Resource Centre
In the list below we’ve tried to include sites that are as current as possible, and are hosted by organisations that are likely to invest in regular updating. If you come across any dead links, or have any suggestions for new links we should include, please email Delia Sandford.
SOME KEY EARTH SCIENCE ORGANISATIONS
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists
- United States Geological Survey
- American Geological Institute
- American Geophysical Union
- BRGM
- British Geological Survey Products and Services
- Geological Association of Canada
- Geological Association of Japan
- Geological Society of America
- Geological Society of Australia
- Geological Society of China
- Geological Society, London
- Geologists Association
- International Union of Geological Sciences
SOME KEY GEOGRAPHY ORGANISATIONS
- American Geographical Society
- Association of American Geographers
- Canadian Association of Geographers
- Geographical Association
- Institute of Australian Geographers
- International Geographical Union
- Royal Canadian Geographical Society
- Royal Geographical Society’s homepage
CLIMATE and CLIMATE CHANGE
- American Meteorological Society
- Atmosphere Sciences Resources
- Earth Observatory, Global Warming
- European Environment Agency
- Greenhouse Gas Online
- RealClimate
- IPCC
- Royal Meteorological Society
CRYOSPHERE
- Alfred Wegener Institute
- Arctic Research Consortium of the United States
- Bernard Gunn’s Antarctic Site
- British Antarctic Survey
- Byrd Polar Research Center
- Climate and Cryosphere
- Ice Core Gateway
- National Snow and Ice Data Center
- International Permafrost Association
- International Glaciology Society
- Norwegian Polar Institute
- Scott Polar Research Institute
- University of Colorado INSTAAR
- Glaciers of the American West
ECONOMIC GEOLOGY
- Info Mine
- American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
- American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and Petroleum Engineers
- Society of Exploration Geophysicists
EMPLOYMENT
GEOBIOLOGY AND PALEONTOLOGY
Paleontology collections
- Palaeontology Department of The Natural History Museum, London.
- Paleontological Institute of The Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
- Berkeley Museum of Paleontology
- Peabody Museum
- Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- University of California Museum of Paleontology portal
- University of Oxford Natural History Museum
- Burgess Shale
Societies
- Cushman Foundation
- Micropalaeontological Society
- North American Micropaleontology Section, SEPM
- Palaeontological Association
- Paleontological Research Institute
- Paleontological Society
- Society of Vertebrate Paleontology
Other sites of interest
GEOCHEMISTRY
- Association of Applied Geochemists
- European Association of Geochemistry
- European Association of Organic Geochemists
- Bill White’s on-line geochemistry text.
- Geochemical Society web pages.
- Geokem – Bernie Gunn’s igneous geochemistry database
- International Association of Geoanalysts
- International Association of Geochemistry
- Meteoritical Society
GEOMORPHOLOGY
- British Society for Geomorphology
- Canadian Geomorphological Research Group
- International Association of Geomorphologists
GEOPHYSICS
- British Geophysical Association
- Gillian Foulger, University of Durham, plumes and hot spots
- International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth’s Interior
- International Seismological Center
- Planetary Science Research Discoveries
- Seismological Society of America
- US Dept of Commerce/NOAA/National Geophysical Data Center
HYDROLOGY AND LIMNOLOGY
- Hydrogeologist’s Home Page.
- International Association of Hydrogeologists.
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology
- International Paleolimnology Association
- International Association for Hydro-Environmental Engineering
- International Association for Hydrological Sciences
OCEANOGRAPHY
- Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory
- CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Oceanography Centre
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- National Oceanography Centre, Southampton
- The Ocean Drilling Program
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution home page
MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY
- Clay Minerals Society
- European Mineralogical Union
- Mineralogical Society of America Home Page.
- Mineral Association of Canada
- Mineralogical Society of London
- Mineralogy Database
- Minerals under the Microscope.
- Natural History Museum’s Department of Mineralogy
- Smithsonian’s Department of Mineral Science
PLANETARY SCIENCE
- Goddard Space Flight Center Homepage.
- Near Earth Objects Dynamic Site (NEODyS)
- Planetary Sciences at the NSSDC (National Space Science Data Centre)
- Astrobiology Web.
- NASA’s Astrobiology Institute.
- Jay Melosh (University of Arizona) impact calculator
QUATERNARY SCIENCE
SEDIMENTOLOGY
- International Association of Sedimentologists
- Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM)
- British Sedimentological Research Group
TECTONICS
VOLCANOLOGY
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