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Useful Websites and Links
INDEX OF WEB SITES
Geomorphological links
Images of Landforms
Aeolian Geomorphology
Coastal Geomorphology
Geomorphological and Geological Hazards
Glacial and Periglacial Geomorphology
Hydrology and Fluvial Geomorphology
Karst and Cave Geomorphology
Planetary Geomorphology
Quaternary Geomorphology
Soil Erosion and Hillslope Geomorphology
Volcano GeomorphologyPhysical geography and geology links
General Physical Geography and Geology
Climatology and Meteorology
Global Environmental Issues
General ScienceResearch links
Academic Societies and Professional Organisations
Electronic JournalsEducational Links
Learning and Teaching Resources
Subject Gateways
Data Sources
General Educational Links
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IMAGES OF LANDFORMS
360o panoramas
Attractive 360o images from numerous localities in the USA and Canada,
including Alaska, the Rockies and Grand Canyon. Uses Quicktime 4.
About
image library
A basic but well-linked site covering a wide range of geology topics and landforms.
Color Landform Atlas of
the United States
Shaded colour and black-and-white relief maps of US states.
CTI Virtual Worlds and Fieldtrips
Selection of places and regions. Not just physical geography and geomorphology
tours but art galleries and natural history museums. Contains a small
links section to other virtual fieldwork sites. also see CTI
listings.
Dan Heller photography
Scenic pictures of Monument Valley, USA
GeoImages
A collection of images on an eclectic range of topics, such as the waterfalls
of Yosemite and the landscapes of south-west USA.
Geology and geomorphology
of south coast of England - Ian West, Southampton University
A detailed and informative site suitable for teachers and undergraduates
with lots of useful images. Includes Lulworth Cove, Cesil Beach, Isle
of Portland and others.
Geomorphology
From Space
A gallery of interesting satellite images for a wide range of geomorphological
environments, ranging from tectonic, aeolian to planetary landscapes.
Based on a 1986 NASA publication edited by N.M. Short and R.W. Blair, which
is now out-of-print. Includes a history
of geomorphological mapping with examples.
Gil T Photography
Not a geomorphology site, but provides a wide collection of scenic photographs
of US landscapes.
Landis
Bennett’s Virtual Reality Panoramas
Similar to www.360geographics.com
NASA Earth Observing System
Contains up-to-date information and a list of useful links to other satellite
and remote sensing sites as part of the EOS programme.
National Geographic
Eye in the Sky
A basic account of natural hazards and human impacts on the environment
with video and still footage containing some emotive images.
Physical Geography
Illustrated
Lots of good images of periflacial, glacial and fluvial landforms, weathering
and structural geology. Also covers Atmosphere and Biomes.
USGS Earthshots:
Satellite images of environmental change
Satellite images with short but informative descriptions of a wide range
of localities. Categorised into agriculture, urban, disasters, geology,
water and wildlife. Facility to get e-mail updates of recent Earthshots.
USGS
Aerial photographs and satellite images
A
description of the types and formats of satellite images and aeraila photographs
available from the USGS.
Visible Earth
A fantastic searchable collection of images of the Earth.
AEOLIAN GEOMORPHOLOGY
US Department of Agriculture Wind Erosion
Research Unit
Including recent articles and current models of wind erosion.
US Geological
Survey Flagstaff Field Center Desert Projects
Includes reports of research on desert winds and wind erosion vulnerability
mapping.
COASTAL GEOMORPHOLOGY
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone International Project Office
GEOLOGICAL AND GEOMORPHOLOGICAL HAZARDS
Active tectonics
and tectonic geomorphology
Images and maps with brief, but technical, images of research into tectonics.
Contains some spectacular images of the San Andreas fault.
GeoHazard
images
A wide range of excellent images of geological hazards supported by good, informative
captions.
NGDC Geologic Hazards
Slide Sets
Some spectacular images of geological hazards with basic factual captions.
