Geology

See also:
Volcanology

Geology.com
Geological Society of London
Geological Society of America
Student membership of the GSA
GSA undergraduate resources
GSA Geophysics Division
GSA Planetary Geology Division
American Association of Petroleum Geologists the world's largest professional geological society
Association of American State Geologists
Colorado Scientific Society
Geological Time Line printable
Geological Societies, Associations etc
Major chronostratigraphic and geochronologic units: U.S. Geological Survey Fact Sheet
2009 Geologic Time Scale Geological Society of America
Geological Time
Geology Wing, Berkeley
Geological Time, Berkeley
International Association for Obsidian Studies
Obsidian Information
Obsidian Artifacts Reveal Secrets of Ancient Travel Routes and Trade X-ray fluorescence can determine the exact geological source of an obsidian spearpoint
Science Daily
Crystal Cave of Giants, Mexico
Crater of Diamonds, AR
Amazon Geology Community
Nature of Earth: An Introduction to Geology course on DVDs
Ouachita Mountain geology links
Earth Science
Online university
GeoWebinars

Gabbro
Bowen's reaction series
Olivine
Pyroxene
Orthoclase Alternate names are alkali feldspar and potassium feldspar
Pegmatites
Xenolite in Syenite outcrop at Bauxite, AR
QAPF diagram Wikipedia
QAPF diagram

Subject: project: interesting sites Sent: October 13, 2011 4:29 PM From: Josephine Pogue To: Christopher Butterworth(cjb11); Tim Green(tag1); Gregory Johnson(gbj2); Austin Miles(alm53); Benny Smith(bjs19); Anitra Van Prooyen(anv2) CC: 1. http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/103/ 2. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/hazard/stratoguide/helenfact.html 3. (for basic information about volcanoes) http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/natural-disasters/volcano-profile/ 4. (pictures and information we can use for power-point) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/mount-st-helens-30th-anniversary-before-after-science-environment-pictures/ 5. (lots of information) http://wiki.ask.com/Mount_St._Helens 6. (fun volcano facts) http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/earth/volcano.html 7. (trivia) http://www.mtsthelens.com/mt-st-helens-trivia.html 8. (fun trivia) http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/Mount-St-Helens-88823.html

Books

Elements of Geology Sir Charles Lyell, Bart., F.R.S., (1871)
"Roadside Geology" series
Teach Yourself Geology, at Amazon UK for £6.39
The New Penguin Dictionary of Geology, at Amazon UK for ś6.39
Introduction to Geological Structures and Maps, at Amazon UK for ś10.99
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology, at Amazon UK for £9.09 or Amazon USA

