Selected Internet Resources - Geology
GOVERNMENT | NON-GOVERNMENT | SOCIETIES
GOVERNMENT
U.S. Geological Survey
(USGS)
http://www.usgs.gov/
Under publications, find the National Environmental Publications
Internet Site (NEPIS) to search for and view over 7000 EPA publications. Zip
code search for conditions in specific areas is available.
Earthquake
Information from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
http://www.seismo.usbr.gov/seismo/eqinfo.html
Focus is on recent earthquakes in the western United States,
but provides information on worldwide quakes as well.
Association
of American State Geologists
http://www.kgs.ukans.edu/AASG/AASG.html
Provides links to state geological surveys.
USGS
Geographic Names Information System
http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/
US and territories, and Antarctica. Provides the federally
recognized name of each feature with location by State, county, and geographic
coordinates with topographic map and watershed information.
Canadian
Geographic Names
http://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/english/cgndb.html
Yahoo!
Subject Directory - Ecology
http://dir.yahoo.com/science/ecology/
GEOnet
Names Server
http://164.214.2.59/gns/html/index.html
Links cover geology and earth science topics, bibliographies.
Originates at Southhampton University, UK, so many European sites are included.
Links
to Great Earth-Science Resources
http://www.unige.ch/sciences/terre/
Foreign geographic feature names.
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NON-GOVERNMENT
Geology
databases list
http://www.internets.com/sgeology.htm
Links to searchable governmental, academic, and private sites.
Volcano
World
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/
Major source of information on volcanoes, including graphics
that appeal to younger visitors.
Google
Web Directory - Earth Sciences
http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Earth_Sciences/
Yahoo!
Subject Directory - Geology and Geophysics
http://dir.yahoo.com/Science/Earth_Sciences/Geology_and_Geophysics/
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SOCIETIES
American Geological
Institute (AGI)
http://www.agiweb.org/members/index.html
Use the Member Societies button to link to home pages of societies
in the many different specialties of geology.
Earthscience World
http://www.earthscienceworld.org/
The American Geological Institute has created this Web site to
provide information for the Earth science community and the general
public. Included on this Web site are the following: Image bank,
Book Center, Earth Data, Earth Science Week, Geoscience Careers
and Games
Geological
Society of America (GSA)
http://www.geosociety.org/
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