Dinosaur Timeline: shows great visuals of dinos and from whence they came.*
  • Burgess Shale: Great info on the Burgess Shale, including images & location.*
  • Trilobites.. & other funky arthropods*
  • Smithsonian Museum of Natural History (it's a bit buggy--but great info if you can get there)*
• General Geologic Topics of Interest
  • Virtual Geoscience Professor--This is an incredible resource for educators of all ages, and can be a useful starting point for general geology information for the student as well!
  • Enchanted Learning Site: A little bit of everything and for everyone: Kindergarten through college and beyond (be sure to look at the dinosaur and geology sections)*
  • GSA online publications: online GSA publications as well as maps and other cool stuff.*
  • Geology Pictures: Geology pictures and beyond!*
  • Geology.com: pretty much everything you wanted to know about Geology but were afraid to ask.*
  • Geology.about.com: another basic everything you wanted to know...but much more commerical (lots of popups)*

.*Indicates a site recommended by a fellow classmate, if you have a favorite website (or if one of these web links no longer works) please don't hesitate to let me know!

Randomn bits of info about me...

• Colby College Woodsmen's Team--see what I did for fun in college!
• Coyote's Curling: Check out what I do for fun now!
• My Curriculum Vitae: This is what people in academic call a resume--if you're curious to know more about what I do in my professional career, you can check this out or download a pdf of my most recent CV.