Hotspots: Mantle Thermal Plumes part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This article discusses the idea of 'hot spot' volcanoes, those not associated with plate tectonic boundaries, but rather with relatively stationary sources of heat energy (thermal plumes) ...

Geologylink Geologic Glossary part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This on-line glossary contains hundreds of definitions from basic to very technical terms having to do with geology.

Urban Sprawl part of SERC Web Resource Collection

In this activity, students assume the roles of geologists who have been hired by the City of San Francisco to study whether recent urban development has gotten too close to active faults. Links to ...

Mars Orbiter Camera Images Suggest Recent Sources of Liquid Water on Mars part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This is a collection of high-quality photographs of Mars, showing evidence of water. Each photo is available in multiple versions, and is accompanied by a detailed description of what it illustrates.

How Did Canyons and Volcanoes Form on Mars (title provided or enhanced by cataloger) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This sequence of graphics illustrates how canyons on Mars were formed, looking at interior geologic processes.

RIDGE Multibeam Synthesis Project part of SERC Web Resource Collection

The RIDGE Program is a National Science Foundation initiative that promotes interdisciplinary study, scientific communication, and outreach related to all aspects of the globe-encircling, mid-ocean ...

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 ...

Paleomagnetism (title provided or enhanced by cataloger) part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This website about paleomagnetism contains images of True Polar Wander, The Cambrian Time Scale, Gondwana, Baltica, Laurentia, Rodinia, Panotia, Pangea, and more. It has links to other paleomag ...

Structural Geology Mapping/GIS Software part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This site contains Stereographic Projection and Rose Diagram plotting packages (GEOrient); a structural and drillhole calculator (GeoCalculator); strain, and shear zone calculators; geological field ...

Tour of the Hayward Fault part of SERC Web Resource Collection

This photographic tour of the Hayward Fault presents images of some of the most easily recognized surface features, from the City of Fremont in central California toward the southern end of the ...