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ModeMaker Software part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a program for the Macintosh that allow the user to create diagrams with up to five phases each with a known size mode shape color aspect ratio and alignment. These diagrams can be used by ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Computer Applications, Datasets and Tools:Tools

Welcome to the Mineral Physics Institute part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The Mineral Physics Institute is a research institute of Stony Brook University dedicated to understanding the present state of the Earth from its surface to its core, as well as its evolution ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology, Geology:Mineralogy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources

Hot Springs Microbes Hold Key To Dating Sedimentary Rocks, Researchers Say part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a ScienceDaily article about the effect of microbes on sedimentary rock formation. It covers the process of calcium carbonate crystalization, the effect of microbes on that process, and how ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Biomineralogy, Crystal Chemistry, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Geoscience:Biogeosciences , Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks, Sediments and Sedimentary Rocks:Carbonates , Biology, Geoscience:Paleontology, Geology:Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentary Structures, Environmental Science:Ecosystems:Biogeochemical cycling, Geoscience:Geology:Sedimentary Geology, Biology:Ecology:Metabolism, Abiotic Relations, Biology:Ecology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Biology:Evolution, Evolution:Patterns, Chemistry, Biology:Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Biogeochemistry
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Scientific Resources

Igneous Rock Animation part of SERC Web Resource Collection

Through a simple Flash roll over, view hand specimens of different igneous rocks classified according by texture and chemical composition. There are also views of the more common rock forming ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology:Igneous Rocks, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

GeoDIL: A Geoscience Digital Image Library part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The Geoscience Digital Image Library (GeoDIL) is a searchable collection of Earth science images intended as a general teaching resource, to specifically facilitate virtual field trips, to enhance ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology, Tectonics, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science, Biology, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy, Sedimentary Geology
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Collection, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Environmental Studies of Mineral Deposits in Alaska part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This collection of articles summarizes environmental geochemical studies of metallic mineral deposits in Alaska, including sulfide, gold, mercury, chromium, and uranium mines and deposits. The ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Environmental Mineralogy, Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Mineralogy:Systematic Mineralogy:Native Elements, Geoscience:Geology:Environmental Geology, Environmental Science:Waste:Toxic and Hazardous Wastes:Metals, Geoscience:Hydrology, Geology:Geochemistry:Radioisotopes, Geochemical Analysis
Resource Type: Scientific Resources, Overview/Reference Work, Research Results, Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations

Long-lasting Eruption of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i Leads to Volcanic-Air Pollution part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In 1986 the eruption of Kilauea Volcano changed from the episodic fountaining of lava and gas at Pu`u O`o cone every few weeks to the continuous outpouring of lava from a new vent only 3 kilometers ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Atmospheric Science, Geology:Environmental Geology, Mineralogy:Environmental Mineralogy
Resource Type: Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work, Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Thermal Emission Spectroscopy of Martian Meteorites part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site, from the Hawai'i Institute of Geophysics and Planetology, answers commonly asked questions about Martian meteorites, ranging from queries about how meteorites are recognized and ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Geochemistry, Geoscience:Lunar and Planetary Science, Geology:Geophysics:Mineral Physics, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Mineral Analysis
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations

Silicates part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website is dedicated to silicates. It includes tectosilicates, phyllosilicates, inosilicates, cyclosilicates, sorosilicates and neosilicates. For each sub-class, a brief description is included, ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Systematic Mineralogy:Disilicates, Island Silicates, Ring Silicates, Chain Silicates, Sheet Silicates, Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties, Systematic Mineralogy:Framework Silicates
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work

The Tectosilicate Subclass part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website provides information about tectosilicates, the silicate subclass that is often called the framework silicates because the mineral structures are composed of interconnected tetrahedrons. ...
Subject: Mineralogy: Geoscience:Geology:Mineralogy:Physical Properties, Systematic Mineralogy:Framework Silicates
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Images/Illustrations, Scientific Resources:Overview/Reference Work