USGS National Earthquake Information
Center
Up-to-date information on recent earthquake activity around the globe.
Volcano World
Informative site and useful images on Vesuvius, Pompeii and Herculaneum.
GLACIAL AND PERIGLACIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY
Cold Regions Research and Engineering
Laboratory
US Army Corp of Engineers Research website.
GLACIER - Rice University, USA.
Glacier Image Database
A reasonably comprehensive selection of glacial images supported by informative
captions.
International Permafrost Association
Network for permafrost and periglacial research.
National Snow and Ice Data Centre
Online data about the cryosphere.
Polar Link Page
Fantastic site for glacial and periglacial links.
University of Leeds Glaciology Module - Dr Tavi Murray.
USGS
National Parks Service glacier images and diagrams
Block diagrams and images of glaciers posted by the USGS.
HYDROLOGY AND FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY
1993
Floods on Missouri and Mississippi Rivers
On-line case study from “Geosystems Today: An Interactive Casebook” (edited
by Ford RE and Hipple JD, published by John Wiley). Also suggests links
to general glossaries and potential Ask-An-Expert.
Centre for Hydrology and Ecology, Wallingford
Formerly the Institute of Hydrology
Dryland Rivers
A site maintained by Colin North of the University of Aberdeen concerned with
dryland rivers and sediments.
Global Flood Monitoring
and Analysis
Site concerned with the detection, mapping, measurement, and analysis of extreme
flood events world-wide using satellite remote sensing.
Jurassic Tank
Ongoing work in the large experimental basin at University of Minnesota by Chris
Paola, Gary Parker and team.
Rainfall Simulation Database
A page providing information about rainfall simulators, their set up and use.
KARST AND CAVE GEOMORPHOLOGY
The Karst Geomorphology
Link Page
Fantastic site for karst geomorphology links.
Speleo Link Page
Excellent site for links about Caves and Cave Research
PLANETARY GEOMORPHOLOGY
Atlas of
the Moon
The definitive reference manual to the global photographic coverage of the Moon.
Geomorphology
from Space
Special section of the Geomorphology from Space site concerning planetary landforms.
NASA website
Fantastic website containing research and teaching information.
QUATERNARY GEOMORPHOLOGY
Global Continental
Palaeohydrology Project
Home page of the INQUA GLOCOPH project
INQUA
Home page of the International Union for Quaternary Research
Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research
University of Arizona
Modern and Fossil Pollen
Data
World Data Centre for Paleoclimatology pollen database
Quaternary Research Association
Home page of the main organisation for the UK Quaternary Research community
The Paleolimnology Home
Page
Based at the Department of Biology, University of Indiana
SOIL EROSION AND HILLSLOPE GEOMORPHOLOGY
The Soil Erosion Website
Brings
together information on soil erosion from a wide range of scientific
disciplines.
The Earth's carrying capacity
Including a useful review of soil erosion losses
Topsoil loss: causes, effects, and implications
An overview of global soil erosion
Conquest of the Land through 7,000 Years
An electronic copy of Lowdermilk's classic book
VOLCANO GEOMORPHOLOGY
Volcano World
Perhaps the most famous of educational websites on volcanology providing a wide
range of menus, services and spectacular images.
Oxford
Brookes University Geology Department
An informative summary of volcanology.
GENERAL PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY AND GEOLOGY
Atlas
of rocks, minerals and textures - University of North Carolina
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
A lay-person’s interactive introduction to British scenery and geology.
BGS
Homepage of the British Geological Survey.
British Sedimentological Research Group
Homepage of the BSRG.
Society for Sedimentary Geology
Homepage of the SEPM.
Structural
geology images – Smith College, USA
Informative academic site focusing on structural geology. Includes links
to other useful sites with images.
United States Geological Survey
Information on geology and physical geography of the USA.
