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Internet Glossary of Soil Science Terms [WWW]

Alphabetical lists of terms and links to definitions for hundreds of geological terms and related illustrations.

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Bibliography and Index of Geology

Index to journals, books, reports, dissertations, and maps related to all aspects of earth sciences.

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Geology Link [WWW]

Wide variety of current geological news from hot topics to virtual field trips, images, glossary, and Ask-The-Professor section where you can get answers to your questions from a University of Washington geology professor.

GeoRef [OSU Columbus campus users only]

Contains over 1.9 million geological citations to journal articles since 1785 as compiled by the American Geological Association.

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Minerology Database [WWW]

Offers data on almost 5,000 mineral species including crystallography, chemical composition, physical and optical properties, Dana's New classification, Strunz classification, definitions, related links, and photographs.

National Geophysical Data Center [WWW]

Describes national research on the environment including solar-terrestrial physics, solid earth geophysics, paleoclimatology, and glaciology.

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Provides data on marine geology, seismology, solid earth physics, and much more.

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AGIWEB: American Geological Institute [WWW]

AGI site with links to geological news, education, environment, government affairs, online databases, publications, careers, and other geoscience links.

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Geological Society of America [WWW]

GSA site with information and links to geological meetings, publications, education, environment and public policy, job opportunities, news, and more.

U.S. Geological Survey [WWW]

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Biodiversity and Biological Collections Web Server [WWW]

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Earth and Environmental Science [WWW]

U.S. Geological Society site for research materials and links to earth sciences from university departments to federal, state, and local resources, museums.

Geological Time Machine [WWW]

Introduction to geological periods from Precambrian to Phanerozoic times, including in-depth information on Hadeen, Archaeon, Proterozioc, Paleozioc, Mesozioc, and Cenozioc Eras with colorful charts to link with specific periods from 4,500 million years ago to the present.

Geology Library (OSU) [WWW}

Contains materials relevant to the earth sciences, such as geology, mineralogy, paleontology, lunar geology, and environmental pollution, as well as an extensive collection of maps, including U.S. Division of Geological Survey topographic and lettered series, geologic, soil, and water, and information from other state and foreign geological surveys and organizations.

Geology Web Links [WWW}

Links to a wide variety of resources involving analytical instruments, geochemistry, general geology, geophysics, mineralogy, mining equipment, planetary geology, and tectonics, as well as related information on conferences, surveys, information services, newsgroups, associations, and much more.

The Global Change Master Directory [WWW]

Descriptions and access to information for 4,000 searchable data sets, including atmosphere, oceans, biosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, land-surface, solid earth, solar-terrestrial, and human dimensions of climate change.

Info-Mine [WWW]

Mining information and links including mailing lists, web sites, dictionaries, company and supplier searches, communities, closing prices for gold, Dow Jones Industrial, TSE, VSE, and more.

U.S. Geological Survey [WWW]

Top level page provides links to other USGS servers for geology, mapping, and water resources as well as information about the agency, fact sheets, learning resources, publications, data products, and lists of useful Internet resources for earth science and environment.

WWW Virtual Library: Earth Sciences [WWW]

Pointers to organizations, conferences, software, publications, and other resources for earth science.

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