Links for Mineralogists: Table of Contents
AMERICAN CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ASSOCIATION (ACA). The objective of the ACA is to promote interactions among scientists who study the structure of matter at atomic (or near atomic) resolution. Explore the Index - American Crystallographic Institutes.
David A. Barthelmy: Crystallography. Minerals listed by crystal system.
California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Pasadena: Mineral Spectroscopy Server. This server provides information about mineralogy and is primarily dedicated to providing information about color in minerals and access to data on Mineral Absorption Spectra in the visible and infrared regions of the spectrum.
Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre: The CCDC was established to undertake the compilation of a computerized database containing comprehensive data for organic and organometallic compounds studied by X-ray and neutron diffraction.
Cambridge Structural Database (CSD): The CSD stores information derived from X-ray and neutron diffraction studies on organics, organo-metallics and metal complexes.
Department of Crystallography, University of Cologne: Crystallography-Server.
Kevin Cowtan´s Book of Fourier
Josip Crnicki: MyTopLink. The MENU - GEOLOGY is showing principal branches of the MyTopLink classification of internet resources for Geology. Worth to check out: Crystallography (gmicr).
The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF), Grenoble: ESRF is a fundamental research institute, financed by 12 European countries. Research work will be carried out in different fields such as hard-condensed matter, soft-condensed matter, chemistry, geosciences, material sciences, life sciences, nuclear physics, etc.
Crystal Structure Design AS, Skedsmokorset, Norway: CrystalDesigner CrystalDesigner is a computer program for building, studying and visualising all kinds of crystal structures. CrystalDesigner runs under Macintosh Operating System.
Indiana University Molecular Structure Center, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana: Crystallographic Information and Sources.
Molecular Structure Center, Indiana University, Crystallography and Mineralogy: Shape and Forms. A page illustrating cubic, tetrahedral, octahedral, and dodecahedral solids, and coordination geometries based on them. Requires Java equipped viewer. The Isometric Crystal System. A page showing some of the isometric forms using Java applets.
International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD) ICDD is a not-for-profit scientific organization which collects, edits, publishes, and distributes powder diffraction data for the identification of crystalline materials.
International Union of Crystallography. With the World Database of Crystallographers.
International Union of Crystallography: Dictionary Definition Language. The Dictionary Definition Language (DDL) is a formalism employed for the recording of CIF data names and their definitions and properties within CIF dictionaries. CIF means "Crystallographic Information File", a standard tool of information interchange in crystallography.
IUCr Crystallographic Information File. The International Union of Crystallography is the sponsor of the Crystallographic Information File, a standard means of information interchange in crystallography.
Werner G Krebs, Argonne National Laboratory´s Advanced Photon Source(APS), U.S. Department of Energy: Time-Resolved X-ray Crystallography Homepage. Includes links to time-resolved crystallography sites, articles, and people and links to traditional crystallography sites.
S. Krumm, Erlangen: Virtual crystallography calculators
Institute for Geoscience/Mineralogy, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz: Crystallography workgroup. Excellent Links!
Institute of Physics, Praha, Czech Republic: Crystallographic Server
Thomas Proffen, Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University Canberra, Australia: Diffuse scattering home page
QuasiTiler 3.0. QuasiTiler draws Penrose tilings and their generalizations.
SINCRIS (Université de Jussieu, Paris): Information Server for Crystallography. The National Server for Crystallography is a project funded jointly by the Ministery of Higher Education (France) and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S.). It collects information about the laboratories working in the field of cristallography or using crystallographic methods in France.
Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Sweden: X-Ray WWW Server. This site is the repository of the COREX bibliography and database, the Henke atomic scattering factors, and other information of interest to x-ray spectroscopists.
Virtual Library, Crystallography World Wide, and Teaching and Education in Crystallography.
YAHOO: Top:Science:Physics: Crystallography.
American Institute of Physics: Materials Science.
ASM International, Metals and Engineered Materials: Literature Databases. Materials Information produces and maintains bibliographic databases housing the World´s literature on metallurgy and engineered materials science (with costs).
Metal Powders & Compounds, ATLANTIC EQUIPMENT ENGINEERS (AEE), Bergenfield: High Purity Metal Powders and Compounds - Includes CAS, density, crystal structure, % purity, particle size and price for each product plus technical data on all elements. Download AEE´s High Purity Metals Reference Handbook...
Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval (CNIDR): U.S. patent bibliographic data. Free access!
CenBASE: Materials on WWW. A searchable database on over 30,000 plastics, metals, composites, and ceramics from over 300 manufacturers product catalogs worldwide.
EiNet Galaxy: Materials Science.
University of Groningen: Research Group Materials Science and Engineering.
