Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 08:14:45 -0400 >From: Mark Francek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: 27 October 2001 Earth Science Site of the Week > >Hello, >This week’s “Sites of the Week” feature stratigraphy, solar system >imagery, and plate movements. > >Dr. Christopher G. St.C. Kendall of the University of South Carolina >Geology Department has created , “USC Sequence Stratigraphy Web” dealing >with stratigraphy. Designed for a college and professional audience the >site “Uses a combination of linked text, images, and short movies to >help [users] gain an instant understanding of the principles of sequence >stratigraphy. Sequence stratigraphy is used with biostratigraphy and >tectonic analysis to correlate and analyze sedimentary rocks [..and >in..] reconstructions of paleogeography. The site is well referenced, >easily navigable, and quite readable despite the extensive terminology >associated with this field. > >http://strata.geol.sc.edu/ > >Find pictures of Io’s nighttime heat or Martian dust storms at NASA’s >Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s “Solar System” site which offers the users >thumbnails or full resolution images. The site is of merit because it >offers quick access to spectacular images. > >http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/proto/solar_system_images.html > >Another site accessing solar system imagery is NASA’s “Planetary >Photojournal.” Currently this site accesses over 2810 images, with more >are being added every day. While a plethora of good images exists the >querying methods could be more helpful. Currently, users can search >only by spacecraft type as opposed to phenomena. > >http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/ > >Professor Tanya Atwater of the University of California Santa Barbara >has prepared “An Animated Tectonic History of Western North America and >Southern California,” a series of Quicktime movies and accompanying >descriptions for the Pacific Hemisphere, 85 Ma to Present, N.E. Pacific >and W. North America, 38 Ma to Present, N.E. Pacific and W. North >America, 38 Ma to Present, and Southern California, 20 Ma to Present. >You must have QuickTime 2.5 or later to view these animation files. > >http://www.geol.ucsb.edu/%7Eatwater/Animations/Animations-FR.html > >These sites are archived at RESOURCES FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND GEOGRAPHY >INSTRUCTION at http://personal.cmich.edu/~franc1m/homepage.htm The >links are organized around the sequence of topics typically taught in an >introductory earth science or physical geography class. Links are also, >available for environmental science, earth science/geography education, >career opportunities, and more. The sites selected are based on image >quality, ease with which lesson plans can be developed, organization, >authenticity, scope, and format. Please contact me at >[EMAIL PROTECTED] to remove yourself from the mailing list, add a >new subscriber, or suggest a site to be listed. > >Thank you, >Mark Francek
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