Geology and Mineral Resources

Links, Books and Places to Visit

Featured links for April 2013:

American Geophysical Union Landslide Hazard Blog
Generalized geologic maps of Vermont - 12 maps of bedrock by geologic time and rock type (igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic)
Natural Resources Atlas, VT Agency of Natural Resources - a new interactive map with multiple datalayers
Smithsonian Institute Geologic Time
Mars Science Lab, NASA
American Meteor Society to report fireballs, see recent reports etc or check out meteorite-Identification.com

Vermont Geology Sites
College and University Sites: New England Intercollegiate Geologic Conference (NEIGC) Perkins Geology Museum at UVM University of Vermont Geology Dept.	Geologic Time Divisions of Geologic Time - Major Chronostratigraphic and Geochronologic Units, USGS Fact Sheet 2007-3015 (170kb pdf file) Smithsonian Institute Geologic Time
General Vermont Geology: Geology of Vermont, Barry Doolan, 1996 (7.4 mb pdf) Geology of the Champlain Valley The Vermont Marble Trail - guidebook Wetland, Woodland and Wildland by E. Thompson and E. Sorenson	Glacial Geology of Vermont: Deglaciation and the Champlain Sea Glacial Lake Hitchcock Friends of the Pleistocene Field Trip Guidebooks New York Glaciogram
Earthquakes: Link to a List of Current Earthquake Activity Why Does the Earth Quake in New England?	MAPS & Other Information Historic USGS topographic maps for New England states (15 min. quads) from UNH National Geologic Map Database, USGS GeoLex (names) Database Vermont Agency of Transportation Online Map Center Old Maps of Vermont - 1850s county maps (commercial site) Geological Outcrop Maps of the Taconic Allochthonand the N. Appalachian fold-thrust belt from Bill Kidd at SUNY Albany.
Mineral Resources & Soils: National Geochemical Survey - Database - US Geological Survey Photographs of Minerals at Belvidere Mountain Private Water Well Data for State of Vermont Stone Quarries and Beyond USGS Mineral Resource Data USGS Geophysical, Geochemical and Mineral Data Sets Vermont Soils Information Vermont Mining	Other: Burlington Gem and Mineral Club Homepage Geological Society of New Hampshire REAL-TIME DATA FROM USGS (earthquake, volcano, stream data & bird migration) Slate Valley Museum USGS Photo Library Vermont Center for Geographic Information Vermont Geological Society

Favorite Internet Sites
Rocks, Minerals & Field and Microscopic Identification: Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and textures, UNC Bob's Rock Shop	Virtual Field Trips: National Park Service Tour Virtual Field Trips, University of Houston Virtual Field Trips, Thomson Learning
Water: USGS Ground-Water Resources Homepage Living in Harmony with Streams, A Citizens Handbook to How Streams Work	Plate Tectonics and Structural Geology: Paleomap Project (C. Scotese's projections of Earth through time) Learn Structure, University of Leeds
Energy: US Dept. of Energy DOE Geothermal Technologies Site The Future of Geothermal Energy (14.1 mb pdf), Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006	Dinosaurs and Paleontology: UCMP at Berkeley (paleontology museum/site) Dinosauria
Climate: MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change Windows to the Universe - paleoclimate site Climate Change- EPA	Geology and Art: Geology as Art - interpreting geologic map patterns Earth Exposures - photography and cross-sections (commercial site) Earth As Art - beautiful Landsat 7 satellite views
Other Sites to Visit: The Blue Marble - color global images from the NASA Earth Science World Image Bank Earth Science Picture of the Day EarthScope MIRAGE - over 10,000 on-line maps from the Geological Survey of Canada OneGeology Portal Free GIS software from ESRI	Other Sites to Visit: Understanding Evolution Snow Crystals.com from CalTech Degree Confluence Project ( integer degree intersections of the world) Earthworks-jobs US Dept. of Labor Job Outlook Skills for Geoscientists ( from AAPG, 2002)

National Organizations/Government

American Geological Institute
American Association of Petroleum Geologists
American Geophysical Union Landslide Hazard Blog
Association of American State Geologists
Geological Society of America
United States Geological Survey
Magnetic Declination from NOAA
OSTI - Office of Scientific and Technical Information : web-based searchable databases
Science.gov - searches web sites from 14 US government agencies
National Research Council Synopsis of reports on Earth Science, Water, Climate Change, Energy