Deserts and Wind Action
Lecture Links
Related Links
News & Current Events
Organizations and Magazines

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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
  • Geomorphology - Smith College
  • Terrestrial Surface Systems - Cal Tech
  • The Climate System
  • Water, climate and Humankind - University of Michigan

Related Links

• Basic Desert Information
  • Forces and Wind
  • Atmospheric Pressure
  • Where are deserts located? Look at this Biome Map
  • What is a Desert?
  • Causes of Deserts
  • Types of Deserts
• Desert Tours and Information
  • Missouri Botanical Garden's Virtual Desert Gardens
  • The Virtual Desert
  • Nevada Desert Research Institute
  • Office of Ard Lands Studies -University of Arizona
  • The Earth's Evolving Drylands -The Smithsonian Museum
  • The Mojave Desert Field Project
  • Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
  • Death Valley Geology Page
  • If you have Quicktime you can take a Death Valley Flythrough (Problems reported accessing site.)
  • Radar Images of Death Valley
  • Sand Dunes in Death Valley
  • Virtual Geomorphology
  • Radiocarbon Web Info (Everything you ever wanted to know about radiocarbon dating.
• Desertification
  • CEO Desertification Information Network
  • The Causes of Desertification
  • United Nations Fact Sheets on Desertification
  • NOAA - Remote Sensing and Desertification
  • Land Degradation and Desertification
• Charts and Useful Information
  • The Deserts in Literature

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
• Yahoo Weather and Weather News
• Wild Weather

Organizations and Magazines

• The Circular of Desertification

Credits