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Environmental Science
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Natural Hazards
USGS Volcano Hazards Program
Information on recent eruptions, activities, images, observatories, and more. Links include reports, data, images, videos, etc.
National Earthquake Information Center
From USGS
Global Volcanism Program
From the Smithsonian Institution
Paleontology
Fossil information from the Paleontological Research Institution
Minerology
Mineralogy Database
Contains over 4,000 individual mineral species descriptions with links and an image library.
Mineral Resources: Virginia
From Virginia Energy
Minerals Yearbook
From the USGS
Mindat
Contains worldwide data on minerals, mineral collecting, mineral localities and other mineralogical information.
Virginia Department of Energy-Geology and Mineral Resources
Geology
National Park Geologic Resources
From the National Park Service.
National Geophysical Data Center
Provides scientific stewardship, products, and services for geophysical data from the Sun to the Earth and Earth's sea floor and solid earth environment, including Earth observations from space.
PetDB: Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor
A web-based data management system for geochemical and petrological sample-based data.
Geology Research and Information
From USGS.
Images
Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, Minerals and Textures
From the Geology Department at the University of North Carolina.
Earth Science World Image Bank
Provides quality geoscience images to the public, educators, and the geoscience community.
From the American Geological Institute (AGI).
U.S. Geologic Survey Multimedia Gallery
All photos are in the public domain, but the USGS requests that users credit the photographer and the USGS when using a photo.
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