About.com: Geology

Andrew Alden

Hundreds of informative articles which will help students and amateur geologists at any level.

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An Outline of American Geology: Regional Landscapes of the United States

Stephen S. Birdsall and John Florin, both of University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Web-only abridged version of print Regional Landscapes of the United States and Canada, 4th ed.

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Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals, and Textures

Dr. Allen Glazner, UNC

Hundreds of high quality microscopic photos of thin sections of rocks and minerals, with descriptive notes for each one.

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Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)

If you’re looking for info on geology, geography, soils, volcanos, hurricanes, tsunamis, astronomy, the sun and solar system, or any other earth and planetary science topic, this is a great place to start.

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Earth/Space Science Web Textbook

Daniel Freeman

This is a proof of design concept, intended to illustrate to schools, school districts, teachers, universities, and colleges, that an interactive textbook of this type can be designed and delivered via the Internet.

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Exercises in Active Tectonics

Prof. Nicholas Pinter

A workbook on tectonics for geology students.

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Exploring Earth Companion Website

Published by McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin

Very well done companion website to standard high-priced physical geology textbook.

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Fault Plane Solutions

Arild Andresen

A flash-based, online-only book on fault plane solutions.

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Flashed teaching resources in geology from the University of Tromsø, Norway

Kåre Kullerud

Great flash-based materials on a variety of geology topics.

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Fundamentals of Physical Geography, 2e

Michael Pidwirny

A top-quality, online-only textbook that is part of a much larger site with many other resources.

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Geological Society of America Free Teacher Resources

All things GSA, with lesson plans and lots of links.

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Geology Labs Online

Three online geology exercises: earthquakes, dating, and rivers

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Glaciers and Glacial Geology

The students of geology 445, Spring 1999, MSU

A good if somewhat dated online-only textbook on glacial geology.

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Global Land Vegetation

A book designed to support a series of “hands-on” exercises illustrating how satellite data can be used to monitor vegetation dynamics around the globe.

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How Volcanoes Work

Dr. Vic Camp, San Diego State University

Describes the science behind volcanoes and volcanic processes.

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Introduction to Carbonates

Rafaelsen and Nielsen

An excellent flash-based intro to carbonate geology.

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Introduction to Environmental Science

Eric Pallant and Terrence Bensel

Prof. Pallant, who teaches Environmental Science at Allegheny College, decided that standard print textbooks had yet another disadvantage: they’re a waste of natural resources. So for his Intro to E.S. course, he put together a syllabus that draws entirely from the web.

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Introduction to Physical Oceanography

Robert Stewart

A textbook for upper-division college students and new graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, and ocean engineering.

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Kerala Geography

This book from the government of Kerala, India, has a particularly broad view of geography, covering topics as diverse as the evolution of man, the international monetary fund, accounting, and plate tectonics.

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Our Ocean Planet: Oceanography in the 21st Century

Robert Stewart

An introductory online-only web textbook for students studying oceanography or other earth science topics.

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