Glaciers and Glacial Geology

The students of geology 445, Spring 1999, MSU

A good if somewhat dated online-only textbook on glacial geology.

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Exercises in Active Tectonics

Prof. Nicholas Pinter

A workbook on tectonics for geology students.

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Introduction to Physical Oceanography

Robert Stewart

A textbook for upper-division college students and new graduate students in oceanography, meteorology, and ocean engineering.

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Our Ocean Planet: Oceanography in the 21st Century

Robert Stewart

An introductory online-only web textbook for students studying oceanography or other earth science topics.

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Global Land Vegetation

A book designed to support a series of “hands-on” exercises illustrating how satellite data can be used to monitor vegetation dynamics around the globe.

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Stratospheric Ozone

A broad overview of the fundamental science related to the study of stratospheric ozone.

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Study Guide for a Beginning Course in Ground-Water Hydrology

O. Lehn Franke, Thomas E. Reilly, Ralph J. Haefner and Dale L. Simmons

A good reference on hydrogeology from the USGS.

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Introduction to Environmental Science

Eric Pallant and Terrence Bensel

Prof. Pallant, who teaches Environmental Science at Allegheny College, decided that standard print textbooks had yet another disadvantage: they’re a waste of natural resources. So for his Intro to E.S. course, he put together a syllabus that draws entirely from the web.

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Oulu Space Physics Textbook

Reijo Rasinkangas

Online only book that studies the solar wind and other plasma environments.

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National Academies Press

A collection of more than 3,000 books, most available for reading free online.

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MERLOT

An absolutely insane collection of links to every subject. 133 links for geology alone! No matter what you’re studying, chances are there’s something here for you.

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Geological Society of America Free Teacher Resources

All things GSA, with lesson plans and lots of links.

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Physical Geography Glossary of Terms

Prof. Michael Pidwirny, Univ of BC, Okanagan

This hyperlinked ebook contains approximately 1800 definitions of commonly used terms in Physical Geography.

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Earth/Space Science Web Textbook

Daniel Freeman

This is a proof of design concept, intended to illustrate to schools, school districts, teachers, universities, and colleges, that an interactive textbook of this type can be designed and delivered via the Internet.

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