Journal of Solid State Chemistry . Access via INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ELECTRONIC ACCESS LIBRARY (IDEAL). IDEAL is an online electronic library containing all 175 Academic Press journals. Abstracts and tables of contents are presented in HTML and full-text articles are delivered in Adobe Acrobat© format. Guest access, or via http://www.janet.idealibrary.com/glogin.htm Go to: >Browse mode >Engineering and Material Sciences >Materials Sciences >Journal of Solid State Chemistry .
David Anguish, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne: Department of Materials.
John F. Mansfield, University of Michigan, Electron Microbeam Analysis Laboratory & The Department of Materials Science & Engineering Other Materials Science Links.
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, North Carolina State University: Visualizations in Materials Science. This teaching and study supplement provides an interactive environment where the visitor can access a variety of computer graphics, simulations, video clips, problem solutions and so forth.
The Materials Research Society (MRS), Pittsburgh. MRS is a non-profit organization which brings together scientists, engineers and research managers from industry, government, academia and research laboratories to share findings in the research and development of new materials of technological importance. With search engine.
The Royal Institute Of Technology, Stockholm: Department of Material Science and Engineering.
Superlattices and Microstructures. Access via INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL ELECTRONIC ACCESS LIBRARY (IDEAL). IDEAL is an online electronic library containing all 175 Academic Press journals. Abstracts and tables of contents are presented in HTML and full-text articles are delivered in Adobe Acrobat© format. Guest access, or via http://www.janet.idealibrary.com/glogin.htm Go to: >Browse mode >Engineering and Material Sciences >Materials Sciences >Superlattices and Microstructures.
Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Japan: Sakurai Laboratory.
Ceramics
The Clay Minerals Society (CMS). The primary purpose of the CMS is to stimulate research and to disseminate information relating to all aspects of clay science and technology.
Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Sintered Materials, IKTS, Dresden. Explore the Virtual Library: Technical Ceramics.
Also explore: KNOWLEDGE 2: Links for Mineralogists, Sedimentary Rocks, Clay
MBendi Information Services: African Mining Industry. An insight to African Mining Industry, with profiles by country and minerals mined in Africa.
Bajrai Enterprises NETwork, BENET, Meekatharra, West Australia: Mining Information. Very useful!
British Columbia & Yukon Chamber of Mines, Vancouver: A collection of electronic exhibits and resources for prospectors, mineral explorationists and earth science enthusiasts. Check out the B.C. Information Resources, including the Mineral Potential database and interactive and downloadable geology maps.
CANMET Information Centre (CIC). CIC has the most comprehensive collection of Canadian technical literature dealing with mining, minerals, metals and energy technology. The collection includes journals, technical reports, conference proceedings, books, academic dissertations and translations.
Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, Scotland. CEPMLP research interests are focused on European energy law and policy and international natural resource investment and financing. See "Useful and related websites", go to "Law Related Search Engines and Indexes" and other law biased indexes.
Centre for Ore Deposit and Exploration Studies (CODES), Geology Department University of Tasmania.
Stan Chernicoff & Ramesh Venkatakrishnan, Geologylink (Worth Publishers), Chapter 20: Human Use of the Earth´s Resources. One of the best!
Josip Crnicki: MyTopLink. The MENU - GEOLOGY is showing principal branches of the MyTopLink classification of internet resources for Geology. Worth to check out: Mineral resources (gre), Mineral exploration (gex), and Mining (mm).
German Society for Mining, Metallurgy, Materials and Environmental Technology: GDMB. GDMB is a non-profit technical and scientific society whose goal is to integrate practical experience in fields such as mining, rock engineering, tunnelling, extraction and purification of metals.
GOLDSHEET MINING LINKS. This page provide information about mining company hompages, quotes, charts and news, educational institutions, mining services, etc. One of the best collection of mining sites. Excellent!
The Institution of Mining and Metallurgy (IMM). IMM is a professional/learned body for engineers in the minerals industry. The aims of the IMM may be summarised as: To advance the science and practice of operations within the minerals industry and to acquire, preserve and communicate knowledge of the industry.
Kola Science Centre (KSC), Russian Academy of Sciences. The KSC includes 10 institutes, e.g. Geological, Mining, Chemistry and Technology of Rare Elements and Mineral Raw Materials, Industrial Ecology of the North, Polar Geophysi- cal, etc.
Mineral Deposits Studies Group, Geological Society, London: geo-mineralisation. The list is also a forum open to all earth-scientists interested Economic Geology. With search engine of the hypermail archives of messages.
P. Macini, Mining, Chemical and Environmental Engineering Dept., University of Bologna: Georgius Agricola's page. The page provides knowledge about the life and the masterpieces of Georg Bauer, better known by the latin version of his name Georgius Agricola.
Douglas A. Anderson: Mine Net. This site provide information about mining products, software, services and consultants.
