Geology | Reference Information & Resources

Geology | Information, Reference, & Online Resources

Geography Portal at Wikipedia
Individual portal section at Wikipedia on geography including reference information, data, articles, photos, and news.

Minerology Database
This mineral database contains 4,442 individual mineral species descriptions with links and a comprehensive image library.

Physical Geography / Geology
Extensive physical Geology reference discussing earthquakes, volcanoes, glaciers, plate tectonics, and more.

Planet Earth: An Introduction to Earth Sciences
PDF-based booklets introducing Earth Science concepts such as the origin of the Earth, plate tectonics, continental formation, rifts, & basins.

Walter Geology Library
Research collections of the Walter Geology Library including more than 120,000 book and journal volumes and 47,000 geologic maps, among them the publications of the U.S. Geological Survey, most state geological surveys, and geological surveys of many foreign countries.

William "Strata" Smith on the Web
Facsimiles of his three most significant publications,as remarkable for their beauty as for their historical importance.

USGS | NewsRoom
News releases and the latest headlines and developments from the U.S. Geological Survery

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Geologic Time Periods

Geologic History at Fossil Museum
Geological history across geolical time.

Geologic Time Scale
Wikipedia page on the Geologic time scale. Features useful diagrams

Tour of Geologic Time
Journey through the history of the Earth, with stops at particular points in time to examine the fossil record and stratigraphy. Provided by the University of California Museum of Paleontology

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