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"Written in Stone" Earthquake Animations — Animations developed for the educational video "Written in Stone" produced by San Diego State professor Pat Abbott. These animations offer visual explanations for some of the more complex processes involved in earthquake dynamics. They also include some practical mitigation procedures for securing one's home for protection during an earthquake. | |||
| SDSU Education Center on Computational Science and Engr |
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100% Chance of an Earthquake — Earthquake statistics. | |||
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Visualizations — This collection presents links to images, films, panoramas and animations about the earthquake and fire. | |||
| Carleton College/NAGT materials |
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About Earthquakes — descriptions and graphics of earthquakes and their effects | |||
| Univ. of Nevada, Reno |
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Animations for Earthquake Terms and Concepts — Flash animations illustrating basic earthquake terms and concepts. | |||
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Animations Illustrating Simple Wave Propagation Concepts — propagation, reflection, refraction, standing waves | |||
| SUNY Binghamton |
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Animations of Seismology Fundamentals — animations illustrating the fundamentals of earthquakes and seismology | |||
| Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) |
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Become an Earthquake Scientist — What does a geophysicist do? What do you need to study in school to become a geophysicist? What are the opportunities? | |||
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Birth of the Himalayas — brief description of the origin of the Himalaya Mountains | |||
| NOVA |
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Brief History of Seismology to 1910 — brief description of history of seismology | |||
| UC Santa Barbara |
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Building a Shake Table — discussion and lesson plans | |||
| Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) |
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California Subduction Rocks — A photographic field trip to classic subduction-related rocks across northern California. | |||
| About Geology |
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Can It Happen Here? — Could a large damaging tsunami happen in the United States? | |||
| USGS |
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Continents in Collision: Pangea Ultima — short news piece with images | |||
| NASA |
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Cool Earthquake Facts — fascinating earthquake facts | |||
| USGS |
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Demonstrations of Geophysical Principles Applicable to the Properties and Processes of the Earth's Interior — demonstrations with photos and graphics | |||
| SUNY Binghamton |
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Depth of Earthquakes — one-page plot and explanation | |||
| Berkeley |
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Designing Structures to Perform Well During an Earthquake — discussion and lesson plans | |||
| Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) |
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Determining the Depth of an Earthquake — brief discussion on depths of earthquakes | |||
| USGS |
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Digital Online Geology - Earthquakes — Online version of "Earthquakes" by Edward J. Tarbuck, Frederick K. Lutgens, and Dennis Tasa. This informative chapter about earthquakes has images, text, quizzes, and narrated animations explaining what happens when earthquakes occur. | |||
| TASA Graphic Arts |
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Discover Our Earth — Portal for teachers and students for learn the basics about earthquakes, volcanoes, plate tectonics, topography, and sea level changes. | |||
| USGS & DLESE |
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Downloadable Animations — Animation clips and other geo-educational items | |||
| UC Santa Barbara |
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Downloadable Freeware — (Mac only) plate tectonic animations, orogeny, Our Dynamic Planet, Origins of Life | |||
| UC Santa Barbara |
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Early History of Seismometry (to 1900), The — history of various instruments throughout the history of seismology | |||
| USGS |
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Earth Science Course Notes & Graphics — Professor Steve Dutch's excellent online resources for earth sciences with great images for teaching; all the goodies are behind the "Notes" links | |||
| Univ. of Wisconsin |
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Earth Science Education Activities — a wealth of excellent hands-on activities for teaching about earthquakes, volcanoes, seismic waves, plate tectonics, earth structure, seismic waves, convection, seismometers and more! | |||
| Purdue Univ. |
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Earth Science Explorer — virtual museum | |||
| NASA |
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Earth's Crust, The — how thick is the Earth's crust? | |||
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Earth's Interior & Plate Tectonics — overview with good graphics and lots of details | |||
| National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) |
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Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow Download — a complete PowerPoint show for the basics | |||
| USGS |
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Earthquake 101 Powerpoint Slideshow online — preview of the complete PowerPoint show for the basics | |||
| USGS |
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Earthquake Booms, Seneca Guns, and Other Sounds — An examination of strange and unexplained sounds that are sometimes heard accompanying earthquakes. | |||
| USGS |
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Earthquake Effects in Kobe, Japan — discussion and lots of photos and images of the effects of the Kobe, Japan earthquake | |||
