Course Content
Geosphere: Inside the Earth
ILLUSTRATED LECTURES
Building Stones of Our Nation's Capital
Charles F. Withington, U. S. Geological Survey (USGS) General Interest Publications
The Dynamic Earth
José Rial, Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Earth Monitoring System
José Rial, Department of Geological Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Earth Sciences: Earth Catastrophes (selected lectures)
Thorne Lay, UC Santa Cruz
Gemstones
Gordon T. Austin, General Interest Publications, USGS
Geologic Hazards: Inside the Earth
Carolina Lithgow-Bertelloni, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Michigan
Gold
Harold Kirkemo et al., USGS
Natural Gemstones
USGS General Interest Publications
Natural Hazards and Earth Structure
Kevin Robinson, Earth System Science Education, San Diego State University
The Rock Cycle
David Bice, Department of Geology, Carleton College
Skarns and Skarn Deposits
Larry Meinert, Washington State University
A Tour of the Earth's Interior
Jeroen Jansen et al., Volcanoes Online (A ThinkQuest Project)
IMAGE BANKS, VIDEOS, AND INTERACTIVE RESOURCES
Geodynamics: Tracking the Earth's Interior Deformation
Hans-Peter Bunge, Department of Geophysics, Princeton University, and James Painter, Advanced Computing Laboratory
Numerical Model of the Geodynamo
U. Christiansen et al., Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Rocks
Andrew Warnock, FieldMap.org
Virtual Geodynamics: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Boundaries
Paul Morin and Kent Kirkby, University of Minnesota
EXERCISES AND LABS
Big Bend Virtual Field Trip
Bruce Herbert, Texas A&M University
Modeling the Periodic Table
NASA
Petroglyph
Eric Christianson et al., Brigham Young University
RESEARCH & POLICY
Folding of Viscous Layers: Mechanical Analysis and Interpretation of Structures in Deformed Rock
Arvid M. Johnson and Raymond C. Fletcher (New York: Columbia University Press, 1998)
IRIS Web Site
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS)
Minerals and Metals: Towards a Sustainable Future
Environment Canada