CLIMATOLOGY AND METEOROLOGY
BBC Online - The BBC Weather Centre Online
National Climate Data Center (USA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USA)
UK Met Office with today's UK Met Office Weather Forecast and Satellite Images
World Meteorological Organization
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Biogeochemical/Ecological Data: Oak
Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL/DAAC)
EnviroLink
IGBP - International Geosphere-Biosphere
Programme
GENERAL SCIENCE
European Science Foundation (Including TERM - Tackling Environmental Resource Management)
NERC
Natural History Museum, London
New Scientist
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ACADEMIC SOCIETIES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
Association of Polish Geomorphologists
British Sedimentological Research Group
Canadian Geomorphology Research Group
Earth Science Teachers AssociationGerman Geomorphology Research Group
International Association of Geomorphologists
International Union For Quaternary ResearchInternational Permafrost Association
Japanese Geomorphological Union
Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers)
Southern African Association of Geomorphologists
ELECTRONIC JOURNALS
Earth Surface Processes & Landforms
Glacial Geology and Geomorphology
Tropical Geomorphology Newsletter
Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie
LEARNING AND TEACHING RESOURCES
Resource Guide for Geography
and the Environment
Funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC), the RG-geoenv is one
of seven subject-based guides to quality information resources. Freely available
to those engaged in higher education in the UK, the Guide is available in both
printed and web formats, and is supported by a programme of free outreach activities,
including current awareness sessions and hands-on workshops. For regular updates,
sign up to the RGGeoEnv announcements list at: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/rg-geoenv-announce.html.
Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University Library of Manchester)
with JISC, 28/10/03.
Education Media Online (EMOL)
A JISC-funded set of ten collections of non-fiction film and video (and their
associated metadata), comprising 300 hours of high-quality material for download,
including extensive collections of relevance to Geography and Earth Science.
The collection is fully indexed and searchable, may be downloaded either in
full or as segments, and can be used freely in learning, teaching and research.
The service is free to UK FE and HE institutions which have registered and appointed
a site representative. Check with your library and/or information service for
further details. Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University Library
of Manchester) with JISC, 28/10/03.
LTSN GEES
LTSN GEES is the subject centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
- one of 24 discipline-based centres which form the UK-wide Learning & Teaching
Support Network. The subject centres support the sharing of innovation and good
practices in learning and teaching including the use, where appropriate, of
communications and information technology (C&IT). Freely available. Review
submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University Library of Manchester) with
JISC, 28/10/03.
Netskills
Netskills provides a range of quality internet training services to facilitate
the effective use of internet and intranet technologies. Services include the
delivery of workshops, the provision of online training and the development
and maintenance of training materials for learning, teaching and cascade training.
Netskills is also an accredited BTEC centre offering Professional Development
Qualifications in both Learning and web development. An institutional subscription
is required to access most services. Check with your library and/or information
service for further details. Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University
Library of Manchester) with JISC, 28/10/03.
Internet Detective
A Web-based tutorial that aims to raise awareness of the often questionable
quality of information that can be found on the Internet. Its purpose is to
encourage users to evaluate critically the quality of Internet information before
applying it to their work. Freely available. Review submitted by A.Gardner (John
Rylands University Library of Manchester) with JISC, 28/10/03.
RDN Virtual Training Suite
A suite of "teach yourself" tutorials delivered over the Web, for
students, lecturers and researchers who want to improve their Internet skills
and learn what the Internet can offer in their discipline. Tutorials include
Geography, and Earth Sciences. Each can be used for independent learning or
as a tool to support teaching and training courses. Freely available. Review
submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University Library of Manchester) with
JISC, 28/10/03.
SUBJECT GATEWAYS
GEsource
GEsource is an information resource for Geography and the Environment, and forms
part of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN, www.rdn.ac.uk) of eight separate
subject-based information gateways. GEsource catalogues high-quality information
in the following areas: Environment, General Geography, Human Geography, Physical
Geography and Techniques and Approaches (including satellite data, GIS and remote
sensing). Freely available. Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University
Library of Manchester) with JISC, 28/10/03.
