General Resources on the World Wide Web

U.S. National Parks and Monuments

Index to all the official park web pages, this page is maintained by the National Park Service.

Geology and Paleontology Photos
Teacher Resources
Geologic tours (Organized by particular themes, such as Basin and Range, Glaciers and Mountain Building)

National Park Service Paleontological Research

The National Park Service's publication series titled NPS Paleontological Research is specifically dedicated to articles on paleontological research in the National Parks. All of the NPS Paleontology Research Volumes are posted on this site for downloading and printing.

Natural Resource Year in Review

National Park Service
Summarizes and analyzes the year in natural resource stewardship and science in the national park system. Published annually by the National Park Service.

Park Science: integrating research and resource management

Published quarterly by the National Park Service.

Air Quality in the National Parks

The National Park Service and the Fish and Wildlife Service together have responsibility for approximately 378 park units and 503 refuges. The maps included depict primarily the units which have been designated as Class I by the Clean Air Act.

Geology of the Parks

U.S. Geological Survey
Tours of the parks in 2D or 3D. Also available from the USGS are introductions to geology basics. Some examples are:

U.S.National Parks Net

This site is dedicated to providing information on all U.S. National Parks - not associated with the National Park Service.

Canadian National Parks

Includes the National Parks of Canada, the National Historic Sites and National Marine Conservation Areas. Links to information about the parks, teacher resources,  some parks have geology information pages.

General Resources at the Library

Also search OSCAR (the Library Catalog) under the subject "National Parks And Reserves -- United States" (or use the name of a park).

• A guide to the national parks; their landscape and geology [by] William H. Matthews, III. Foreword by Paul M. Tilden. Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, 1973.
  GEO Book Stacks
  SB482
  A4 M33
  1973
  
  
• The geologic story of the national parks and monuments / David V. Harris, Eugene P. Kiver ; graphics by Gregory C. Nelson. 4th ed. New York : Wiley, c1985.
  GEO Book Stacks
  QE77
  H368
  1985
  
  
• Geology of national parks/ Ann G. Harris, Esther Tuttle. 3rd ed. Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., 1983.
  OSU Book Depository
  QE77
  H36
  1983
  
  
• Geology of national parks by Harris, Ann G. Dubuque, Iowa : Kendall/Hunt Pub. Co., c1997.
  GEO Reserve
  QE77
  H36
  1997
  
  
• Pages of stone : geology of western national parks and monuments / Halka Chronic. Seattle : Mountaineers, c1984-
  GEO Book Stacks
  QE77
  C57
  1984

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Compiled by Mary W. Scott, Geology Librarian, Orton Memorial Library of Geology
Designed by Michael C. Veres, Student Library Assistant
Last updated: October 20, 2006