Jack D. Mount, The University of Arizona Library: MINING AND ECONOMIC MINERALS RESOURCES. See also: MINING AND MINING ENGINEERING: REFERENCE SOURCES FOR RESEARCH. This page is a guide to locating sources of information on mining and mining engineering.
Natural Resources,Canada: Minerals and Metals. An educational tour of some of Canada´s most important natural resources: minerals and metals. Explore the glossary.
ROBERTSON INFO-DATA Inc., Mining Information Specialists, Vancouver: INFO-MINE is a worldwide mining "mall" - a single source of comprehensive, integrated news and information concerning worldwide mining and mineral exploration. Free access to: Daily Mining News, hot mining topics, various search engines all companies, properties and suppliers exposition listings, etc.
Schlumberger. Schlumberger is an international technical company selling products and services that improve the productivity of customers, in fields of oilfield services, measurement & systems, and telecommunications. With search engine.
MBendi Information Services, Mining Industry: South Africa. Information about coal, gold, platinum and diamond mining.
Chamber of Mines of South Africa. Serving South Africa´s private sector mining industry.
Dean Spindler and Paul Terpstra, Office of Mines and Minerals, Illinois Department of Natural Resources: 2250 Links to Mines and Minerals. A gigantic (machine-generated) list of about 2250 (!) Links from A to Z. Without Annotations.
Stanford University School of Earth Sciences: Ore Deposits EXploration research group ("ODEX"). The purpose of the Stanford ODEX Group is to use field based studies complemented with analytical tools to generate exploration/genetic models for metal deposits.
U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Bureau of Mines: CISS (Common Information Service System). CISS is an information system provided as a public service by the U. S. Bureau of Mines. Through CISS, you can obtain information about USBM publications by performing searches in a publication database.
The Minerals Management Service (MMS), bureau of the U.S.
Department of the Interior.
The mission of the MMS is to manage the mineral resources of the Outer Continental Shelf
and to timely collect, verify, and distribute mineral revenues from Federal and Indian
lands. With search engine.
U.S. Geological Survey: Minerals Information. Statistics and information on the worldwide supply, demand, and flow of minerals and materials essential to the U.S. economy, the national security, and protection of the environment.
U.S. Geological Survey: Mineral Resource Surveys Program (MRSP). Research and assessments conducted in the MRSP are aimed at understanding the occurrence, quality, quantity and environmental characteristics of mineral resources, and understanding the fundamental processes that create and modify them. Also explore the Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS): Data Base.
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society, Warrendale: TMS ONLINE. TMS is a leading professional society dedicated
to the development and dissemination of the scientific and engineering knowledge bases for
materials centered technologies. With search
engine. Very useful!
Explore also: KNOWLEDGE 1, Links for Mineralogists, Teaching Documents and
Textbooks Online: Introductions
to Economic Mineralogy and Ore Mineralogy.
Selected Case Studies
Mineral Resources Department of Fiji (MRD): MRD is the geological survey of the Government of Fiji. Also explore: GOLD IN FIJI.
Department of Chemistry, University of the West Indies, Jamaica: The Chemistry and Processing of Jamaican Bauxite. The extraction of alumina from bauxite.
University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia: Source of gold in a
slate belt- geochemical modelling of the Hill End Goldfield, NSW, Australia.
See also: KNOWLEDGE 1: Links for Mineralogists, Minerals in Thin Sections.
James M. Brenan, Earth Sciences Department, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California: Melts and fluids: An overview of recent advances. U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 (Reviews of Geophysics Vol. 33 Supplement 1995); prepared by the American Geophysical Union.
Josip Crnicki: MyTopLink. The MENU - GEOLOGY is showing principal branches of the MyTopLink classification of internet resources for Geology. Worth to check out: Igneous rocks (gpevo).
Dept. of Geology, Duke University: The Geology 41 Webpages. Illustrating pictures about sea floor spreading, plate tectonics and continental drift, textures of igneous rocks, igneous activity and metamorphic rocks, etc.
Rosamund J. Kinzler, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, New York: Magmatism at ocean ridges. U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 (Reviews of Geophysics Vol. 33 Supplement 1995); prepared by the American Geophysical Union.
Kenneth P. Kodama, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania: Magnetic fabrics. U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 (Reviews of Geophysics Vol. 33 Supplement 1995); prepared by the American Geophysical Union.
Felix Mutschler, Eastern Washington State University. In: U.S. National
Geophysical Data Center & World Data Center A for MGG, PETROS Igneous
Petrology Databank version 6.1.
PETROS is a worldwide data bank of major element chemical analyses of igneous rocks.
PETROS 6.1 includes 37,300 major element chemical analyses divided into 307 major groups
representing geographic areas or petrologic provinces. Also included are 468 average
igneous rock compositions calculated by various authors, a bibliography of information
sources, and complete format/operating instructions for PETROS. Data are available for
free download from NGDC´s WWW server.
