Links to Other Web-based Tutorials

• Geology 101 -- Physical Geology
  • Click here to link up with the web material supporting Earth, 6th edition by Tarbuck & Lutgens
  • The Virtual Classroom:
    Physical Geology Notes from around the World
  • Click here to visit the famous geological locality at Siccar Point in Scotland:
  • Visit the Glacial Geology page at the University of Cincinnati
• Geography 101 -- Physical Geography
  • Click here for links to cloud identification pages
  • Click here for Rita Haberlin's Physical Geography page at Alameda College
  • Click here for other geography links
• Earth Science 104 -- Introduction to Oceanography
  • Visit the Tsunami Page at the University of Washington
  • Visit the Pacific Seafloor Mapping Home Page of the US Geological Survey
  • Learn all about vent communities at this page from the University of Delaware
• Earth Science 106 -- Introduction to Weather and Climate
  • Click here for links to cloud identification pages
  • Click here for the University of Illinois on-line meteorology tutorials

Reference Material

• Click here for links to on-line versions of the periodic table of the elements
• Geology Central, based at Santa Monica College, claims to be the internet's largest database of virtual field trips.  Click here to check it out.
• Resources for Earth Science and Geography Instruction -- This is Central Michigan University's page of links to a wide variety of topics in earth science
• Home page for the Jet Propulsion Lab, NASA
• Home page for the U.S. Geological Survey
• Topographic map symbols and interpretation from the U.S. Geological Survey
• Features of topographic maps and examples of landforms on topographic maps from Dr. Susan Slaymaker, Cal State Sacramento
• Visit Dr. Tanya Atwater's page at the University of Santa Barbara and click on animations to see spectacular animations of plate motions in western North America
• Check out the following links for digital map sources on the Internet
  • TerraServer is a fantastic resource for topographic maps and aerial photos prepared by a collaboration between the U.S. Geological Survey and Microsoft Corporation
  • Topozone is another excellent site which uses U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps
  • Cartography Resources
  • Infomine -- Map and GIS Search Page
  • Library of Congress -- Geography and Map Reading Room
  • Mercator's World Magazine
  • National Geophysical Data Center
  • UC Berkeley Map Collection
  • National Ocean Service -- Historical Maps Available in Digital Form
  • Samples of USGS map types

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