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Oceans
General
Basic hydrographic features of the oceans - WOCE data EG original
North-south cross-sections of the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian oceans showing the following features - temperature, potential temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, apparent oxygen utilization, nitrate, phosphate, silica, and CFC-11.
Visualization from WOCE datasets by Jonathan Gerard - UCSD B.S. Computer Science, 2002; and
Wesley Bellanca - UCSD B.A. Visual Arts, 2002
Basic hydrographic features of the oceans EG original
Global visualization at different oceanic depths showing the following features: temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, apparent oxygen utilization, nitrate, phosphate, and silica.
Visualization from Levitus 1994 datasets by Wesley Bellanca - UCSD B.A. Visual Arts, 2002
The Climate System
Slide collection for Physical Oceanography with a climate perspective.
From a course at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory by Hemming, Pfirman, Simpson, and Visbeck
Coastal Processes
Beach profiles
Comparison of winter vs. summer beach profiles, and comparison of winter vs. severe winters beach profiles.
Earthguide for Living with Coastal Change
Nearshore sediment discharge and transport
See how sediments in rivers moves into the coastal ocean - 1) as a result of normal low river discharge and 2) as a result of flood discharge events.
Earthguide for Living with Coastal Change
Sonar-based seafloor mapping methods
Summary of how echo-sounding, multibeam, side-scan sonar and seismic reflection mapping methods work.
Earthguide for Sea Floor Science
Waves
Waves - Wind waves EG original
Diagram showing oscillatory motion of water in a progressive wind wave.
Earthguide
Waves - Seiche EG original
Diagram showing motion of water in aseiche.
Earthguide
Freshwater
General
Water cycle animation EG original
Flash animation.
Animation by Toni Michel - UCSD B.A. Visual Arts, 2003
Groundwater
Groundwater animation
Flash animation.
Animation by Toni Michel - UCSD B.A. Visual Arts, 2003
Biosphere
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis game EG original
Flash animation.
Animation by Wesley Bellanca - UCSD B.A. Visual Arts, 2002
Tidepool EG original
Diagram showing vertical distribution of different types of organisms in a southern California tidepool.
SIO Explorations and Earthguide
Geoscience
Faults and other uphevals
Faults animation EG original
Flash animation.
Animation by Alex Hawkins - UCSD
How old is that rock?
1999 Geologic Time
Detailed time scale chage that includes geomagnetic polarity reversals. Suitable for printing.
The Geological Society of America
Hydrology
Groundwater animation EG original
Flash animation.
Animation by Toni Michel - UCSD B.A. Visual Arts, 2003
Mineral resources
Download Chime viewer
Chime allows you to view 3-D molecular structures on the web.
MDL
Mohs' scale of hardness
Coming soon.
Plate Tectonics
Major tectonic plates EG original
Diagram by Wesley Bellanca - UCSD B.A. Visual Arts, 2002.
Plate reconstruction movie
From the present back to 600 million years ago
Diagram by Robert Tsang - UCSD B.A. ICAM, 2005;
Reconstructions by Dr. Ron Blakey, Department of Geology, Northern Arizona University
The Paleogeographic Atlas Project
Site contains maps showing the distributions of tectonic plates over geologic time. Unlike other sites that only show changes in the position of the tectonic plates, the paleogeographic reconstructions here show changes in the distribution of oceans vs. land.
Direct Link to movies, maps, and slideshows
University of Chicago
Paleomap Project
Plate tectonic and paleoclimate animations.
Christopher R. Scotese
PLATES Project
Plate tectonic reconstructions
L. A. Lawver, M. F. Coffin, I. W. D. Dalziel, L. M Gahagan, D. M. Campbell, and R. M. Schmitz,
University of Texas Institute for Geophysics
Reconstructions by Tanya Atwater
Plate tectonic reconstructions with an emphasis on southern California.
Educational Multimedia Visualization Center; UC Santa Barbara
Juan de Fuca
Paleomagnetic anomaly map and animation showing evolution the anomaly pattern.
Richard Hey, University of Hawaii at Manoa
ODSN Plate Reconstruction Service
Create plate reconstruction maps to your own specifications. Includes paleo-location of ODP Drilling Sites.
Ocean Drilling Stratigraphic Network (ODSN), GEOMAR, University of Bremen
Stratigraphy
Geologic time scale
U.S. Geological Survey
1999 Geologic Time
Detailed time scale chage that includes geomagnetic polarity reversals. Suitable for printing..
The Geological Society of America
Atmosphere
General
The Earth's Atmosphere EG original
Flash animation.
Animation by Aren Hansen
Ice
Earth history
Time Scales
Geologic Time Scale
U.S. Geological Survey
1999 Geologic Time
Detailed time scale chage that includes geomagnetic polarity reversals. Suitable for printing.
The Geological Society of America
Interconnections
El Niño/Southern Oscillation
El Niño SST Maps
Maps showing global SST evolution for the 1997/1998 1987/1989, and 1982/1983 El Niņos.
Earthguide
Global Change
Greenhouse effect EG original
Flash animation.
Animation by Aren Hansen - UCSD M.S. Environmental Chemistry, 2001
Global energy balance EG original
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Animation by Wesley Bellanca - UCSD B.A. Visual Arts, 2002
Science in action
In the field
Sides of a Ship
See how well you do at identifying the sides of a ship.
Earthguide for Descent to Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Observing from afar
Basic science tools
Biology
Photosynthesis EG original
Flash animation - game and attached animation.
Animation by Wes Bellanca and Memorie Yasuda
Chemistry
Download Chime viewer
Chime allows you to view 3-D molecular structures on the web.
MDL
Absorption of electromagnetic radiation by an atom EG original
Flash animation.
Animation by Aren Hansen - UCSD M.S. Environmental Chemistry, 2001
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Updated: December 8, 2005
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