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| Dating rocks | Plate Tectonics - general information | Evidence for plate tectonics - seafloor spreading |
| Gondwanaland and Pangaea | Australian specific resources | Historical development of theory |
Evidence for age of Australian continent
Radioactive dating
Virtual Dating - interactive activity on Radiocarbon dating and Radiometric dating from California State University
Learning from the Fossil Record - Background information and series of studnet activities, from University of California, Berkeley
The Talk.Origins Archive (Exploring the Creation/Evolution Controversy) - FAQs and information on different theories and ideas on the origins of the earth
Geologic Time -full opnline text from US Geological Survey
Clocks in Rocks: Isotopes and Age of Earth - from Global Change, University of Michigan
Geologic Time Scale Analogy - from Miami University
Oldest rocks in Australia
Earlier Water on Earth? Oldest Rock Suggests Hospitable Young Planet - from National Science Foundation
World's Oldest Rocks Suggest Early Earth Was Habitable - article from National Geographic
News Photos - microscopic view of a zircon crystal determined to be 4.4 billion years old, from University of Wisconsin-Madison
Professor Bill Compston: Isotope geochemist - Teachers notes and transcript of interview from Australian Academy of Science
Plate Tectonics - general information
Crustal plates - what and where
Continents on the Move - from Nova Online
Evolving Earth: Plate Tectonics - from University of Michigan, crustal plate interactive map, needs Shockwave
The Crust -basic information site
Teaching Plate Tectonics with Easy-to-Draw Illustrations The next time you teach plate tectonics, consider a draw-with-me presentation that will engage your students and help them understand the spatial and movement aspects of plate boundary environments.
Bathymetric maps and plate tectonics from CPO Science - PowerPoint presentation (832kB)on Plate tectonics and map analysis,with class activities
Background and general information
It's Just a Theory - a WebQuest produced by UniServe Science on the Theory of Plate Tectonics
When the Earth Moves - from Beyond Discovery, The National Academy of Sciences
Exploring Earth
Plate Tectonics - includes investigations, interactives, visualisations and data centres
All About Plate Tectonics: Earth's Plates and Continental Drift - from Enchanted Learning. Colourful imgages
Geology : Plate Tectonics - history and mechanisms, from Musuem of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
Hell's Crust: Our Everchanging Planet - from Savage Earth, PBS Broadcasting. The Earth at Work
This Dynamic Earth - from United States Geological Survey. Online book of 77 pages
Plate Tectonics and Sea-Floor Spreading, Subduction Zones, "Hot Spots", and the "Ring of Fire" - from United States Geological Survey
Plate tectonics - text summary of key concepts, from University of Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Regional Paleogeographic Views of Earth History - this presentation uses a series of paleogeographic and plate-tectonic reconstructions to show the broad patterns of Phanerozoic Earth history organised by region and in geologic order from oldest to youngest for each region. The Time Slice link shows all maps and globes of all regions by geologic time (the Periods), from North Arizona University
Evidence for Plate Tectonics - Sea Floor Spreading
Hess proposes sea-floor spreading - from A Science Odyssey
Developing the Theory - from This Dynamic Earth, United States Geological Survey
Where is the Evidence for Plate Tectonics? Earth Science from Moorland School, UK
Palaeomagnetism
Plate Tectonics: The Evidence - tutorial from Geology Rocks, University of Edinburgh
Geophysical Remote Sensing - with excellent images and diagrams of geomagnetic information, from Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Anomalies hint at magnetic pole flip - a short article from New Scientist, April 2002
How we Know Plates Move - from Dynamic Earth, University of Leeds
Magnetic Anomalies and Sea-floor Spreading Rate - graphics for interpretation, from EarthRef.org Digital Archive (ERDA)
Magnetic stripes and isotopic clocks - from This Dynamic Earth, United States Geological Survey
Volcanic activity and sea floor spreading (mid ocean ridges and subduction zones)
Volcanoes: Can we predict volcanic eruptions? - interactive site from Annenberg/CPB Channel
STROMBOLI on line - images, information adn activities from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Volcanoes from Exploring the Environment- Modules and Activities
USGS Volcano Watch - from United States Geological Survey
Global Volcanism Program - at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Igneous rock types and features
Voyage to Puna Ridge - including Factoids on Lava Flows Underwater and Basalt
Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and Textures - from Virtual Geology, University of North Carolina
Ask GeoMan... -series of FAQ from University of Oregon
Igneous Rocks - from James Madison University
Rock Cycle - concept map - from University of Indiana
Oceanography
Three Tectonic Plates Collide Down Under includes a map of the plate boundaries with clickable areas that provide local maps and commentary on tectonic features, in particular
Digital Map of the Age of the Ocean Floor
Total Sediment Thickness of the World's Oceans & Marginal Seas - from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Sample Images of Crustal Ages of the Sea Floor - from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Gondwanaland and Pangaea
The Formation of Pangaea: The Making of a Supercontinent - from Donald L. Blanchard's Earth Sciences Web Site
Continental Drift - an animation from Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
Dispersal of Gondwanaland - from Dynamic Earth, Leeds University
Continental divide: the breakup of Pangaea - an interactive animation from Origins: Antacrtica
Australian specific resources
Oz Volcanoes: A web-based activity exploring recent volcanic activity in Australia - from UniServe Science
Welcome to the Monotremes - from The University of Edinburgh
Tunnels to a Wildlife Underworld - Undara Lava Tubes, Queensland
Earthbytes Dr Dietmar Müller's web site - at The University of Sydney - current research
Historical development of theory
Hess proposes sea-floor spreading 1960 - from A Science Odyssey
Harry Hammond Hess: Spreading the seafloor - from This Dynamic Earth, United States Geological Survey
Wegener proposes idea of continental drift 1912 - from People and Discoveries, A Science Odyssey
Alfred Lothar Wegener: Moving continents - from This Dynamic Earth, United States Geological Survey
The Meteorologist Who Started a Revolution - from The Plate Tectonics web site
Arthur Holmes 1890 - 1965 - from People and Discoveries, A Science Odyssey
Magnetic bands provide evidence of sea-floor spreading 1963 - from People and Discoveries, A Science Odyssey
Life is found near deep ocean vents 1977 - from People and Discoveries, A Science Odyssey
Alfred Wegener (1880-1930) - from the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
Historical perspective - from This Dynamic Earth, USGS
Plate Tectonics: The Rocky History of an Idea - from the Museum of Paleontology, University of California, Berkeley
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