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Other Interesting Sites

Sedimentary strata, Grand Canyon (Corel) We have made a concerted effort to search the Web for relevant material, but no matter how hard we try there will always be more information available than we can possibly examine.

However, the following list contains links to many of the most interesting and informative Web sites related to topics explored in the chapter that we were able to locate. Check them out, but make sure you come back to do more investigating when you're done.

Burgess Shale Fossils (University of Calgary, Canada): The Burgess Shale is an exceptional Middle Cambrian age (about 540 million years ago) fossil locality located in Yoho National Park in the Rocky Mountains, near Field, British Columbia, Canada. The locality is special because of the soft-bodied preservation of a wide variety of fossil invertebrate animals. The locality has been intensely studied since its discovery in 1909 by Charles Walcott, and has been declared a World Heritage Site. Links to several other interesting and related sites are included.

Dinosaur Database: A comprehensive listing of the most well-known dinosaurs by geological time period, geographic location, and species from the Natural History Museum, London, England.

Dinosaur Exhibit, Chicago's Field Museum: The dinosaur exhibit at Chicago's Field Museum.

Dinosaur Hot Links: A very comprehensive site featuring numerous links to topics related to dinosaurs.

Dinosaurs (Discovery.com): The Discovery-Dinosaur site features a variety of interesting information, reports, and links on dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures.

Earth History Links (Houghton Mifflin): Links to several Earth history sites, including class lecture notes, arranged by topic.

EarthTrips: Here are excellent virtual field trips through Earth history from the Paleontological Research Institution.

Fossils: This is an excellent fossil Web site. Billed as the world's largest online fossil company, the Extinctions Fossil Company is a business dedicated to supplying fossils to museums and collectors around the world.

Fossils and Fossil Collecting (USGS): This site offers a listing of publications about fossils and fossil collecting available from the United States Geological Survey (USGS), including links to several fossil related sites.

Fossils, Rocks, and Time (USGS): An online book from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) explains the occurrence and usefulness of fossils.

Geologic Maps (USGS): This site provides an explanation of geologic maps from the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Geologic Time & Fossils Links (NAGT): This site contains an extensive listing of geologic time and fossils links arranged by topic from the National Association of Geology Teachers (NAGT).

Geologic Time Links: This Central Michigan University site, maintained by Dr. Mark Francek, lists several good links to sites containing information relative to topics discussed in the chapter.

Geologic Time Metaphors: The classic method for illustrating the relative durations of parts of the geologic time scale is the yardstick: Imagine that all the earth's history is laid out on a yardstick. Use this interactive site to construct your own geologic time analogy.

Geologic Time Scale: Here is a great tour through the geologic time scale by ES-Designs.

Grand Canyon Explorer Home Page: Here is an excellent unofficial Grand Canyon National Park home page which offers information on geology, virtual tours, images, etc. related to the canyon.

Fossil horse (Courtesy of the National Park Servce)

Geologic Time Scale Quiz: Test your knowledge of the geologic time scale by taking this online quiz.

Geologic Time (USGS): A good, short review of geologic time hosted by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Ice Age (University of Minnesota): A well illustrated, comprehensive learning module on glaciers and the Ice Age.

Interpreting Geologic Sections: A good, short, interactive review of the interpretation of geologic sections.

Natural History Museum, London: London's Natural History Museum's Earth galleries; paleontology, and mineralogy exhibits are especially interesting.

Paleobotany Links: This site includes an extensive listing of paleobotany-related sites from the University of Würzburg, Germany.

Paleontology and Fossil Links: This site has an extensive listing of fossil-related sites from the University of Arizona library.

Paleontological Research Institution: The Paleontological Research Institution site features links to several sites featuring current paleontological events.

Paleontological Society Home Page: The Paleontological Society is an international organization devoted exclusively to the advancement of the science of paleontology through the dissemination of research by publication and meetings.

Paleontological Society Journals: Online copies of the Journals of the Paleontological Society.

Paleontology Study WEB: This site has links to numerous paleontology topics and sites. The alphabetical listing allows for rapid searching by topic.

Paleontology: Yahoo!: Here is an extensive listing of links to sites on paleontology from Yahoo.

Radiocarbon Dating: This site provides online information concerning the radiocarbon dating method from the labs of Waikato and Oxford Universities.

Timeline of the Universe (NASA): Beginning with the Big Bang, this tutorial follows the 15 billion year-long history of the universe.

Time Machine (University of California, Berkeley): Here is an excellent tour of geological time from the University of California.

Virtual Age - Dating: Here is an interactive exercise about geologic time where you can learn how geologists and archeologists determine the ages of rocks and ancient artifacts.

WebDoGS Time Machine!: Here is a tour of geologic time from the University of Kentucky.

Photo/Figure Credits (In Order of Appearance)

Grand Canyon (Corel), (Property of Kenneth Pinzke)
Trilobite, (Courtesy of Wayne State University)
Fossils, (E.J. Tarbuck)
Sedimentary rock layers, (E.J. Tarbuck)
Geologic time scale, (Courtesy of the Geological Society of America)
Elevation map of North America, (Courtesy of NASA)
Igneous dike photograph, (E.J. Tarbuck)
Grand Canyon (Corel), (Property of Kenneth Pinzke)
Sedimentary strata, Grand Canyon (Corel), (Property of Kenneth Pinzke)
Petrified wood, (E.J. Tarbuck)
Fossil horse, (Courtesy of the National Park Service)