Rock Blog

NASA has an out of print book available online:  Geomorphology From Space: A Global Overview of Regional Landforms.  The book illustrates, describes and analyses major kinds of landforms (tectonics, fluvial, aeolian, etc.) through satellite imagery, complemented with maps and ground photos.

I really like the Tectonics section – provides nice regional summaries of areas that crop up in my course – either material I’m covering directly or areas that the students are researching.  The descriptions are not for the feint of heart for sure – quite a bit of terminology that would need to be explained to a non-technical audience, but it would work well for some tectonics activities in the course.

Just wanted to note the Canadian locations for Tectonics:

• Plate T-9, Cordilleran Accretionary Terranes
  http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/geomorphology/by-location/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-9.shtml
• Plate T-15, Grenville Front (Canadian Shield)
  http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/geomorphology/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-15.shtml
• Plate T-16, the Labrador Trough
  http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/geomorphology/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-16.shtml
• Plate T-17, Western Canadian Shield
  http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/geomorphology/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-17.shtml
• Plate T-18, Bathurst Island Group
  http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/geomorphology/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-17.shtml