Description
Geomorphology
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TEKTRAN: Retrieval system of U.S. agricultural research results
TEKTRAN summaries on the Internet are selected pre-publication notices of recent research results from the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/services/TekTran.htm
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:7
USGS Coastal and Marine Geology Program
Describes ongoing projects and research plans for assessing coastal, estuary, and continental shelf processes, sediment transfer, and related geologic hazards.
http://marine.usgs.gov/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:7
Cave Research Foundation
Dedicated to documenting, studying and protecting caves and karst resources, USA.
http://www.cave-research.org/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:6
Impact Parameters
Online calculator for cratering effects of hypothetical asteroid impacts.
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/impacteffects/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:6
National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory
Homepage of the National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory of the Agricultural Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
http://topsoil.nserl.purdue.edu
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:6
National Speleological Society
Advancing the study, conservation, exploration, and knowledge of caves. Although primary focus is on recreation, site has extensive information and links about caves and karst.
http://www.caves.org/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:6
Soil and Water Conservation Society
The Soil and Water Conservation Society is an international organization that fosters the science and the art of soil and water conservation to achieve sustained use of land resources.
http://www.swcs.org/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:6
Speleogenesis
Electronic journal of research on the origin and development of solution caves and other aspects of the evolution of karst topography and hydrology. Includes original papers and abstracts of items published in other journals.
http://www.speleogenesis.info/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:6
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Barringer Crater on Earth
Aerial photograph. (July 11, 1999)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990711.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Impact: 65 Million Years Ago
Computer rendering of Chicxulub crater, from gravity and magnetic field data. (February 26, 2000)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000226.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Manicouagan Impact Crater on Earth
Image taken from space shuttle Columbia in 1983. (December 13, 2000)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap001213.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
British Cave Research Association
Promotes the study of caves and associated phenomena. Information about the organization and its activities; with online contents of several publications.
http://www.bcra.org.uk/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Cave and Karst Terminology
A full glossary maintained by J N Jennings of the Australian Speleological Federation.
http://wasg.iinet.net.au/terminol.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Center for Cave and Karst Studies
Western Kentucky University research on all aspects of cave and karst studies with an emphasis upon solving environmental problems associated with karst in the Mammoth Cave region.
http://caveandkarst.wku.edu/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Chicxulub Scientific Drilling Program
Multinational program to obtain and study core samples.
http://www.icdp-online.de/sites/chicxulub/news/news.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Coastal and Nearshore Erosion
USGS research in coastal and nearshore erosion - El Nino, Hurricane Andrew, North Carolina, Oregon. Understanding the geological environment; changing weather patterns and cycles, and their effects on shorelines.
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/hazards/erosion.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Coping with Beach Erosion
Online pamphlet from UNESCO.
http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/source/ero1.htm
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Crater
A program that relates crater size to projectile size.
http://www.lpl.arizona.edu/tekton/crater.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Deserts: Geology and Resources
USGS online book, written for a general audience. Covers desert climates, desert landforms, sand dunes and aeolian processes, evaporite mineral deposits, and related topics.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/gip/deserts/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Geomorphology Home Page, University of Virginia
Information and research on fluvial geomorphology and landform evolution on Mars.
http://erode.evsc.virginia.edu/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Glacial Geology and Geomorphology
A refereed electronic journal of The British Geomorphological Research Group developed by The Queen's University of Belfast.
http://ggg.qub.ac.uk/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Glacial Geology at the University of Cincinnati
Glacier images, reports on subglacial volcanism and meltwater floods in Iceland, and information for students.
http://tvl1.geo.uc.edu/ice/glacier.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Jamaican Caves and Sinkholes
GPS positions of Jamaican caves and sinkholes.
http://www.jamaicancaves.org
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Karst Dynamics Laboratory
Institute based in Guilin, China undertaking research that includes the development of karst water resources, the carbon cycle in karst and geological hazards.
http://www.karst.edu.cn/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Karst of Serbia and Montenegro
Descriptions, discussion, and maps of the geology and distribution of karst in this region.
http://www.asak.org.yu/karst/yukarst.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Meteor Crater
Official site for the visitors center at the Barringer meteor crater. Short history, animations, visitor information.
http://www.meteorcrater.com/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Sediment Database of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
The site provides free, online access to a large database of daily suspended sediment values at 1593 measurement stations along rivers of the U.S.A..
http://co.water.usgs.gov/sediment/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Solar System Collisions
Online calculator for effects of asteroid impact.
http://janus.astro.umd.edu/astro/impact/
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Terrestrial Impact Craters
Text describing formation of impact craters. Images, glossary.
http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/craters.html
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5
Terrestrial Impact Craters
Background information, images, list of craters, references.
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/tercrate.htm
Date:2009-02-24, Google PR:5