| Univ. of Nevada, Reno |
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Earthquake Prediction Information — short overview | |||
| University of Washington |
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Earthquake Prediction, Societal Implications — technical paper | |||
| journal Reviews of Geophysics |
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Earthquake Statistics — Frequency of different magnitude earthquakes, number of earthquakes per year, etc. | |||
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Earthquakes — general overview of earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
| USGS |
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Earthquakes by Bruce A. Bolt Online Companion — links related to subjects covered in book | |||
| W.H. Freeman & Co. |
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Earthquakes Cannot Be Predicted — technical paper | |||
| journal Science |
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Earthquakes in the Midwestern and Eastern US?! — summary of earthquakes in the Central and Eastern US | |||
| Univ. of Nevada, Reno |
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Education & Outreach Software — Downloadable software to manipulate seismograms and for visualization. | |||
| Binghamton Univ Geological Sciences |
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Essentials of Geology Animations — A collection of animations describing concepts of geology | |||
| W.W. Norton and Company |
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Exploring Earthquakes in Space and Time Through the Internet and GIS — GIS-related earthquake lesson plan | |||
| USGS & Rocky Mountain Mapping Center |
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Exploring the Dynamic Earth: GIS Investigations in the Earth Sciences — book with high quality lessons with maps, images, instructor's manual, teaching tips, etc. | |||
| www.brookscole.com |
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Faults — photos and graphics of fault types | |||
| Univ. of Leeds |
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Flinn-Engdahl Regions — description of regions used to identify locations of earthquakes world-wide | |||
| USGS |
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Forces of Nature — companion to the "Forces of Nature" IMAX movie about Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Hurricanes and Tornadoes; interactive learn plus lesson plans for the classroom | |||
| National Geographic |
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Garlock Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the Garlock fault | |||
| JPL/NASA |
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Geological Online Exhibits — geologic time scale, plate tectonics animation, and more! | |||
| UC Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley |
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Geological Processes & Structures — animations of various types | |||
| Earth Science Australia |
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Geology Central — links to resources for Geology and Geophysics | |||
| Geology Central |
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Geology Lesson Plans — includes all earth sciences | |||
| AskERIC |
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geologylink — geology in the news, links to resources, virtual field trips, virtual classroom | |||
| Houghton Mifflin Company College Division |
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Geophysics Course Resources on the Internet — list of online course resources for undergraduate and graduate levels | |||
| Univ. of Houston |
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GETIT (Geoscience Education Through Interactive Technology) — software you can order that uses real data | |||
| Cambrian Systems, Inc. |
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Global Earthquake Explorer, The — easy tool for non-seismologists to retrieve, display and analyze seismic data | |||
| Univ. of South Carolina, IRIS |
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Great Quakes — description, graphics and animations about seismic waves, locations of earthquakes, effects, and earthquake engineering | |||
| Discovery Online |
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GSA Free Teacher Resources — A good resource for educators that includes lesson plans, info on state standards, awards, and reading suggestions | |||
| Geological Society of America |
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Hazards 101, Earthquake — The basics of how the USGS National Earthquake Hazard Maps are made. | |||
| USGS |
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High Quality Earthquake Animations — Simulations of earthquake ruptures that were run on the supercomputers at Caltech's Center for Advanced Computing Research | |||
| USGS |
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Historical Earthquake Theories — collection of historical earthquake theories and myths | |||
| Univ. of Vienna |
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Ideas for Activities Using Live Seismograms — ideas for how to use real-time earthquake information in the classroom | |||
| USGS Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory |
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Incorp. Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) Educator Webpages — resources and opportunities for educators | |||
| Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) |
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Inside Geology - Chapter 10: Earthquakes — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries | |||
| Houghton Mifflin Company College Division |
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Inside Geology - Chapter 11: Geophysical Properties of Planet Earth — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries | |||
| Houghton Mifflin Company College Division |
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Inside Geology - Chapter 12: Plate Tectonics: Creating Oceans and Continents — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries | |||
| Houghton Mifflin Company College Division |
