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Annotated Guide to Geology on the Web
We've picked our favorite sites and
described them here, in a few simple categories (at left). Use the 
buttons or scroll down for a fuller description of each site. If
you know of other really good sites, or can suggest a whole new categoriy's
worth, PLEASE email us and let us know.
A couple really good, alltime favorite Geology sites....
1.
The Geologist's
Lifetime Field List...A wishlist of geological things to see, with
links.
2.
The Virtual Geosciences
Professor...Geology Course Resources on the Internet.
3.
Plate
Motion Calculator...Calculates how fast your tectonic plate is moving.
4.
Yahoo:
Geology and Geophysics ...A good general accumulation of geology sites.
.... and a really bad one:
5.
ABZ's
of Plate Tectonics...A nice looking, but mostly wrong, tutorial.
Scary. 
1. The
Geologist's Lifetime Field List
Topic: Clickable guide to Things Geologists Should See.
Affiliation: Webmeister Terry Acomb is a master's student at the
University of Cincinnati.
Date reviewed: January 13, 1997
Comments: Simply wonderful armchair field excursions. Instead of
simply listing favorite sites, Terry Acomb has modified a magazine article,
originally written by Lisa A. Rossbacher for Geotimes, into a clickable
webpage. Although still just a listing of sites, this wishlist has been
tastefully urlated. One nice set of links, with something new for everyone,
geologist and tourist alike.
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2. The
Virtual Geosciences Professor
Topic: Geology Course Resources on the Internet.
Affiliation: John Butler, Professor of Geology and Associate Dean,
University of Houston
Date reviewed: January 13, 1997
Comments: This site keeps a current listing of geology course web
pages from around the world. With quite a lengthy listing, neatly categorized,
this is a site that provides what it says it will. Great for professors
looking for other approaches, students of similar courses may find useful
comparison here. Besides the course listings, John has collected a long
list of available Virtual Field Trips available on the Web, although these
are not commented at all and vary significantly in quality (not John's
fault). Also provides connection to the ANON site, containing other material
useful to the quantitative geoscience community.
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3. Plate
Motion Calculator
Topic: On-line calculation of tectonic plate motion vectors.
Affiliation: University of Tokyo
Date reviewed: September 23, 1996
Comments: This great site simply does what it says it will do: you
input the lat/long of the area you are interested in, and it calculates
the present-day plate motion vector. Great for students. Impress
your friends. Find out where you're going. This was a pioneering
web page in the earth sciences for its early application of making important
geological data accessible without specialized software or hardware.
Bravo!
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4. Yahoo:
Geology and Geophysics
Topic: Long listing of geology and geophysics links, categorized.
Affiliation: Yahoo.com
Date reviewed: July 15, 1998
Comments: This is a pretty good bunch of links. Not comprehensive,
but it does have a search engine attached to it. I'm still looking
for the ultimate list of geology links. Anybody got it?
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5. ABC's
of Plate Tectonics
Topic: A wacko tutorial on plate tectonics
Affiliation: Donald L. Blanchard personal web page / advertisement
for web design services
Date reviewed: July 15, 1998
Comments: Avoid this one, but check it out for fun. Much of
it is factual text (almost no outside links or images used), but many of
the ideas presented are WAY out to lunch... on his Pangaea page, he suggests
that the Colorado Plateau region docked with North America during the Late
Jurassic, causing the Laramide Orogeny! I include this link because
I plan to use it in my Historical Geology class for my students to explore,
find problems, and write what evidence they can find to refute some of
his ideas. Unfortunately, at this writing, Yahoo lists this page
as their only "Geology and Geophyics Course" under the heading of
plate tectonics. I've emailed them to suggest otherwise.
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