History-Earthquakes, Seismology
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- Birth of the Himalayas — brief description of the origin of the Himalaya Mountains (NOVA)
- Brief History of Seismology to 1910 — Brief description of history of seismology (UC Santa Barbara)
- Earth Science Explorer — virtual museum (NASA)
- Earthquake Science Timeline — A timeline showing the evolution of earthquake science and seismometers through the ages to present. (USGS)
- Earthquakes — general overview of earthquakes, online USGS general interest publication (USGS)
- Earthquakes 101 "Slideshow" (PDF) — PDF format of a complete PowerPoint show for the basics (USGS)
- Faultline:Seismic Science at the Epicenter — lots of resources, information, activities and graphics concerning earthquakes in California (Exploratorium)
- Historical Earthquake Theories — collection of historical earthquake theories and myths (Univ. of Vienna)
- Mountain Maker, Earth Shaker — Push your mouse around to move continents and change the landscape (PBS)
- Natural Hazards Data, Images and Education — Data, images, kids quizzes, and maps from geologic hazards as well as slide shows available for order (NOAA)
- Preserving Historic Earthquake Records and Photos of the Instruments that Recorded Them — A project to scan a small selection of the film chips of historical earthquake recordings to digital files was started in 1996. In addition to archiving historic data from the early years, the USGS has also worked to archive photos and descriptions of early seismometers. (USGS)
- San Andreas Fault, The — overview of the San Andreas Fault, online USGS general interest publication (USGS)
- Shaking up Earth — A review of the history of the theory of plate tectonics. (Science News)
- This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics — excellent comprehensive overview of plate tectonics with excellent graphics, online USGS general interest publication (USGS)
- Today in Earthquake History — what happened today in earthquake history (USGS)
- Understanding Earthquakes — Brief history of seismology to 1910, earthquake and plate tectonic quizzes, earthquake accounts by famous people, elastic rebound animation, and links to addition resources. (UC Santa Barbara)
- Understanding Quakes — description, photos, and graphics of earthquake basics and effects of earthquakes in Turkey (The Why Files)
- Volcanic and seismic hazards on the Island of Hawaii — summary of earthquake hazards in Hawaii (USGS)
- Volcano World's Earth Science Lessons — Lots of great earth science lessons good for all ages, slide-style with color diagrams and photographs (Oregon State University)