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The following are a selection of websites and resources that may be useful to members. Websites do relocate or are discontinued, so if you come across a non-working link on these pages please inform the Webmaster. The websites included and reviews given are personal choice and comment. The BSG makes no endorsements or recommendations of services provided by either the websites listed below.
Organisations and societies
International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG)
(http://www.geomorph.org)
International Association of Geomorphologists (IAG/AIG) is a scientific, non-governmental and non-profit organisation, whose principal objectives are development and promotion of geomorphology as a science through international co-operation and dissemination of knowledge of geomorphology.
Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)
(http://www.rgs.org)
The learned society & professional body for geography & geographers.
Founded in 1830, we are a world centre for geography: supporting research, education, expeditions and fieldwork, and promoting public engagement and informed enjoyment of our world.
The Geological Society (London)
(http://www.geolsoc.org.uk)
The Geological Society of London was founded in 1807. It is the UK national society for geoscience, and the oldest geological society in the world.
Web resources in Physical Geography and Geology
Atlas of rocks, minerals and textures - University of North Carolina
(http://www.geolab.unc.edu/Petunia/IgMetAtlas/mainmenu.html)
A well presented, but not exhaustive, collection of thin sections of rock slides, covering mineral identification and specialised sections on micro-fabrics of igneous and metamorphic rocks.
BBC The Essential Guide to Rocks
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/rocks)
A lay-person’s interactive introduction to British scenery and geology.