I. Thum: A Web
Browser Flow Chart for the Classification of Igneous Rocks. Taken from the IUGS
Subcommission on the Systematics of Igneous Rocks (Woolley et al., 1996). Geology 202,
University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Igneous Rocks
Granite
Lorence G. Collins, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University
Northridge, California: Origin of Myrmekite and
Metasomatic Granite. Two different generally-accepted hypotheses for the origin of
myrmekite are examined in seven different photomicrographs.
Robert M. Reed, University of Texas, Austin: Rob´s
Granite Page. All around granite.
Basalt
P.W. Reiners, Geological Science, University of Washington: "Pete´s Page of Basalt"
Charles Langmuir at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University: East Pacific Rise Petrology Database. This database is built around a synthesis of the composition of Mid-Ocean Ridge Basalts (MORB) from the East Pacific Rise.
Caltech Experimental Petrology Home Page: Hawaii Scientific Drilling
Project. A 1056 m drilled hole in Hilo, Hawaii, retrieves rocks from the Hawaiian
volcanoes Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea. You can now access from this page a complete lithologic
core log and photographs of each box of core and of thin-sections of most units.
Obsidian
Craig Skinner, International
Association for Obsidian Studies Home Page, and the Northwest Research Obsidian Studies
Laboratory (formerly the BioSystems Analysis Obsidian Studies Laboratory) offers a
variety of different analytical services related to obsidian trace element
characterization ("sourcing") studies, obsidian hydration studies, and obsidian
source studies, primarily in the context of archaeological research. Explore the Introduction to Obsidian
Characterization Studies.
Kimberlites
California State University at Los Angeles: KIMBERLITES
ON THE INTERNET
Scott Rowland in Hawaii, Chuck Wood and Steve Mattox in North Dakota, and if they get stumped, other volcano experts from around the world: Ask a Volcanologist.
Boris Behncke, GEOMAR, Kiel: Italy´s Volcanoes: The Cradle of Volcanology. The first volcanology WWW server in Germany.
Istituto Internazionale di Vulcanologia, Catania, Italy. With Earth Sciences and Volcanological pointers.
Barbara DeFelice, Kresge Library, D. Randall Spydell & Richard E. Stoiber, Department of Earth Sciences, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., U.S.A: The Electronic Volcano. This site provide materials on active volcanoes worldwide, such as maps, photographs and full texts of dissertations. The Electronic Volcano page will guide you to resources in libraries or resources on other volcano information servers.
Hugues Dufumier, Istituto di Geodesia e Geofisica, Trieste, Italia: Surfing the Internet for Volcano Scoops. Extensive list.
The Earth System Science Community, Library: Volcanos, Dust Storms and Climate Change. A NASA-funded project. Links to online articles and WWW sites.
Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh: A Tephrochronological Database. Both published and unpublished data on tephra deposits and their source volcanoes are available. See also: References/Bibliography. The reference database currently holds over 600 references on tephrochronology, volcanology and related topics.
Richard V. Fisher, Department of Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara: The Volcano Information Center. Information about general features of volcanoes, e.g. volcaniclastic names, volcaniclastic sedimentation and facies, pyroclastic flows, lahars, hydrovolcanic processes etc.
University of Hawaii at Hilo: The Center for the Study of Active Volcanoes (CSAV). CSAV is a volcanological research headquarter located on the Big Island of Hawaii and allows easy access to Kilauea and Mauna Loa Volcanoes, two of the most active volcanoes on earth. CSAV also serves as an educational center, offering courses in volcano monitoring techniques and volcanic hazards assessment.
International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth´s Interior ( IAVCEI).
USGS/David A. Johnston, Vancouver: Cascades Volcano Observatory. The Cascades Volcano Observatory (CVO) strives to serve the public interest by helping people to live knowledgeably and safely with volcanoes and other natural hazards including earthquakes, landslides, and debris flows. Interesting volcano links.
Michigan Technological University: Volcano Page. Among others a worldwide volcanic reference map and a recent and ongoing volcanic activity list is displayed.
Oleg Melnik, Moscow, Russia: Simulation of plinian volcanic eruption.
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): NASA Earth Observing System Interdisciplinary Science (EOS IDS) Volcanology Team. Information is available about the global assessment of active volcanism, volcanic hazard s, and volcanic inputs to the atmosphere from the earth observing system.
Further NASA sites also explore: NASA
THE NORDIC VOLCANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE (NVI), Island.
Steven H. Schimmrich, Department of Geology, University of Illinois: Volcanoes & Igneous Rocks
Stephen Self and Peter J. Mouginis-Mark, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawaii: Volcanic eruptions, prediction, hazard assessment, remote sensing, and societal implications. U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 (Reviews of Geophysics Vol. 33 Supplement 1995); prepared by the American Geophysical Union.
