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Secrets of Ancient Earth: Marine Microfossils Expanding Your Horizons |
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Web links to learn more: Earthguide An earth and environmental science resources for teachers and students. The website created by my team of undergraduate interns at UCSD. Look under Resources - Links - Science Content for more links. Contact me here. Common marine microfossils Benthic Foraminifera There are many more species of benthic than planktonic forams, although there are greater numbers of planktonic individuals. General information about benthic forams. Jonathan Krebs, Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum Fabulous Foraminifera examining past climates using microscopic marine organisms Describes how foraminifera are used to interpret past climates on earth, including the use of oxygen isotopes in deciphering glacials. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, New Zealand Radiolarians Radiolarians General information about radiolarians. Ben Barnes, Carleton College Radiolarian shells Not much about radiolarians, but shows how they are photographed. Great images, including 3-D view. Coccolithophores What's a coccolithophore? General information and satellite views. How do you see something so small using a satellite? Look and find out. NASA, Earth Observatory Diatoms Diatoms General information about diatoms and their role in the global carbon cycle. Includes example of satellite views. Earthguide Dinoflagellates Dinoflagellates General information and images. Pfiesteria piscicida Information about a species of dinoflagellate that occasionally causes fish kills on the east coast. Deep sea drilling Life Onboard JOIDES Resolution Image-rich glimpses of life during two-month scientific cruises. JOIDES Resolution Drillship Images and layout of the ship. The Ocean Drilling Program Their homepage. Glaciation Glaciation Set of maps showing extent of glaciers since the Last Glacial Maximum and much more. NOAA Paleoclimatology Program Free materials for your classroom: From Gateways to Glaciation - CD Plate tectonics Plates See how the earth's tectonic plates have moved around over time. You might start with Global Plate Motion: Jurassic to present. 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 K-T Event The K-T Boundary Interview with Dr. Brian Huber Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Department of Paleobiology What killed the Dinosaurs: The Great Mystery University of California Bekeley, Museum of Paleontology Free materials for your classroom: Blast from the Past - Poster Geologic time Geological Time Chart Exactly when was the Jurassic? See the latest age estimates in handy table form. University of California Bekeley, Museum of Paleontology Geologic time Explanation of geologic time and how age is determined. Older site but lots of useful explanatory content. William L. Newman, U.S. Geological Survey |
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