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The following are the URLs listed in the laboratory manual for GLG 201 (Geological Sciences 201 Laboratory Exercises) at Michigan State University. The laboratory is part of the GLG 201 course entiled The Dynamic Earth. URLs are included for both the introductory portion of each lab as well as for the Web exercises.

Introduction

http: //www.realtime.net/ %7Erevenant/geo.html#GS Earth Science Sites
http://www.usra.edu/esse/ESSE.html National Earth System Science Education
http://www.ent.msu.edu/esal/esse.html Earth System Science Education at Michigan State University
http://www.ent.msu.edu/~long/IAGC International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry
http://www.ciw.edu/geochemical_society/ The Geochemical Society
http://www.setac.org/1setac.html Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
http://www.ciw.edu/geochemical_society/ American Society for Limnology and Oceanography
http://www.ciesin.org/ Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
http://www.great-lakes.net/partners/mesb/mesb.html Michigan Environmental Science Board
http://www.great-lakes.net/ Great Lakes Information Network
http://www.geog.buffalo.edu/iaglr/ International Association for Great Lakes Research
http://www.drscience.com Dr Science
http://www.anu.edu.au/Physics /nineplanets/gif/Earth460.gif Nice Information on Earth

Laboratory 1: Earth Deformation & The Michigan Basin

Introduction

http://luus.gsfc.nasa.gov/brochure/bfuture2.html How the changing earth is measured

Web Exercise

http://www.cnde.iastate.edu/staff/swormley/DEM.gif. Landform map of the US

Laboratory 2 -- Geologic Time and The Age of The Universe

Introduction

http://stud.unit.no/USERBIN/steffent/verdensur.pl World Times and Clock
http://sunsite.unc.edu/lunarbin/ Population Clock
http://straylight.lib.pdx.edu/~Ekohut/geotime/geotime.html Interactive Geological Time Scale

Web Exercise

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/exhibit/geology.html
http://yuma.colostate.edu/%7Ecwis70/morrison.html

Laboratory 3 -- Igneous Rocks & Their Environments

Introduction

http://www.rahul.net/infodyn/rockhounds/rockhounds.html Site for Rockhounds

Web Exercise

http://www.geosci.ipfw.indiana.edu/GeoGarden/Introduction.html
http://netsurf.geo.mtu.edu/MCRS/MCRSintro.html

Laboratory 4 -- Metamorphic Rocks & A Geologic Map

Introduction

http://www.rtd.com/%7Ebkeller/rockshop/linklist.html Site for Rockhounds

Web Exercise

http://www.ngu.no/Kola/index.html

Laboratory 5 -- Minerals & Their Uses

Introduction

http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/Table/ Interactive Periodic Table
http://spider.compart.fi/%7Eanders/winpte.html Periodic Table for Windows (Down Load)
http://galaxy.einet.net/images/gems/gems-icons.html Smithsonian Gem and Mineral Collection

Web Exercise

http://www.shef.ac.uk/uni/academic/A-C/chem/web-elements/web-elements-home.html Web2 Interactive Periodic Table

Laboratory 6 -- Plate Tectonics & Paleomagnetism

Introduction

http://hiris.anorg.chemie.tu-muenchen.de/AAL/otto/solarsystem/earthint.htm Earth's Interior &Plate Tectonics
ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/MGG/images/slide_set1/slide20.gif Front Image

Web Exercise

ftp://ftp.ngdc.noaa.gov/MGG/images/WorldCrustalAge.jpg
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/plate-tectonics.html

Laboratory 7 -- Sedimentary Rocks & A Paleogeographic Map

Introduction

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/seds/Sedimentology.html U.S.G.S. Sedimentology
http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/docs/seds/software.html U.S.G.S. Software to Study Bedforms
http://www.mines.utah.edu/~wmgg/Geology/ArchesGIFS/DoubleArch2.html Front Image

Web Exercise

http://www.geosci.ipfw.indiana.edu/GeoGarden/Introduction.html
http://chadwicka.swac.edu/chadwick.html

Laboratory 8 -- Simulation of a Dynamic Earth: Experiment/Demonstration of Interactions of Water and Tectonic Cycles and Biological Processes

Introduction

http://www.nosc.mil/planet_earth/info.html Planet Earth
http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/mtpe/ NASA Mission to Planet Earth

Laboratory 9 -- Topographic Maps & The East Lansing Qudrangle

Introduction

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/grg/gcraft/notes/coordsys/coordsys.html Coordinate systems
http://www.dircon.co.uk/xxx/geodata/ The global gazetter

Web Exercise

http://www.zilker.net/%7Ehal/geoscience/gps.html
http://www.saic.com/gov/gps/
http://www.mapquest.com/
http://www.usgs.gov/research/gis/title.html

Laboratory 10 -- Volcanoes & The Hawaiian Islands

Introduction

http://spso2.gsfc.nasa.gov/NASA_FACTS/volcanoes/volcano.html Volcanoes & Climate
http://volcano.und.nodak.edu/volc_of_world.htmlxxx/geodata/ Volcanoes of the world
http://vulcan.wr. usgs.gov/Msh/ljt_slideset_old.html Front Image

Web Exercise

http://www.dartmouth.edu/pages/rox/volcanoes/elecvolc.html
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/volcanoes/

Laboratory 11 -- Water Underground & Darcy's Law

Introduction

http://wwwdmorll.er.usgs.gov/~bjsmith/outreach/hydrology.primer.html USGS Hydrology Primer
http://h2o.usgs.gov/ http://h2o.usgs.gov/ USGS Hydrology Site
http://www.groundwater.com/links1.html Hydrology Links

Web Exercise

http://h2o.usgs.gov/public/nawdex/nawdex.html National Water Data Exchange
http://aapg.geol.lsu.edu/rbwinsto.htm Hydrology Models
http://gwrp.cciw.ca/internet/software.html Software
http://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/Ftp/IISgrdc.html
ftp://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/data/grdc/Images/Amazonas.gif
ftp://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/data/grdc/Images/Danube.gif
ftp://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/data/grdc/Images/Murray.gif
ftp://hydro.iis.u-tokyo.ac.jp/data/grdc/Images/Mackenzie.gif
http://wwwdilurb.er.usgs.gov/
http://www.agric.gov.ab.ca/soil/salinity/mechan.html

Laboratory 12 -- The Work of Ice & The Great Lakes' Region

Introduction

http://www.efund.com/Climate_Change.html Climate Change & Insurance
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/ghcc/HydroSearch/GlobalChangeLinks.html Climate Change Links

Web Exercise

http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/gblwrmupd/global.html
http://www.usgcrp.gov/ipcc/

Laboratory 13 -- Work of Running Water & the Evolution of Landscapes

Introduction

http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~sgp/gw/gwintro.htm Virtual Geomorphology Text
http://tgl.geology.muohio.edu/gbook/IQG.html Geomorphology Text to Down Load

Web Exercise

http://wwwdilurb.er.usgs.gov/swr/IL/search.modules/textsearch.cgi?state=map Real time hydrologic data -- Illinois.
http://hum.amu.edu.pl/~sgp/gw/gw1.htm#spis Virtual geomorphology textbook

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Document author: David T. Long
E-Mail: long@msu.edu
Revised: Fall  2000
URL: http://www.cevl.msu.edu/~long/