Is Life Thriving Deep Beneath the Seafloor? part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In 1991, scientists aboard the submersible Alvin sailed into the aftermath of a very recent volcanic eruption on the seafloor. This article published in Oceanus, a Woods Hole Oceanographic ...

Bending thoughts about Hawaiian chain part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This article, published in Geotimes in 2003, summarizes controversial results from Ocean Drilling Program Leg 197 suggesting that the bend in the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount/island chain may be the ...

Indian Ocean Tsunami Quicktime Animation part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Quicktime animation, by Dr. Steven Ward at the Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics at the University of California - Santa Cruz, shows the tsunami's progress across the Indian Ocean. ...

NOAA East African Coast Tsunami Animation part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This NOAA visualization tracks the tsunami waves until they reach the East African coast of Somalia. This Quicktime animation can be paused, rewound and advanced.

DAAC Study: Squeezing Water from Rock part of SERC Web Resource Collection

ANSS Recent Earthquakes in the US part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) site from the USGS features an interactive map of the last week's earthquakes in the US. Earthquakes are labeled by occurrence time and magnitude. ...

Java Applets for Coastal Engineering part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site features a directory of Java Applets that model physical phenomena related to hydrodynamics and coastal processes.

Plate Tectonics-Discover Our Earth part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site from Cornell University presents an illustrated and interactive description of plate tectonics. Topics covered include an introduction to plate boundaries and sea floor spreading, and the ...

Explore Life at a Hydrothermal Vent part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site features Flash movies about the physical and biological characteristics of submarine vents. Some of the animations are simulated and some are real footage from remotely controlled ...

Live Access to the National Virtual Ocean Data System part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The National Virtual Ocean Data System's Live Access Server (LAS) is a highly configurable Web server designed to provide access to geo-referenced oceanographic data. From this site, users can ...