Deborah K. Smith, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Massachusetts: Volcanic Topography at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
I. Thum, Freie Universität Berlin: Classification of Igneous Rocks.
Supported by NASA´s Program: Public Use of Earth and Space Science Data Over the Internet: Volcano World. Volcano World brings modern and near real time volcano information on remote sensing images (AVHRR, Landsat TM, Magellan, Gloria, etc.) and other data collections. Provides informations on volcanic activity, volcanic regions, how volcanoes work, submarine volcanoes, planetary volcanoes etc.
Earthquake Research Institute (ERI), University of Tokyo: Volcano Research Center.
Volcano World: A Teacher´s Guide to the Geology of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. This book is published and copyrighted by the Hawaii Natural History Association.
Volcano World (Hawaii Natural History Association), A Teacher´s Guide to the Geology of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Chapter 10: Minerals, Magmas, and Volcanic Rocks. Also available via Erlangen
Web Search: volcanoes.com. A
volcano meta-index, collecting links from around the globe, volcano photos, volcano guide
services, volcano "sky views", volcano updates, data for a volcano e-mail list
and the future volcano database search.
Also explore: KNOWLEDGE 1: Links for Mineralogists, Minerals in Thin Sections,
and CONTACT 3: Links for Mineralogists, Indexes focused on
Mineralogy and Petrology
Meta Index
Josip Crnicki: MyTopLink. The MENU - GEOLOGY is showing principal branches of the MyTopLink classification of internet resources for Geology. Worth to check out: Metamorphic rocks (gpeme).
Geology 202, University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Metamorphic Rocks. Short informations about metamorphic settings, the facies concept, textures and metamorphic rock names, as well as explanations of classification by bulk composition, grain size and fabric development.
Jürgen Kraus, Department of Geology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Structural Geology and Metamorphic Petrology Resources on the WWW: Metamorphic Petrology Studies Groups. Sorted by countries.
Stefan Krumm & Laurence Warr, Department of Geology, University of Erlangen: Very Low-Grade Metamorphism (VLGM). The VLGM site is intended to provide information and news to researchers in the field of very low-grade metamorphism, e.g. diagenesis and low temperature metamorphism in clastic, carbonate and volcanic rocks with special emphasis on clay minerals, petrology, isotopic studies, geochemistry, standards and calibration procedures, etc. With search engine. See also the reference index about stable isotopes (fractionation, metamorphism, clay minerals, laser ablation) organic maturity and sheet silicates.
Metamorphic Studies
Group. Web site gives information about forthcoming conferences and the
Geo-metamorphism e-mail discussion list.
Skarns
Larry Meinert, Geology Faculty, Washington State University: Skarns and Skarn deposits. Information about skarn mineralogy, evolution of skarns in time and space, Au, Cu, Fe, Mo, Sn, W, and Zn-Pb skarn deposits, zonation and geochemistry of skarn deposits, petrogenesis and tectonic settings, etc.
Douglas H. Wood, Washington State University: GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY
OF THE PARTIZAN ZN-PB SKARN DEPOSIT DAL´NEGORSK, PRIMORYE RUSSIAN FAR EAST. Thesis,
datolite/hedenburgite/andradite/skarn.
Selected Case Studies
Lorence G. Collins, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University Northridge, California: Myrmekite and Metasomatic Granite. There are various presentations in this web site, e.g. origin of myrmekite and metasomatic granite, microscopic and megascopic relationships for myrmekite-bearing granitic rocks formed by K-metasomatism, myrmekite formed by exsolution or Ca-metasomatism, etc.
Christopher G. Daniel & Frank S. Spear, Dept. Earth & Environmental Sciences Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY: Garnet Growth Processes in Regional Metamorphic Terranes. 2dimensional stacks and 3dimensional animations are presented in this site. These animations are best viewed in 16-bit or 24-bit color and require that Quicktime 2.5 or greater is installed in the plugins folder.
C.M. Graham, K. Shmulovich & B. Yardley, Leeds: The effect of saline fluids on mineral-fluid-melt equilibria in the deep crust.
Peter Schiffman, Department of Geology, University of California, Davis: Low grade metamorphism of mafic rocks. U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 (Reviews of Geophysics Vol. 33 Supplement 1995); prepared by the American Geophysical Union.
E. Schmädicke, Bernard W. Evans, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle: Garnet-bearing ultramafic rocks from the Erzgebirge, and their relation to other settings in the Bohemian Massif. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Abstract Volume 127 Issue 1/2 (1997) pp 57-74.
Earth Sciences Department, College of Marin, Canada: Blueschists on Ring Mountain.
