Geography 360
GEOMORPHOLOGY
SPRING 2006
SELECTED INTERESTING WEB LINKS Geomorphology from Space -- an out of print 1986 NASA publication edited by Nicholas M. Short, Sr. and Robert W. Blair, Jr. designed for use by the remote sensing science and educational communities to study landforms and landscapes. The core of this book is a gallery of space imagery consisting of 237 plates, each treating a geographic region where a particular landform theme is exemplified.
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/DAAC_DOCS/geomorphology/GEO_HOME_PAGE.htmlColor Landform Atlas of the United States -- Relief maps, satellite images, historic maps, lots of interesting stuff.
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.htmlNOAA Marine Geology and Geophysics Images -- images from the National Geophysical Data Center, including Coastal Imagery, Crustal Age of the Ocean Basins, Global Relief, Great Lakes Geomorphology, slide sets and posters, etc. GIF and JPEG images may be used with proper citation.
http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/mgg/image/Geomorphology Specialty Group of the Assn of American Geographers, Lots of links to other organizations
http://www.cla.sc.edu/geog/gsgdocs/Volcano World -- Source of information on all volcanoes in the world, eruption histories, present activity, etc. Included here is Volcan Fuego, that erupted on April 10th, adjacent to Prof. Freidel's study site in Guatemala.
Fluvial Geomorphology, by Dr. Tim Stott, University of Bristol, England-- images with explanations, well organized, lots of pictures and information, good references on specific topics.
Ecological journey through the Old Crow Basin, Vuntut National Park, Yukon Territory -- includes text and images describing landscape features in this high latitude location. For example, check out Stop No. 7, meander migration on a periglacial surface.
Geology, Landform images
http://geology.about.com/library/bl/images/bllandformindex.htm
USGS Earthquake monitor, World Wide
Flood Pictures from the Index, Washington, flood, Nov. 2006, from Monroe Monitor
We'll add to this list as new sites come up -- if you find interesting sites, send an email to the class listserv and I'll put it up here too!
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