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Lists of Links

Index of USGS Servers Lots of good stuff here.
Science and Museum Sites from the UC Berkeley Museum of Paleontology.
The Virtual Earth Annotated and wanna-be comprehensive; no "time wasters" here. No sense of humor either.
Bob's Rock Shop Link List Accent on rockhounds and mineral collectors.
Volcano Links from the folks at Michigan Tech.
Hydrology Web Water is very popular. Thus, lots of links.
All about climate.


Nevertheless, here are some of my favorites:

UCSC and Monterey Bay Area

UCSC InfoSlug On-line information for UC Santa Cruz
UCSC Earth Sciences Department Faculty and department information
Learn about Monterey Bay
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute There's a canyon bigger than the Grand Canyon down there!

Volcanoes...

Volcano World Aimed at school kids with lot's 'o cool pics.
MTU Volcano page More cool pictures and recent eruption info if you like volcanoes.
Cascades Volcano Observatory from the USGS
Alaska Volcano observatory from the USGS, University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

Earthquakes...

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico -- Instituto de Geofsica/ Institute of Geophysics Earthquake information from Mexico
Late Breaking Earthquake Information from the USGS.
Recent Northern California Earthquakes from the USGS.
SF Bay Area Earthquake Hazard Maps One of the best sites I've seen. Learn about the relationships between fault location, surface geology, and EQ intensity
The Museum of the City of San Francisco Lots of historical information about the 1906 and 1989 EQs. Plus a link to these pages! Definitely worth a link.
Surf the Net for Earthquake Data: seismic links.

Rocks and Minerals...

Smithsonian Gems and Minerals Spectacular
Rob's Granite Page This guy REALLY likes granite. A must see.
Franciscan Metamorphic Rocks on Ring Mountain, Marin County, California
Fabulous Rock Images and Concepts from the University of British Columbia

Miscellaneous

Life on Mars the NASA site
The Nine Planets Go explore the Solar System -- an Award winning site.
The Earth Sciences Sites of the Week The name says it all.
Geology 202 Petrology at the University of British Columbia.
UC Berkeley Paleontology and Geology Excellent fossils and geologic time exibit.
Satellite Images of Earth from NASA
Grand Canyon A nicely done tour of a geologist's paradise.
USA Today A good source for late-breaking news on recent geologic events, especially disasters and catastrophies.

Map Sites...

The Map Library at UC Berkeley Check out the "On-line Digitized Maps" Section!

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