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Inside Geology - Chapter 9: Folds, Faults and Mountains — companion webpages to the book chapter; links to numerous topical class lectures, web sites, references, news items, organizations, and glossaries | |||
| Houghton Mifflin Company College Division |
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Investigating Earthquakes Through Regional Seismicity — excellent graphics, animations and activities | |||
| Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS |
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Is the reliable prediction of individual earthquakes a realistic scientific goal? — Seven-week debate involving many authors and their views | |||
| journal of Nature |
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Jules Verne Voyager and Jules Verne Voyager, Jr. — an interactive map tool that enables students and scientists to better understand the relationships between geophysical and geological processes, structures, and measurements with high-precision GPS data. These are Javascript based tools. | |||
| UNAVCO |
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Landers Earthquake Rupture Movie — animation of the rupture on the Landers fault | |||
| Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) & USGS |
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Life Along the Faultline — lots of resources, information, activities and graphics concerning earthquakes in California | |||
| Exploratorium |
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Listening to Earthquakes — music and earthquakes have something in common! | |||
| USGS |
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MARGINS Education & Outreach Resources — Mini-lessons, powerpoint presentations, research nuggets and more. | |||
| MARGINS - Lamont-Doherty |
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Men & Women of Seismology, The — biographies and photos of famous seismologists | |||
| USGS |
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Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker — Push your mouse around to move continents and change the landscape | |||
| PBS |
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NGDC - Natural Hazards Databases at NGDC — Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order | |||
| National Geophysical Data Center |
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On the Move: Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics — description of plate tectonic history and mechanics | |||
| NASA |
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One-page Information Sheets on Earthquake Topics — one-page information sheets about various earthquake topics | |||
| Incorporated Research Institutes for Seismology (IRIS) |
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Our Dynamic Plate CD-ROM — CD-ROM you can order | |||
| UC Santa Barbara |
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PaleoMap Project — plate tectonics, earth history, climate history, lesson plans, software, and more | |||
| UT Arlington |
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Papers from an NAS Colloquium on "Earthquake Prediction: The Scientific Challenge" — excellent collection of downloadable papers | |||
| National Academy of Sciences |
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| Univ. of Oregon |
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Plate Tectonic Movement Visualizations — Visualizations and supporting material that can be used effectively to teach students about plate tectonic movements. Visualizations include simple animations, GIS-based animated maps, paleogeographic maps and globes, as well as numerous illustrations and photos. | |||
| Carleton College/NAGT materials |
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Plate Tectonics, Their Cause — graphics and brief summary | |||
| Univ. of Nevada, Reno |
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Predicting Earthquakes — short overview | |||
| USGS |
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Ray Tracing Animations — animations for various earth models and types of seismic reflections and refractions | |||
| Washington Univ. |
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San Andreas Fault Fly-Over — virtual fly-over of the San Andreas Fault | |||
| JPL/NASA |
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San Andreas Fault, The — overview of the San Andreas Fault, online USGS general interest publication | |||
| USGS |
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Savage Earth, The — slick presentation of the earthquake basics with great graphics and animations | |||
| PBS |
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Science Explained, The — links to popular science articles about earthquake research | |||
| USGS |
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Science of Earthquakes, The — links to various webpages with basic earthquake science info | |||
| USGS |
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Science of Tsunami Hazards - International Journal — Collection of downloadable journal articles in PDF format. | |||
| Tsunami Society |
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Seismic Waves — graphics to explain different types of seismic waves | |||
| UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan |
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Seismic/Eruption — A free program (PC) you can download for the visualization of seismicity and volcanic activity in space and time | |||
| SUNY Binghamton |
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Seismographs: Keeping Track of Earthquakes — brief description on how seismographs work to locate earthquakes | |||
| USGS |
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Seismology Teaching Resources — Educational page with seismo links, diagrams, animations, and other teaching resources. | |||
| Arizona State University |
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Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure, An Introduction to — online companion to the textbook by Seth Stein and Michael Wysession with electronic versions of all images and access to homework problems and solutions; also includes errata | |||
| Blackwell Publishing |
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Severity of an Earthquake, The — measuring earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication | |||
