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Geologic Links

  • USGS: This is a great starting point for Geological based information on the WEB.
  • Geological Society America: The Home page for the GSA, includes conference information and products.
  • Color Landform Atlas: This site is an index of local maps and information for each state in the USA.
  • Online Earth Science Resources: This site is a very comprehensive link site to many geology based info servers.
  • Volcano World!: This is a fantastic starting point for volcanology and volcanic information!
  • Geographic Infoserver: This site is an excellent mapping and geographic information page.
  • Ridge Multibeam Synthesis Project: Columbia University's Lamont-Doherty Observatory Ocean Mapping page. Excellent information and images.
  • Pennsylvania Earthquakes: This USGS site provides a record of early earthquakes in PA.
  • Carnegie Natural History Museum: A world-class museum right on Pitt's campus!
  • Quick Link Earth Volcanic Images & Information

    Africa

    Antartica

    Australia

    Europe & W. Asia

    North America

    North Asia

    Central & South America

    Southeast Asia

    Volcanoes Currently Erupting!

    News!


    Planetary Links

  • National Space Science Data Center: This site has great general information about the planets as well as some very good JPEGS from recent missions as well as Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images.
  • The Nine Planets Page: This site has more text based information about the planets than the NSSDC site. Plus, there are GIF format images as well.
  • Master Index of Planetary Images: This is a great site if you are looking for planetary images on the WEB.
  • Welcome To The Planets: This is the JPL site for the planets and includes lots of mission information as well as image information.
  • Lunar & Planetary Institute: The LPI is an excellent reference source for general and specific planetary information covering many topics as well as educational material for all levels. This site also has online information about the annual LPSC Conference.
  • Mars Multi-Scale Map: This is a very usefull site for obtaining images of the surface of Mars. Images are retrieved interactively by coordinates you supply or by a visual browser of the Mars surface.
  • The Planetary Society: This site has lots of space exploration information and files.
  • CEPS: The Center for Earth and Planetary Studies at the Smithsonian Institution. CEPS is an excellent source of planetary image information.
  • Quick Link Planetary Images from NSSDC

    Mercury

    Venus

    Earth

    Mars

    Jupiter

    Saturn

    Uranus

    Neptune

    Pluto

    The Sun

    Last Updated: Thursday, 17-Jul-2008 10:56:53 EDT