Human Use of the Earth's Resources
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
  • Geology of Natural Energy Resources -University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Global Change: An Earth Science Perspective 1 and Global Change: An Earth Science Perspective 2 (Includes Geologic Resources) -University of Colorado, Boulder
  • Economics of Environmental and Natural Resources -Humboldt State
  • Geology of Energy Resources -University of Ohio, Akron

Related Links

• Energy Resources
  • US Department of Energy
  • U.S. Energy Information Administration, includingAnnual Energy Outlook and Projections for the United States
  • Annual Energy Production and Usage in the United States
  • Bureau of Economic Geology
  • Energy and Geoscience Institute - University of Utah
  • Kansas Geological Survey Oil and Gas Information
  • Fuel Resources Department of the Geologic Survey of Japan
  • Center for Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technology
  • Geothermal Resources Council
  • Gravsat: Oil and Gas Exploration from Space
  • Coal: an introduction
• Mineral Resources
  • MineNet
  • Goldsheet -World's best collection of mining sites
  • Info Mine
  • ORES: Mineralogy and Mining Resources
  • USGS Minerals Information
  • Understanding Our Planet Through Chemistry
  • Virtual Copper Mine Tour
  • Major Mines of Nevada (and other info from the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology)
  • Gold Prospecting
  • Minin' Gold
  • Barrick Gold Corporation
  • Chamber of Mines of South Africa
  • US Federal Mineral and Mining Laws
  • Bullion Bob's
  • California Division of Mining and Minerals
  • Minerals containing economically significant elements -Amethyst Galleries Mineral Gallery
• Charts and Useful Information
  • Current Gold and Silver Prices
  • Periodic Table
  • Geological Periodic Table -Geologic information about the elements.
  • Chemical Formulas of the minerals.
  • Commercial Mineral Names
• Man and the Environment
  • Current World Population
  • USGS Minerals Resource Survey Program
  • Economics and Natural Resources References
  • The Basics of Landfills

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

• USGS Minerals Resource Survey Newsletter
• Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists
• Mining Business Digest

Credits