Susanne Schmidt & Martin Frey, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Basel: Low Temperature Metamorphism. This site provides introductory courses in the low temperature metamorphism and examples of case studies in different metamorphic domains of the world.
Edward D. Young, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford: Fluid flow in metamorphic
environments. U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics
1991-1994 (Reviews of Geophysics Vol. 33 Supplement 1995); prepared by the American
Geophysical Union.
Carl B. Agee, Harvard University: Investigating the origin and evolution of earth and planetary interiors through high pressure experiments.
Keith Brister, Chess Newsletter: High pressure facility at B1.
A.P. Jephcoat, S.P. Besedin, H. Olijnyk, Department of Earth
Science, University of Oxford: High-Pressure
Research and Mineral Physics of the Earth´s Interior.
Stan Chernicoff & Ramesh Venkatakrishnan, Geologylink, Chapter 6: Sedimentation and Sedimentary Rocks
Henning Döhrmann: Something about laterite in Nigeria, and a schedule of the arbitrary grouping of particle-size classes. In German.
Becky Dorsey, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff: Web Resources for Sedimentary Geologists.
Department of Geography, University of Edinburgh: A Tephrochronological Database. Both published and unpublished data on tephra deposits and their source volcanoes are available. See also: References/Bibliography. The reference database currently holds over 600 references on tephrochronology, volcanology and related topics.
Robert L. Folk The Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks This out-of-print classic is published on the Web (transformed in GIF) with the permission of the author. Provided by The Walter Geology Library, University of Texas, Austin.
Dave Rubin, U. S. Geological Survey: Welcome to the USGS bedform sedimentology site. Images of bedforms, crossbedding and paleocurrents, with computer images, photographic images, and descriptions.
Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM), Tulsa, Oklahoma: SEPM Download Site. A downloadable variety of files on this page, mainly bibliographies, covering any topic in sedimentology, stratigraphy, basin analysis etc.
Sedimentary Rocks and Processes, taught at New Mexico, Tech, in Socorro, NM. With slides showing sedimentary structures and textures, and Sedimentary Geoscience Links.
Maurice Tucker, University of Durham: Limestone Sedimentology and Carbonate Reservoirs
The USGS bedform sedimentology site. From this page you can access images of bedforms and crossbedding and how to identify low-dimensional deterministic systems (chaos) from time series or spatial patterns. These materials are companions to the book: Cross-Bedding, Bedforms, and Paleocurrents, by D. M. Rubin, published by SEPM, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Geology 202, University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Sedimentary Rocks. Web page provides good informations about carbonates, siliclastics and clastic depositional environments.
Department of Geological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver: Clastic Depositional Environments.
VICNET, State Library of Victoria, Australia: Bauxite. Information about Bauxite definition, properties, uses and specifications, major world suppliers and geological occurrence.
Derek Walton, Division of Earth Sciences, University of Derby: Weathering and Siliciclastic Sediment Production; Composition and description of clastic sediments; Classification of clastic sedimentary deposits; Origin and composition of carbonate sediments; Description, classification and interpretation of limestones; Introduction to sedimentary structures. Web resources for fossils and strata, lecture notes.
Ian West, Geology Department, Southampton University: Sedimentology. Annotated index,
excellent!
Clay
Richard A Batchelor, Department of Geology, University of St Andrews: Bentonite & Tonstein Bibliography
The Clay Minerals Society (CMS). The primary purpose of the CMS is to stimulate research and to disseminate information relating to all aspects of clay science and technology.
R. Kugler: Scanning Electron Micrographs of Clays. Images of Chlorite, Illite and Kaolinite.
Also explore: KNOWLEDGE 2: Links for Mineralogists, Materials Science and Ceramics, Ceramics
Ayer Company: Coal Mining. Book order, mainly reprints of works which have been judged by experts. Some web resources in Links to other Coal Mining Sites.
Coal-Net, Inc., Charleston: Coal Net. Visit the coal companies with a homepage on the web or explore some additional links that may be of interest to the coal mining industry.
Jan Cook, Virtual Library: Coal. This document keeps track of leading online information resources dealing with coal and coal related matters.
Larissa Gammidge, Department of Geology, University of Newcastle, Australia: Coal: an introduction, and: Atlas of coal macerals.
IEA Coal Research, London: The purpose of this site is to provide information about analysis of coal technology, supply and use.
The Pennsylvania State University: Coal
and Organic Petrology Laboratories. Provides references about the optical and other
physical properties of coals, inorganics, chemistry and molecular structure of coals, coal
preparation, coal description and classification etc.
Kenneth Barbalace, University of Alaska, Fairbanks: Geological Time Scale. Data taken from: MODERN PHYSICAL GEOLOGY, Graham R. Thompson Ph.D., Jonathan Turk Ph.D., Saunders College Publishing.
The Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), University of California, Berkeley: The Geologic Time Machine.
Simon Biggs: Fossil Collections of the World. Check the rubric Geology Time Scale.
N. Brandt, Cambridge, UK: Niel´s Timelines and Scales of Measurement. Some timelines and scales of measurements, e.g. evolution timeline, geological timeline, cosmological timeline. Choice of TEX, DVI, or ASCII files to view.
Terra Nova, Bristol: An interactive Geologic Time Scale.
Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Calgary: Geological Time Scale. With brief introduction.
Art Chadwick: Lithologic, Paleogeographic, and Paleocurrent Maps of the World. Maps in global projection showing distribution of lithologies of rocks and paleocurrent directions, grouped by geologic period (Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic).
Reinhold Leinfelder, Institute of Geology and Palaeontology University of Stuttgart (IGPS): Paleogeographic Maps of Europe. Maps are from Ziegler, Peter A. (1988), Evolution of the Arctic-North Atlantic and the Western Tethys.- American Association of Petroleum Geologists Memoir, 43, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Ralph-Walter Müller, Institute of Geology and Palaeontology University of Stuttgart (IGPS): Scotese, Paleogeographic Atlas of the World. These figures are brought into the internet with permission by PALEOMAP PROJECT. Scotese, C. R., 1997. Paleogeographic Atlas, PALEOMAP Progress Report 90-0497, Department of Geology, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, 37 pp.
Portland State University, Science Engineering Library: Geologic Time Scale. A clickable colorful timetable of the Phanerozoic, derived from Harland etal.(1990) and Smith(1990).
Senckenberg, Centre for Biodiversity Research, Natural History Museum Frankfurt am Main: Time Scale (partly in German).
Kensaku Tamaki, Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo: Plate Motion
Calculator. Past plate motion still under construction.
Bill Arnett, Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tuscon: The Nine Planets. A multimedia tour of the Solar System. This site is also mirrored at the University College Galway, Ireland, and at Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, Hamburg, Germany.
Reta Beebe, Astronomy Department, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico: Hubble Space Telescope results in planetary science. U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 (Reviews of Geophysics Vol. 33 Supplement 1995); prepared by the American Geophysical Union.
California Space Institute, the Johnson Space Center, Trip Systems International, the San Diego Supercomputer Center, & CSI: EARTHRISE. A collection of space shuttle mission photographs.
Calvin J. Hamilton: The Views of the Solar System. An exquisite gathering place for those interested in planetary science, beside of a list of useful geosites. Check out information about the earth and plate tectonics! This site is also available via Geochemical Institute Göttingen and via München.
Space Telescope Science Institute/National Aeronautics and Space Adminsitration (NASA): A Photo Gallery of the Universe. Hubble Space Telescope evokes a new sense of awe and wonder about the infinite richness of our universe. Breathtaking pictures.
NASA: NASA´s Origin Programs. This site will search for clues to help us find our cosmic roots including answer to questions such as: How did the first galaxies form? How do stars and planetary systems form? Are there any planets outside our solar system that are capable of sustaining life?
NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration): Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI). Gopher access: gopher://cass.jsc.nasa.gov:70. The LPI is a focus for academic participation in studies of the current state, evolution, and formation of the solar system. Page includes database, ftp archive, image repository, conference programs and abstracts, online newsletter, library, etc.
Further NASA sites see: NASA
John Walker, Switzerland: Earth and Moon Viewer. You may view either a map of the earth showing the day and night regions at this moment, or view the earth from the sun, the moon, the night side of the earth, above any location on the planet specified by latitude, longitude and altitude, or even from a satellite in earth orbit.
YAHOO Top:Science:Astronomy:Telescopes: Hubble Space Telescope
University of Oregon microprobe lab: Microprobe/SEM Glossary
Eric W. Weisstein: Eric´s Treasure Trove of Physics and Eric´s Treasure Trove of
Astronomy.
Dept. Chemistry/Biochemistry, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville: Meteoritics & Planetary Science. The Journal of the Meteoritical Society. Contents pages for forthcoming and published issues and abstracts of accepted papers. (published and unpublished).
Geological Survey of Canada, Regional Geophysics Section: Terrestrial Impact Structures, sorted by continents and by an alphabetical list.
Advisory Committee to the Canadian Space Agency: Meteorite and Impacts. Bilingual, in French and English. All about meteorites, impacts, fireballs.
Philippe Claeys, Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of California, Berkeley: When the sky fell on our heads: Identification and interpretation of impact products in the sedimentary record. U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994 (Reviews of Geophysics Vol. 33 Supplement 1995); prepared by the American Geophysical Union.
