Our Web-based data sources, plus recommended sites for additional information

GENERAL This Dynamic Planet: A Teaching Companion – http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/about/edu/dynamicplanet/ Dynamic Earth booklet (1996) – http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/dynamic.html TOPOGRAPHY Bathymetry - Sandwell & Smith – http://topex.ucsd.edu/marine_topo/mar_topo.html Topography - USGS – http://edcdaac.usgs.gov/gtopo30/gtopo30.html Arctic - bathymetry – http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/bathymetry/arctic/arctic.html Greenland - sub-ice topography – http://nsidc.org/data/nsidc-0092.html Antarctica - sub-ice topography – http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/bedmap/ VOLCANOES Smithsonian - current reports, volcano data, links, & reports since 1968 – http://www.volcano.si.edu/ USGS - volcano observatory links, hazards, FAQs – http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/ "How Volcanoes Work" – http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/ EARTHQUAKES Centennial Catalog (1900-1999) of Engdahl and Villaseñor – http://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/data/centennial.php USGS - current & past epicenters, hazards – http://neic.usgs.gov/ IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology) Consortium – http://www.iris.edu/ Links to other earthquake web sites – http://www.geophys.washington.edu/seismosurfing.html IMPACTS University of New Brunswick/GSC impact crater table – http://www.unb.ca/passc/ImpactDatabase/ Barringer Meteor Crater - Links – http://www.barringercrater.com/links/ TECTONICS Plate Motion Calculator - Rice University – http://terra.rice.edu/department/faculty/gordon/hs3-nuvel1a.html Paleogeographic maps - Scotese – http://www.scotese.com/

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