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Minerals
Quartz One of the most common minerals
Ice My favorite mineral
Gem Minerals
Diamonds Preserve information about the mantle
Gold
Everyday uses of minerals
Mineral identification
Turquoise
Magnet Cove, Arkansas
Bob's Rock Shop
Places of Special Geologic Interest
National Parks
Grand Canyon Exposes 1/2 of earth history
Bryce
Crater Lake
Arches
Big Bend
 
Mountain Ranges Appalachians-Caledonides
Caucasus-Carpathians
Urals
Himalayas
Alps-Appenines-Dolomites
Atlas
Wind River Range - Tetons
Black Hills
Colorado Front Range
Mount Monadnock
Mt. Fuji
Mount Kilamanjaro
Mount Katahdin
Mountain Climbing
Wrangell-St. Elias Mountains
Tien Shan

North American Cordillera

Cascades
Banff-Jasper
Volcanic Eruptions
Events Vesuvius
Popocatepetl
Stromboli
Crater Lake Mt. Mazama blew up 6000 kya; 100 times Mt. St. Helens
Kileuea, Hawaii Continuous monthly eruptions since 1983
Mt. Etna Sensational eruptions in 2001
Soufriere Hills, Monserrat
Mt. Pelee, Martinique Erupted explosively in 1901 killing 20,000 in St.Pierre; 1 survivor
Seven Sisters Possibly the next Mt. St. Helens
Mt. St. Helens Erupted on May 18, 1980 8:32 a.m.
Cascades
Tambora 1815 eruption 25 larger than Mt. St. Helens; responsible for the "year without a summer"
Cotapaxi
Deccan Traps, India
Siberian Traps, Russia
Columbia River Basalts
Nevada del Ruiz, Colombia Minor eruption in 198? melted part of glaciers; ensuing lahar killed 25,000
Krakatoa Between Java and Sumatra, Krakatau exploded in 1883 killing 36,000 due to tsunamis
Santorini Erupting 3648 years ago, this volcano is thought to have extinguished the Minoan culture
Olympus Mons The largest volcano in the solar system, this Martian landmark is 3 times taller than Mt. Everest
Earthquakes
Alaska, 1964
San Francisco, 1906
Istanbul, Turkey, 1999
Mexico City, 1985
Kobe, Japan, 1995
Loma Prieta, Ca., 1987?
Northridge, Ca., 1996
Landers, Ca
New Madrid, 1812
Charleston, S.C. 1886
Landslides Lahars
Nevada del Ruiz
Vaiont Dam Disaster, Italy
St. Francis Dam Disaster
Coastal 'Venezuela, 1999
Peru
Floods
Mississippi River 1993
Red River, North Dakota
Johnstown, N.Y.
Big Thompson Canyon, Estes Park, Co.
Hubbard Glacier/Russell Fiord
Fossils / Evolution
Dinosaurs
Coelocanths
Birds
Amphibians
Trilobites
Mazon Creek fauna
Burgess Shale
Lagerstratten
Microfossils
Palynology
Famous Geologists
Preston Cloud
Charles Walcott Doolittle
Marie Curie
Harry Hess
J. Tuzo Wilson
Alfred Wegener
John Muir