Michael W. Davidson, Florida State University, The Meteorite Collection: Photomicrographs. A small site of representative meteorite specimens in thin sections. Images (JPEG) are downloadable.
Christian Koeberl & Virgil L. Sharpton, NASA: Terrestrial Impact Craters. (Via Switzerland).
Ch. Lindenbeck, R. Pflug & H. Ulmer, Institute of Geology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg im Breisgau: Nördlinger Ries Field trip, in German.
David S. McKay, Everett K. Gibson Jr., Kathie L. Thomas-Keprta, Hojatollah Vali, Christopher S. Romanek, Simon J. Clemett, Xavier D. F. Chillier, Claude R. Maechling, Richard N. Zare: The American Association for the Advancement of Science. Science Research Article, Volume 273, Number 5277, Issue of 16 August 1996, pp. 924-930: Search for Past Life on Mars: Possible Relic Biogenic Activity in Martian Meteorite ALH84001
The Meteoritical Society. An international, non-profit organization devoted to the study of extraterrestrial materials and history, including asteroids, impact craters, interplanetary dust, lunar samples, meteors, meteorites, tektites, and the origin of the solar system.
Swiss Meteorite Laboratory: What are Meteorites?
Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona, Tucson: Meteors and Meteorites. Illustrated information to the topic, as well as some appropriate and well-organized in-text links to other websites and pages.
NASA Ames Space Science Division: Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards.
Peter Scherer, Department of Cosmochemistry, Max-Planck-Institute for Chemistry,
Mainz: METEORITES. See
the CLASSIFICATION OF
METEORITES scheme.
Accurate Gem Lab Incorporated, Portland, Oregon: Welcome to the Gemologist's Forum... See The Four 'C's, Gemology Encyclopedia, and Diamond Tables.
The American Gem Society (AGS): This site provides information about the mystique of diamonds (diamond mining, cutting, and the diamond industry) and an insight for understanding the four C's (cut, clairity, color, and carat-weight) and of other precious gems.
Jill Banfield, Department of Geology & Geophysics, University of Wisconsin, Madison: Gems and precious stones. This site provides an integrated body of information about gems and gemstones. Materials cover general topics central to gemmology, mineralogy, and geology. Access also by alphabetical index.
Canadian Institute of Gemmology: GEMMOLOGY WORLD. One of the high points of this page is the electronic library of gems and the gemstone inclusion library.
Dendritics: This extensive site provides information about jewellery and gem industries, and here you can learn about gemstone scales, gems, and even gemmology. Weight Calculator, and Carat Weight Calculator. Also explore Interesting Links about Gems.
Hershel Friedman. The Mineral and Gemstone Kingdom. This free educational website (partly still under construction) was created for all those interested in Rocks, Minerals and Gemstones. This page provides information describing hundreds of minerals, hundreds of high quality mineral images, a special gemstone guide, detailed text regarding topics associated with minerals, an in depth glossary and a free question-answer service (via e-mail).
GRL GemResearch Laboratory AG, Lucerne, Switzerland: Rubies from Mong Hsu. GRL is specialized in gemmological research and consultance. This page provides an introduction to gemology, market news, gemstones and deposits images.
Instituto Brasileiro de Gemas e Metais Preciosos (IBGM) The official page of the Brazilian Institute of Gems and Precious Metals (in Portuguese). Explore the "Links Interessantes".
J.F. Miller: Ray Elsey and Associate Jewelers Inc.: GEMOLOGY AND LAPIDARY. This large database on gemmology includes: The rainbow of gems (list of gems) and how are gems cut and polished. See also: How are Gemstones Classified?
YAHOO: Top:Science:Earth Sciences:Geology and Geophysics: Gemmology
YAHOO, Business and Economy:Companies: Jewelry.
Terry Acomb, University of Cincinnati: The Geologist´s Lifetime Field List. A list of essential or desirable locations for geologists or travelers to visit. See an erupting volcano, an ophiolite, and links to other interesting sites.
Alistair B. Fraser: Bad Science. This page is an attempt to sensitize teachers and students to examples of the bad science often taught in schools, universities, and offered in popular articles and even textbooks. See also Skepticism and Pseudoscience (by Alan Cairns).
GeoClio, Department of Geology of the University of Southern Mississippi: Webserver for the History of Geology and the Geosciences
Tools to Help with Understanding and Analyzing Problems
naturalSCIENCE: Quotations. A short dictionary of scientific quotations.
NetMind: The URL-minder keeps track of Web pages and other resources on the World Wide Web, and sends you e-mail whenever your personally registered resources change.
CyberSpider Link Test. CyberSpyder Link Test is a webmaster´s friend as it will check all of the links on a site and report on any that no longer work.
UNESCO World Heritage
List. The following properties have been approved by the World Heritage Committee to
be included on UNESCO´s World Heritage List.
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