Telling Time Geologically
Lecture Links
Related Links
News & Current Events
Organizations and Magazines
Chapter Glossary

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Lecture Links

• Links to Intro Geology Course Notes
  • Physical Geology -University of Houston
  • Introduction to Physical Geology -University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Physical Geology and another version of Physical Geology-Georgia Perimeter College
  • Listing of Online General Geology Courses -University of Connecticut (go to the individual courses for lecture notes)
  • Exploring the Geological Sciences -University of Florida
  • How the Earth Works - Bryn Mawr
  • The Dynamic Earth - Miami University of Ohio
  • Planet Earth - Penn State
  • Introductory Geology - Duke University (images for each lecture rather than notes)
  • Introduction to Geology - California State University, San Jose
  • Introductory Geology - SUNY Oswego
  • How the Earth works: Dynamic Planet - University of Michigan
  • Physical Geology - University of New Brunswick
  • Physical Geology - University of Toronto
• Links to Advanced Courses with Lecture Notes
  • Historical Geology -(Includes lecture notes on each period of geologic time) Dekalb College
    • Age of the Earth
    • Radiometric Dating
  • Historical Geology -Georgia Perimeter College
  • Fundimentals of Earth History -Indiana University, Purdue
  • Historical Geology -University of Kentucky
  • Earth Catastrophes -University of Santa Cruz

Related Links

• Basic Geologic Time Information
  • Geological Time Machine -University of California, Berkeley Museum
  • Indicators of an Old Earth
  • Debate about the origins of the Earth
• Absolute and Relative Dating
  • University of Arizona Mass Spectrometer Facility (NSF)
  • Laboratory of Tree Ring Research - University of Arizona, including The Ultimate Tree-Ring Web Pages
  • University of Victoria Tree-Ring Lab
• Fossils, Dinosaurs, and the Evolution of Life
  • Links can now be found in Chapter 8b: A Brief History of Earth and Its Life Forms
• Charts and Useful Information
  • Geologic Time Scale(PDF format)

News and Current Events

• Science Daily's Earth and Climate News
• CNN Nature News
• Yahoo Science News
• Rocks and Minerals in the News -from Bob's Rock Shop

Organizations and Magazines

• Geochemical Society
• Radiocarbon

Chapter Glossary

Natural History Glossary University of California, Berkeley Museum

Credits