Category Archives: Geology Sites

Beautiful photomosaics of North American

For my geology course (potentially)… Well captioned composite images of North America.. Catalog Page for PIA03377: Shaded Relief with Height as Color, North America – generated by the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) Catalog Page for PIA04361: Natural Color Mosaic … Continue reading

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Canadian Minerals

Well – this is a link for my geology course: Minerals and Metals Produced in Canada. This site is reasonably up to date, and contains succinct summaries of the resources produced through mining in Canada. The page has a link … Continue reading

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Earth Science Markup Language

Doing some digging around in geo-sites as well as looking for three-d matrix software (strange obsession, really). I found this interesting effort: Earth Science Markup Language This project is also listed on SourceForge. Not sure what I am going to … Continue reading

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BBC: Climate film put to computer test

Using the Internet is a very interesting way — reminds me a bit of the SETI project… some researchers in the UK have put together a way to look at unique climate scenarios. “A worldwide experiment to test the plausibility … Continue reading

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Environmental Curriculum

Christian Science Monitor article descrinbing a course that involves a high level of experiential learning… The natural world is their classroom | csmonitor.com

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BBC: Royal Geographical Society opening their archives

Explorers’ archives opened to all… Oh my — I just can’t wait….

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A Plesiosaur walk on the beach

Can you imagine walking along a beach, looking down and seeing a plesiosaur? Sea reptile fossil found on beach Nick Collard discovered the bones of the plesiosaur – a 1.5 metre-long sea creature which lived 188 million years ago – … Continue reading

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And the biggest shocker from Mars…

Rover sets Mars distance record. Well, DUH! All those other rovers that have been sent to Mars ….. How about we actually have some competitions before declaring records.. Now if Spirit and Opportunity could meet at the Olympus Mons track … Continue reading

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List of Links for Lecture

For EOSC 311: Metal Deposits 1: Copper and Iron BC Mineral Deposits Geology of Strathcona Park – Good overview of the park, including the geology, mining, environment… etc. Link Map of Silver Deposits in British Columbia Porphyry Copper Nice animation … Continue reading

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A cool tool — needing some updating

Blast from the past: The picture above is two views of a VRML (Virtual Reality Model Language) file representing a gastropod (OK, snail)…. If you look at a number of shells – nautoloids, gastropods (snails), pelecypods (clams) — have a … Continue reading

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