GIgateway
Provides free access to public and private sector geographical information.
GIgateway's data locator enables users to quickly discover what geographical
data are held by the public and private sectors. The service indexes information
on environment, agriculture, government and utility infrastructure, economy
and land-use, and offers advice and guidance on creating geographical datasets.
Freely available. Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University Library
of Manchester) with JISC, 28/10/03.
NBN Gateway
Gateway for the exchange of UK biodiversity data from a variety of conservation,
environmental and ecological recording organisatIons. Datasets include nationwide
surveys of many plant and animal groups from both marine and terrestrial environments.
Online GIS tools are available to map data alongside boundaries of protected
areas and habitat layers. Search facility for other related UK wildlife sites.
Part of the National Biodiversity Network. Freely available. Registration required
for some data records. Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University
Library of Manchester) with JISC, 28/10/03.
PSIGate
PSIgate is an information resource for Physical Sciences (including Earth Sciences),
and forms part of the Resource Discovery Network (RDN, www.rdn.ac.uk
) of eight separate subject-based information gateways. PSIgate catalogues high-quality
subject-specific information and also offers PSIgate+ (the PSIgate search engine),
a geological timeline, downloadable reference materials and news feeds. Freely
available. Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University Library of
Manchester) with JISC, 28/10/03
DATA SOURCES
MarLIN
The Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) is the most comprehensive and easily
used source of information about marine habitats, communities and species around
Britain and Ireland and their sensitivity to natural events and human activities.
The service is aimed at students, academics and environment professionals and
aims to improve the access, display and interpretation of information in support
of environmental management, protection and education. Freely available. Review
submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University Library of Manchester) with
JISC, 28/10/03.
NASA Global Change Master Directory
Data collection 'super-site' for Earth System Science, providing descriptions
of data sets and services relevant to global change research. The GCMD database
includes descriptions of data sets covering the atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere
and oceans, snow and ice, palaeoclimatology, and human dimensions of global
change. Many datasets are available on-line and many more are available through
the relevant data centre. Also available is a comprehensive suite of data tools
and services. Freely available. Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands
University Library of Manchester) with JISC, 28/10/03.
NERC MetaData Gateway
The NERC MetaData Gateway simultaneously searches the catalogues of data held
at the Antarctic Environmental Data Centre (AEDC), the British Atmospheric Data
Centre (BADC), the British Oceanographic Data Centre (BODC), the Environmental
Information Centre (EIC), the British Geological Survey (BGS) and the Earth
Observation Data Centre (EODC). Simple free-text, geospatial and temporal searches
can be performed. The search results will list relevant data sets from which
further information regarding the data, including access restrictions, can be
obtained. Freely available. Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University
Library of Manchester) with JISC, 28/10/03.
World Data Centres
The World Data Centres hold extensive datasets on Earth System Science, including
palaeoclimatology, seismology, meteorology, satellite information, glaciology,
marine environment and human interactions with the environment. Provision varies
between centres, but many offer free data downloads and advanced geospatial
searching. Hosted at the US National Geophysical Data Centre. Freely available.
Review submitted by A.Gardner (John Rylands University Library of Manchester)
with JISC, 28/10/03.
GENERAL EDUCATIONAL WEB LINKS
CTI Geography, Geology and Meteorology (University of Leicester) with CTI Geo-Information Gateway
GEOINDEX search engine.
GEOLINKS - Northampton Grammar School
Geomorfologia Wirtualna / Virtual Geography. A site in both Polish and English, some useful topics and links.
GeoResources
A useful selection of links aimed at teachers of KS3, GCSE and AS/A levels.
www.uky.edu/KGS/education/remotesensing.html
University of Buffalo Geography Index is another large, but eclectic mix of pages.
http://webserv.gsfc.nasa.gov/ESD/edu/Images_Pictures_or_Maps
Virtual Geography provides relatively detailed listings.
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