| USGS |
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Soil & Earthquakes — explains liquefaction | |||
| Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) |
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Southern California Integrated GPS Network Education Module — excellent graphics, animations and activities | |||
| USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) |
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Table-Top Earthquakes — USGS Open-File Report 98-767 (online) | |||
| USGS |
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TASA Graphic Arts, Inc. — Plate Tectonics and How the Earth Works, The Theory of Plate Tectonics CDROMS, and more you can order | |||
| TASA Graphic Arts, Inc. |
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Tectonic Geomorphology: Figures — Figures from the book "Tectonic Geomorphology" by Douglas W. Burbank and Robert S. Anderson | |||
| Institute for Crustal Studies |
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The Parkfield Experiment — attempting to predict a Parkfield, CA earthquake | |||
| USGS |
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The Richter Scale — An interactive demonstration of calculating the magnitude of an earthquake based on amplitude and S and P wave locations | |||
| Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
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The Wave that Shook the World — Online companion to the NOVA broadcast with excellent animations, Q&A, images, and lesson plans for teachers. | |||
| PBS-NOVA |
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Theory of the Earth — online book on the science of earthquakes | |||
| Caltech |
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This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics — excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication | |||
| USGS |
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Today in Earthquake History — what happened today in earthquake history | |||
| USGS |
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Tour of San Andreas Fault in the San Francisco Bay Area — virtual field trip | |||
| Stanford |
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Tour of the Calavaras Fault — virtual field trip | |||
| Stanford Exploration Project |
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Tour of the Hayward Fault — virtual field trip | |||
| Calstate Hayward |
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Tour of the Kentucky River Fault Zone — virtual field trip | |||
| Univ. of Kentucky |
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Tour of the Site of the Loma Prieta Earthquake — virtual field trip | |||
| UC Santa Cruz |
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Travel Time Information & Calculator — Choose a seismic station location and a recent earthquake, and see how long it takes different types of seismic waves to travel from the epicenter to your station. Travel time curve and other phase information. | |||
| USGS |
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Try It Yourself Calculator — How much bigger is a magnitude 8.7 earthquake than a magnitude 5.8 earthquake? | |||
| USGS |
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Tsunamis — short news piece with images | |||
| The Why Files |
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Tusnami Research Center — Tsunami research at USC. | |||
| Univ. of Southern California |
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Understanding Quakes — description, photos, and graphics of earthquake basics and effects of earthquakes in Turkey | |||
| The Why Files |
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UPSeis Seismology Questions Answered — magnitudes, research, locations, seismic waves, and all the basics explained, as well as preparedness and hazards | |||
| UPSeis, Univ. of Michigan |
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USGS and Science Education, The — webpages, links, booklets, maps, fact sheets, classroom lessons, etc. online and to order, mostly free | |||
| USGS |
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USGS General Interest Publications — online and to order on a variety of subjects | |||
| USGS |
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USGS Map Catalog: Earthquakes-Volcanoes-Landslides — Purchase maps based on earthquake, volcano, and landslide hazards | |||
| USGS Rocky Mountain Mapping Center |
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USGS Maps Booklet — online USGS general interest publication | |||
| USGS |
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UTIG : GK-12 Program — lesson plans for earthquakes, tsunamis, plate tectonics, and more | |||
| Univ. of Texas, Austin |
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Virtual Earthquake & Other Labs — you're the scientist, and you have to locate the earthquake and determine the magnitude | |||
| Calstate LA |
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Virtual Earthquake Engineering — interactive demonstration of the effects of earthquake retrofitting | |||
| S. Illinois Univ. |
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Virtual Plate Reconstructions — exploration of plate tectonics | |||
| Univ. of Kentucky |
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Visualizations of Geologic Hazards — Visualizing the Earth, its processes, and its evolution through time is a fundamental aspect of geoscience. The use of visualizations - diagrams, images, animations, maps, and more - is an essential tool in helping students to visualize the Earth and its processes. | |||
| Carleton College/NAGT materials |
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Volcano World's Activities for Plate Tectonics — slide-style coverage of the basics | |||
| Oregon State University |
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Wallace Creek Interpretive Trail Guide — Interactive online trail guide to Wallace Creek site on the San Andreas Fault | |||
| USGS & Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC) |
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What on Earth is Plate Tectonics? — excellent presentation with vivid graphics | |||
| USGS & U.S. National Park Service |
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