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INTERNATIONAL LITHOSPHERE PROJECT (ILP) GLOBAL STRAIN RATE MAP - UNAVCO, Inc. Multimedia Global Strain Rate Database (Text & Images). "...uses a texture underlay grid grd=1 showing the 2nd invariant of lithospheric strain rate, with an image overlay of coastal outlines in white - which forces the texture underlay to have a black background in regions of zero strain rate (i.e. lithosphere is assumed to be rigid in the black areas)..." For more information see Map Tools or UNAVCO, Inc. PLATE BOUNDARY OBSERVATION (PBO ARCIMS) - UNAVCO, Inc. Multimedia Database (Text & Images). "...The Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO) component of EarthScope will use the science of geodesy to measure the slow deformations in the Earth's crust that are driven by plate tectonics and magmatism..." For more information see Plate Boundary Obwervatory (PBO) or UNAVCO, Inc. WORLD STRESS MAP PROJECT - Project Director: F. Wenzel, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Geophysical Institute, University Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany Multimedia Tectonic Stress Database (Text & Images). "...World Stress Map (WSM) is the global repository for contemporary tectonic stress data from the Earth's crust..." "...main operational areas for stress in application are: Basin modelling, Tectonic modelling, Reservoir management, Stability of mines, tunnels and boreholes, Fault slip tendency & Seismic risk assessment..." For more information see the Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften (Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities) or the Geophysikalisches Institut (Institute of Geophysics) USGS Earthquake Databases EARTHQUAKE DATABASES WORLD WIDE - National Earthquake Information Center, USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (EHP), USGS Multimedia Earthquake Database (Text & Images). Earthquake Intensity, Strong Motion, etc. Databases EARTHQUAKE INTENSITY DATABASE - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA, Department of Commerce Multimedia Earthquake Intensity Database (Text & Images). For more information see Earthquake Databases; NGDC Natural Hazards Data or the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE DATABASE - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia Earthquake Database (Text & Images). For more information see Earthquake Databases; NGDC Natural Hazards Data or the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) STRONG MOTION DATABASE - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia Database (Text & Images). For more information see Earthquake Databases; NGDC Natural Hazards Data or the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) Earthquake Engineering Databases NATIONAL INFORMATION SERVICE FOR EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING (NISEE) - NISEE, University of California, Berkeley Multimedia Earthquake Databases, Teaching Modules & Reports (Text & Images). Includes: "...Earthquake Engineering Abstracts; University Engineering Reports; NISEE eBooks; Structural Engineering Slide Library; Kozak Historical Image Collection; EQIIS Image Database; Strong Ground-Motion Database, etc..." Seismology Databases REFERENCE EARTH MODEL (REM) - Whole Earth Geophysics at IGPP, Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego Multimedia Databases (Text & Images). For more information see Whole Earth Geophysics at IGPP or the Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics |
Seismology Courses & Teaching Modules
VIRTUAL EARTHQUAKE - Virtual Courseware for Earth and Environmental Sciences Project, California State University at Los Angeles Multimedia Earthquake Teaching Modules (Text & Images). Virtual Earthquake
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"...Tephrabase is a database of tephra layers found in Iceland, north-west and northern Europe, Russia and central Mexico. Details on the location, name, age and geochemistry of tephra layers..." TSUNAMI
BUOY DATA IN REAL-TIME - COASTAL U.S., NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC, COASTAL CANADA, CARIBBEAN, COASTAL EUROPE, ETC. - National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Center, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Buoy Data Database includes Current Conditions & Previous Observations for:
Wave Height (WVHT); Dominant Wave Period (DPD); Average Period Average Period (APD); Atmospheric Pressure (PRES); Pressure Tendency (PTDY); Air Temperature (ATMP); Water Temperature (WTMP); Wind Chill (CHILL)..." DEEP OCEAN ASSESSMENT AND REPORTING OF TSUNAMIS (DART) - REAL-TIME DATA BUOY DATA FOR ALASKA, WESTERN CANADA, U.S. WEST COAST, HAWAII, NORTHEASTERN PACIFIC, U.S. EAST COAST, & CARIBBEAN - National Data Buoy Center, National Weather Center, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Deep Ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) Project
REAL TIME HAWAII BUOY DATA - National Data Buoy Center, NOAA For more information see the National Data Buoy Center Tsunami Warning Bulletins & Messages TSUNAMI: PACIFIC OCEAN, HAWAII, INDIAN OCEAN, & PUERTO RICO AND THE U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS - Pacific Tsunami Waring System, Pacific Region Headquarters, National Weather Center, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. Pacific Tsunami Waring System Database includes:
Tsunami Zone; etc., for Pacific Oceans, Hawaii, Indian Ocean & Puerto Rico & the U.S. Virgin Islands.." TSUNAMI - U.S. WEST COAST & ALASKA - West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, National Weather Center, NOAA VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center Databases include "...WC&ATWC Most Recent Event Message; Location Map; Close-up Map (Experimental); Warning Areas Map; Tsunami Travel Time Map; etc. for Alaska and the U.S. West Coast..." For more information see the West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center or the National Weather Center JAPAN CURRENT TSUNAMI WARNING BULLETINS - Japan Meteorological Agency VERY VERY VERY...EXTENSIVE. In Japanese & English. For more information see the Japan Meteorological Agency Tsunami Dictionaries & Glossaries
Tsunami Databases
TSUNAMI EVENT DATABASE - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA, Department of Commerce Multimedia Tsunami Event Database (Text & Images). "...The event database contains information on the tsunami such as the cause of the tsunami, the source location, the magnitude and intensity of the tsunami, etc..." For more information see Tsunami Data at NGDC; NGDC Natural Hazards Data or the National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) HISTORICAL TSUNAMI DATABASE - National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), NOAA Multimedia Historical Tsunami Database (Text & Images). Historical Tsunami Database
Tsunami Courses, Lectures & Teaching Modules
TSUNAMI LECTURES (QUICKTIME) - Steven N. Ward, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz Multimedia Tsunami Lectures (Text, Images, Simulations & Videos/Movies). Includes over "15" Tsunami Lectures & over "45" Tsunami Simulation Videos/Movies including: "... Impact Tsunami Simulation Movies; Landslide Tsunami Simulation Movies; Volcano Tsunami Simulation Movies; Earthquake Tsunami Simulation Movies; etc..." For more information see the Department of Earth Sciences
Physics of Tsunami Teaching Modules THE PHYSICS OF TSUNAMIS - Geophysics Program, University of Washington Multimedia Tsunami Teaching Modules (Text & Images). "...A tsunami (pronounced tsoo-nah-mee) is a wave train, or series of waves, generated in a body of water by an impulsive disturbance that vertically displaces the water column..." For more information see Tsunami Home Page; Seismology & Earthquake Information or the Geophysics Program Tsunami Risks in the Northeast Atlantic TSUNAMI RISK IN THE NORTHEAST ATLANTIC REGION - The Tsunami Risk Project, Natural Environment Research Council, Coventry University & the University College London, U.K. Multimedia Tsunami Report/Manual (Text & Images). For more information see The Tsunami Risk Project |
Granular Flows
VOLCANO MONITORING: MONITORING ACTIVE VOLCANOES - R.I. Tilling, U.S. Geological Survey Multimedia Volcano Moitoring Teaching Modules (Text & Images). For more information see U.S. Geological Survey VOLCANO REMOTE SENSING: REMOTE SENSING OF VOLCANOES - Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences, Michigan Technological University Multimedia Volcano Remote Sensing Teaching Modules (Text, Images & Videos/Movies). For more information see the Department of Geological Engineering and Sciences |
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