This resource list for geology contains articles, summaries of current research, books and online video clips.
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General Resources Videos Articles and Research Summaries Books
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Resources
Born of fire [videorecording] / produced by the National Geographic Society and WQED Pittsburgh ; produced by Linda Reavely. Stamford, Conn. Vestron Video, 1987. Excellent documentary on Earth’s geological evolution
Articles and Research Summaries
Natural Deep Earth Pump Fuels Earthquakes And Ore
The great recycler – planet Earth
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/earth_climate/geology/
Earthquakes Exert Global Influence : Scientific American Podcast
Northwest at risk of megaquake like one in Chile
Earth-shaking research to predict devastation from earthquakes
3 Questions: Eduardo Kausel on Chile's massive earthquake
Quakes were biggest disaster killers of decade: UN
Haiti earthquake poses prediction question
Quake prediction model developed
Earthquakes Exert Global Influence : Scientific American Podcast
Massive quake moves New Zealand closer to Australia
Deep-sea Rocks Point To Early Oxygen On Earth
The rise of oxygen caused Earth’s earliest ice age
Ancient Volcanic Eruptions Caused Global Mass Extinction
Geoscientist offers new evidence that meteorite did not wipe out dinosaurs
Microfossils Challenge Prevailing Views Of ‘Snowball Earth’ Glaciations On Life
Hydrocarbons In The Deep Earth?
Reversals of Earth’s Magnetic Field Explained by Small Core Fluctuations
Long debate ended over cause, demise of ice ages – may also help predict future
Surface features on Titan form like Earth’s, but with a frigid twist
Newly Discovered Faults Illuminate Earthquake Hazard Along San Andreas
Oxidized lava may help explain Earth’s evolution
Extraterrestrial platinum was ‘stirred’ into the Earth
The auroras in the Northern and the Southern hemispheres are not identical with video
Geoscientists back from expedition to Labrador Sea
Spark for Life: Lightning Strikes Create Minerals Crucial for Early Organisms Scientific American
Mineral Kingdom Has Co-evolved With Life, Scientists Find
Arctic climate under greenhouse conditions in the Late Cretaceous
Natural Deep Earth Pump Fuels Earthquakes And Ore
Close relationship between past warming and sea-level rise
First Complete Image Created of Himalayan Fault, Subduction Zone
Chester, Roy.2008. Furnace of creation, cradle of destruction: a journey to the birthplace of earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis. NY: AMACOM
Erickson, Jon. 2001(Rev Ed).Plate tectonics:unraveling the mysteries of the earth. NY:Facts on File
Oreskes, Naomi (Ed.). 2003. Plate tectonics: an insider’s history of the modern theory of the Earth. Boulder, CO: Westview Press
