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Terry Acomb, University of Cincinnati: The Geologist´s Lifetime Field List. A list of essential or desirable locations for geologists or travelers to visit.
Anonymus (?galadriel): Exkursionen/ Kurse des Fachbereiches Geowissenschaften der Martin- Luther- Universität Halle/ Wittenberg (in German).
BBC Online, BBC Education, London: The Essential Guide to Rocks. Walks with Rocks An exploration of Urban Geology: Trafalgar Square Walk-London, St. Paul's Cathedral Walk-London, Kensal Green Cemetary Walk-London, Dover Street Walk-London, Birmingham, Cardiff Walk, Glasgow, Huddersfield, Bedford, Oldham Walk. You can click on any of the interactive walks to take a virtual rock walk, or you can download the walk as a text document with a map.
Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkely (UCMP): Triassic Period: Localities.
Institut für Paläontologie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, Germany: Geo-Highlights (in German). Renowned Palaeontological localities in Germany.
W. Douglas Boyce, Ocean Sciences Centre, Memorial University of Newfoundland: Fossil Protection Links. u!
Philip. E. Brown, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Jeremy Dunning, Indiana University (Brooks/Cole Publishing Company): Into the Future with Virtual Reality Field Trips. Four Virtual Reality field trips of different geologic settings. Visit the Meteor Crater in Arizona and the Chalice Gold Mine, Western Australia. Some pictures are panorama views, (QuickTime Virtual Reality technology), click into the image and draw. Excellent!
John C. Butler, Department of Geosciences, University of Houston, Texas: Geology Field Trips. A directory of links to virtual geology field trip information.
Graeme Caselton: Jurassic Cliffs. Guide to the Jurassic coastline around Lyme Regis/Charmouth, England. Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. CIESIN was established as a non-profit, non-governmental organization to provide information that would help scientists, decision-makers, and the public better understand their changing world. CIESIN specializes in global and regional network development, science data management, decision support, and training, education and technical consultation services.
CIA: The World Factbook. The World Factbook is a comprehensive view of each country in the world through facts and statistics on such topics as population, economy and government. The book also includes maps and flags for each country.
Patrick M. Colgan and Magdalena Pavlak, Department of Geology, Northeastern University, Boston: A Virtual Geological Field Trip to Iceland. Navigate via the Field Trip Sites.
Comissão Brasileira de Sítios Geológicos e Paleobiológicos (Brazilian Commission of Geological and Paleobiological Sites).
Lynne M. Clos: Field Adventures in Paleontology. A virtual tour of digs in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. Click on the green location on the map that you'd like to visit.
CyberMines, Dutch Palaeontology Website: Where to dig for fossils in Europe.
Farwest Geoscience Foundation: A Paleobotanical Visit To The Sailor Flat Hydraulic Gold Mine. See also: Links To Paleobotany Resources On The Web.
Michael T. Garrison, Websurfer´s Biweekly Earth Sciences Review: Geology of the United States of America: States and Localities, and Maps and Cartography, Geological Maps of USA States. Link directories.
Bob Keller, Bob's Rock Shop: Stromatolite Fossils in the Hakatai Shale. A Day Hike from Phantom Ranch - Grand Canyon National Park.
Kentucky Educational Television, Lexington: Electronic Field Trip to a Coal Mine. Teaching materials.
Ch. Lindenbeck, R. Pflug & H. Ulmer, Institute of Geology, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität, Freiburg im Breisgau: Nördlinger Ries Field trip, in German.
Jim Meyers, Geology Gems, Winona State University, Geology, Minnesota: Why Should I Take a Geology Field Course?
North Coast Fossil Club, Cleveland, Ohio: North Coast Fossil Club Safety Rules, and Field Trip Safety (by Glen J. Kuban).
PBS, Alexandria, Virginia (a private, non-profit media enterprise): Geology of the Grand Canyon: Scroll Down Through History.
Kathleen B. Pigg, Department of Plant Biology, Arizona State University: Plant Fossils and Evolution. Go to: Localities organized by age of sediments. Images of fossil plants, sorted by age (under construction).
Gary Price, George Washington University, Washington DC and Ashburn VA: Fast Facts. Almanacs/Factbooks/Statistical Reports & Related Reference Tools.
David Rawlings, The Fossil Hunter's Guide to Victorian Fossil Localities. A field trip index and other useful information, sorted by countries. u!
Curtis J. Richardson, Duke University Wetland Center, Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Durham, NC: A field trip to south Florida and the Everglades region. Taken from a research project by Spencer Crowley, under the direction of Curtis J. Richardson. Photographs courtesy of Curtis J. Richardson, SFWMD, and FL DEP. Larsen and Associates provided some graphics and photos.
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado: Geology Fieldnotes. Presentation on the geology of Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado.
Matt Saltzman and Jonathan Adrain, Department of Geology, University of Iowa: Evolution and the History of Life, Field Trips. Descriptions and photos of course field trips to the Devonian Fossil Gorge at the Coralville Spillway in Coralville, Iowa.
TRAMLINE INC.: Virtual Field Trips. Developed to teach kids about nature. Worth to check out: Teacher´s Resources. Each of the field trips covers a single topic such as salt marshes or volcanoes (under construction).
UNESCO World Heritage List. The following properties have been approved by the World Heritage Committee to be included on UNESCO´s World Heritage List.
Union List of Field Trip Guidebooks of North America Online. An index of guidebooks covering field trips held in North America.
United Nations Publications: InfoNation. InfoNation is an easy-to-use database that allows you to view and compare the most up-to-date statistical data for the Member States of the United Nations. Switch to Country at a glance.
Rob Viens, University of Washington, Robert E. Nelson and Justin Gallagher, Colby College (sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Company): Geologylink, Virtual Field Trips. Take a virtual field trip or link to local geologic surveys and information from around the world. See the new and revised field trip pages for North America.
Ian West, School of Ocean and Earth Science , Southampton Oceanography Centre, Southampton University: Geology of the South Coast of England. This set of field geology guides contains more than 50 subpages dedicated to individual field trips, 15 subpages of bibliographic entries keyed to the field trips, 6 subpages listing vertebrate, invertebrate, and plant fossils of the region, and a subpage with complete geological maps (old) of England, Scotland, Cornwall, and Wales.
Ian West, Geology Department, Southampton University, Virtual Field Trips and Field Trip Guides: Field Trip to Bridport Sands and Lyme Regis, Dorset (Jurassic), Lulworth Cove, Dorset (Jurassic/Cretaceous), and The Fossil Forest, Dorset (Jurassic/Cretaceous).
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