Geology News

The Roots of Green Gems: Scientists Chemically Pinpoint Emerald Origins - 27/01/00
Scientists break emerald myths - 28/01/00
Seafloor 'chimney' recovered - 10/05/00
World's deepest rocks recovered - 22/05/00
Scientists witness birth of new island - 24/05/00
Rock City: Capitalizing on collection of strange, big stones - 22/05/00
Giant crystal cave discovered - 12/06/00
Rocks reveal ancient tides - 05/10/00
Continental shifts 'will push Britain into Arctic' - 12/10/00
Ancient crystal questions Earth's history - 11/01/01
Scientists identify oldest known solid on Earth - 11/01/01
Mineralogical Research Co
Museum's rock collection was highly radioactive - 17/02/01
Ancient sea floor slab said to be a big geologic find - 11/05/01 The discovery of the so-called Dongwanzi ophiolite pushes back by 500 million years the known beginning of plate tectonics
Giant lava lake found - 22/05/01
Fossilised rain drops found in India - 15/12/01
Massive jade deposit unearthed in Guatemala - 23/05/02
Earth's diamond days are over - 09/09/02
Carbon burial experiment works - 10/09/02 UK geologists say efforts to store carbon dioxide under the North Sea so it cannot contribute to global warming have been a success
World's 'oldest' volcanic rocks - 05/12/02 almost four billion years old, in northern Quebec
Is the Earth preparing to flip? - 27/03/03 the wanderings of the magnetic north pole
Everest rock map published - 23/05/03
The millimetre men - 04/06/03 Britain is drifting to the North East at 2-3cm per year
Earth's core simpler than thought - 28/01/04
Early life thrived in lava flows - 22/04/04
Geological time gets a new period - 17/05/04 The Ediacaran Period covers some 50 million years of ancient time on our planet from 600 million years ago to about 542 million years ago
North Pole 'was once subtropical' - 07/09/04
UK map 're-drawn' by geologists - 19/05/05
Earth's core runs ahead of crust - 26/08/05
Geologists witness 'ocean birth' - 08/12/05
Fossil gives clue to big chill - 21/04/06
Scientists probe 'hole in Earth' - 01/03/07
UK impact crater debate heats up - 30/03/07
Giant crystals enjoyed perfection - 05/04/07 With lengths over 11m, the giant gypsum crystals found in Mexico's Cueva de los Cristales are a great natural wonder
Megaflood 'made Island Britain' - 18/07/07
Geology Pictures of the Week, Jan. 28 - Feb. 2, 2008: Waterfalls and Rockfalls
Lava left its mark on Grand Canyon - 15/02/08
Natural 'Invisible' Gold Found In Nanoparticles - 24/06/08
Geological mapping gets joined up - 31/07/08
Did iron cyclones give Earth a wonky core? - 11/08/08
Study: Earth's magnetic field is changing - 18/08/08
Oldest rocks on Earth found in northern Canada - 25/09/08
Drillers break into magma chamber - 17/12/08
Ocean monster shows hidden depths - 28/05/09
Early rocks to reveal their ages - 07/06/09
New study closes in on geologic history of Earth's deep interior - 15/06/09
End of an era: New ruling decides the boundaries of Earth's history - 22/09/09 the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), has formally agreed to move the boundary dates for the prehistoric Quaternary age by 800,000 years
Atomic Particles Help Solve Planetary Puzzle - 10/11/09 UALR
Oceanic crust formation is dynamic after all - 25/11/09
Mediterranean Sea filled in less than two years: study - 09/12/09
Europe's Goce satellite probes Earth's gravity - 24/12/09
A rare glimpse of the cave of crystals - 19/01/10
Nepal and China agree on Mount Everest's height - 08/04/10
African rocks record ancient magnetic field - 04/05/10
Breakthrough Achieved in Explaining Why Tectonic Plates Move the Way They Do - 15/07/10
Arctic rocks may contain oldest remnants of Earth - Aug 11, 2010
Scottish rocks record ancient oxygen clues - 10/11/10
Rare Earth Elements in US Not So Rare - 17/11/10
Gradients in the Earth's outermost core - 08/12/10
Gravity satellite yields 'Potato Earth' view - 31/03/11
The last 3 million years at a snail's pace: a tiny trapdoor opens a new way to date the past - 04/08/11
A Billion Year Old Piece of North America Traced Back to Antarctica - 08/08/11 GSA
A billion-year-old piece of North America traced back to Antarctica - 08/08/11 PhysOrg
Microfossils of sulphur-metabolizing cells in 3.4-billion-year-old rocks of Western Australia - 21/08/11
Fossil microbes give sulphur insight on ancient Earth - 22/08/11
Magnetic mysteries of Earth's Core - 30/08/11
Meteorites delivered gold to Earth - 08/09/11
Scientists to create artificial volcano for climate change experiment - 14/09/11
Erosion
Fracking tests near Blackpool 'likely cause' of tremors - 02/11/11
Underground cave system links Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumbria - 15/11/11
Gamburtsev 'ghost mountains mystery solved' - 17/11/11
Pole flips tied to plate tectonics - 19/11/11
Undersea mountains march into the abyss - 06/12/11
Metal undergoes novel transition under extreme pressure - 20/12/11
Loch Ness is giant 'spirit level' - 03/01/12
Impossible crystals are 'from space' - 03/01/12 Quasicrystals have been found in rocks from Russia's Koryak mountains

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