Vermont Geological Survey part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The Vermont Geological Survey, also known as the Division of Geology and Mineral Resources in the Department of Environmental Conservation, conducts surveys and research relating to the geology, ...

Introduction: Regional Landform Analysis part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is chapter one of an on-line NASA book, Geomorphology from Space - A General Overview of Regional Landforms. It is divided into four sections and a conclusion. The first section, The Nature of ...

Geomorphology From Space Ch: 10 Planetary part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Short Nicholas
This is chapter 10 of the text Geomorphology from Space is an out of print 1986 NASA publication edited by Nicholas M. Short, Sr. and Robert W. Blair, Jr. designed for use by the remote sensing ...

Mississippi River Delta, U.S.A. part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Linda McNeely
This account of the history and evolution of the Mississippi River Delta makes use of text, photographs, and satellite imagery to describe how the delta has formed and migrated throughout recent ...

Plate T-48: Himalayan Front and Tibetan Plateau part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Steve Kempler
The most profound deformational event involving the interaction of lithospheric plates is a collision between continents; for example, the collision of the Indian continent with the Eurasian ...

Plate T-11: Appalachian Mountains part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Steve Kempler
Appalachian Mountain landforms clearly demonstrate the relation of plate tectonics and structure to geomorphology. The folded rocks record the convergence of two continental plates in ...

Plate T-12: Folded Appalachians part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Steve Kempler
The mental picture of the Appalachian Mountains most of us have is that of long linear ridges and valleys that form a belt some 25 to 100 km wide through Pennsylvania/Virginia/West Virginia and the ...

Karst Landforms and Lakes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Steven Kempler
This chapter on the formation of Karst topography discusses susceptible rock types, how dissolution occurs, and the general appearance of Karst landforms. Tables, maps, figures, and photographs of ...

Tectonic Landforms Ch 2 part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Examines tectonic landforms with very fine support images and black line maps. The support maps have locations/landforms identified. Suggest you also look at the Home Page of this site at URL ...

Large-Scale Change: Mountain-Building part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site is designed to help students learn how mountains form, identify the components of mountain systems, and explore the transfer of matter and the role of energy during mountain building. It ...