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 ...

Carleton College: Geology: Geology Department News: Advanced Geomorphology Class Helps Carleton Assess Spring Creek Storm Damage part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In late June 1998, a severe thunderstorm affected much of the Cannon River watershed, including Spring Creek, which runs through the Carleton campus. Abutments of the Highway 19 bridge over the ...

Geology of the Fargo-Moorehead Region part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Donald P. Schwert
This is a website created by University of North Dakota - Fargo faculty member Dr. Donald Schwert detailing the urban geology of the region surrounding Fargo, ND and Moorhead, MN. There is a good ...

Learn About Glaciers part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Portland State University
This is a collection of visualizations and educational websites about glaciers developed by faculty and students in the Portland State University geology department. Though these resources were ...