Plate Tectonics:
Creating Oceans and Continents
Lecture Links
Related Links
News & Current Events
Organizations and Magazines

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Lecture Links

• Links to Intro Geology Course Notes
  • Physical Geology -University of Houston
  • Introduction to Physical Geology -University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Physical Geology and another version of Physical Geology-Georgia Perimeter College
  • Listing of Online General Geology Courses -University of Connecticut (go to the individual courses for lecture notes)
  • Exploring the Geological Sciences -University of Florida
  • How the Earth Works - Bryn Mawr
  • The Dynamic Earth - Miami University of Ohio
  • Planet Earth - Penn State
  • Introductory Geology - Duke University (images for each lecture rather than notes)
  • Introduction to Geology - California State University, San Jose
  • Introductory Geology - SUNY Oswego
  • How the Earth works: Dynamic Planet - University of Michigan
  • Physical Geology - University of New Brunswick
  • Physical Geology - University of Toronto
• Links to Advanced Courses with Lecture Notes
  • Oceans and Our Global Environment -Indiana University
  • Oceanography -Cornell University
  • General Oceanography -San Jose State University
  • Oceanography -SUNY Oswego
  • Oceans and Our Global Environment -Indiana University
  • Plate Tectonic Theory -University of Nevada, Reno

Related Links

• Basic Plate Tectonic Information
  • The Dynamic Earth (A great resource on plate tectonics.)
  • Plate Tectonics
  • Moving Mountains: The Story of A Revolution
  • Tectonic Plate Motion
  • What is Plate Tectonics
  • Plate Tectonics Model
  • Geothermal Theory: Plate Tectonics
  • Hotspots: Thermal Mantle Plumes
  • Global Relief Map
• Plate Boundaries
  • Plate Tectonics: The Cause of Earthquakes
  • The Seafloor and Plate Boundaries
  • Plate Boundary Structure Along the San Andreas Fault
  • Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics
  • The Chile Margin Triple Junction
  • Volcanoes and Plate Tectonics - USGS
  • A Subduction Zone
• The Oceans and the Sea Floor
  • Age of the Global Sea Floor and Atlantic Sea Floor
  • Ocean Science from the Smithsonian Ocean Planet Exhibit
  • How Deep? How Dark? How much Pressure?
  • Ocean Fact Sheets
  • Hydrothermal Vents on the Sea Floor
    • Undersea Volcanoes
    • Deep Sea Vents Program
    • Creatures of the Thermal Vents
    • Make a Miniature Deep-Sea Vent
  • Ocean Floor Database
  • NOAA's Oceanography Resources on the Internet
  • Hydrothermal Vent Systems

News and Current Events

• Science Daily's Earth and Climate News
• CNN Nature News
• Yahoo Science News
• Rocks and Minerals in the News -from Bob's Rock Shop

Organizations and Magazines

• Portrait of a Restless Region -San Fransisco Chronicle (1/1/96)

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