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Links, Books and Places to Visit

 

Featured links for February 2010 :
Where the Great River Rises, An Atlas of the Upper Connecticut River Watershed in Vermont and New Hampshire , Rebecca Brown, ed., 2009 (preview on Google books)
Windows to the Universe - paleoclimate site
NOAA Paleoclimatology
National Snow and Ice Data Center
Digital Geologic Maps of the United States - USGS Mineral Resources program has compiled all the digital geologic maps of the states.

Vermont Geology Sites

College and University Sites:
University of Vermont Geology Dept.
Perkins Geology Museum at UVM
Landscape Change Program, UVM
Middlebury College Field Trips
Norwich University - GeoEnvironmental News
New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference (NEIGC)
Vermont Mining
General Vermont Geology:
Geology of Vermont, Barry Doolan, 1996 (7.4 mb pdf)
Download the Geologic History of the Northeast (from PRI)
Geology of the Champlain Valley
Where the Great River Rises, An Atlas of the Upper Connecticut River Watershed in Vermont and New Hampshire , Rebecca Brown, ed., 2009
Earthquakes:
Link to a List of Current Earthquake Activity
Why Does the Earth Quake in New England?

USGS TOPOGRAPHIC MAPS & Other Information
Historic USGS topographic maps for New England states (15 min. quads) from UNH
Free topographic maps may be downloaded through the USGS web site
Vermont Geodetic Survey at AOT (Interactive benchmark map)

Mineral Resources & Soils:
USGS Mineral Resource Data (select geographic area then download or view as html)
Vermont Soils Information
Soils Information, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
USGS Geophysical, Geochemical and Mineral Data Sets
Private Water Well Data for State of Vermont
Stone Quarries and Beyond
Structures and Monuments which used Vermont stone (Stone Quarries and Beyond)
The Legacy of the Elizabeth Mine

Other:
Burlington Gem and Mineral Club Homepage
USGS Photo Library
Vermont Center for Geographic Information
Vermont Geological Society
Vermont Geodetic Survey at AOT (Benchmark information)
Vermont Agency of Transportation Online Map Center (includes VT County & Town boundary map)
Geological Society of New Hampshire
Digital Geologic Maps of the United States
National Geologic Map Database Catalog

REAL-TIME DATA FROM USGS (earthquake, volcano, stream data & bird migration)
Slate Valley Museum

 

Favorite Internet Sites

Virtual Field Trips:
A Geologist's Lifetime Field List
National Park Service Tour
Virtual Field Trips, University of Houston
Virtual Field Trips, Thomson Learning
High Points Geology
Earth As Art - beautiful Landsat 7 satellite views of the planet

Groundwater:
USGS Ground-Water Resources Homepage

Energy
US Dept. of Energy
DOE Geothermal Technologies Site

Other Sites to Visit:
The Blue Marble - color global images from the NASA Earth Observatory
Climate Change- EPA
Earth Science World Image Bank
Earth Science Picture of the Day
EarthScope
Intute: Earth Science Gateway - over 5000 links for Earth Science data and education
MIRAGE - over 10,000 on-line maps from the Geological Survey of Canada

Other Sites to Visit:
Understanding Evolution
Volcano World
The Talk.Origins Archive (evolution discussion)
Degree Confluence Project ( integer degree intersections of the world)
Smithsonian Institute Science & Technology
Earthworks-jobs
US Dept. of Labor Job Outlook

 

National Organizations/Government

 


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