Indiana University GEOL G554/G490

• Professor:

• Dr. Michael Hamburger

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G554 Lecture notes

• Lecture 1-1 (Introduction) (PDF version)

  Lecture 1-2 (Earth Interior) (PDF version)

  Lecture 2-1 (Continental Drift) (PDF version)

  Lecture 2-2 (Paleomagnetics) (PDF version)

  Lecture 3-1 (Marine Magnetic Anomalies) (PDF version)

  Lecture 3-2 (Sea-floor Spreading) (PDF version)

  Lecture 4-1 (Heat Flow and Elevation of the Sea Floor) (PDF version)

  Lecture 4-2 (Transform Faults)

  Lecture 5-1 (Seismotectonics)

  Lecture 5-2 (Subduction)

  Lecture 6-1 (Forearc Structure)

  Lecture 6-2 (Backarc Structure)

  Lecture 7-1 (Plate Geometry)

  Lecture 7-2 (Space Geodesy)

G554 Problem sets

• Problem Set 1

• Problem Set 2

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Plate Tectonics Links

• Plate Tectonic Animations (USGS)
• This Dynamic Earth (USGS Publication)
• Plate Tectonics Page from Volcano World
• ODSN Paleomap Plate Reconstruction Service
• Relative Plate Motion Calculator (Kensaku Tamaki, University of Tokyo)
• Absolute Plate Motion Calculator (UNAVCO Consortium)
• Plate Tectonic animations (UC Berkeley)
• Interactive Plate Tectonics Maps & Software (Chris Scotese's Paleomap site)
• Geology/Topography Maps of the U.S. (USGS)
• WebDoGS Plate Tectonics Links (Univ. of Kentucky)
• Jules Verne Voyager map tool (UNAVCO Consortium)
• Jules Verne Voyager Education Site
• Interactive Geophysical map tool (Cornell University)

Latest Earthquake and Volcano Information

Current Volcano Info

• Listing of recent volcanic activity from Volcano World
• Link to Smithsonian's latest Global Volcanism Network Bulletin
(Text version)
• Listing of recent volcanic activity from MTU Volcano Page
• Worldwide reference map of active volcanoes
• Smithsonian's World map of volcanic regions

Current Earthquake Info

• Listing of 20 most recent earthquakes
• Complete listing for last 3 weeks
• Listing of recent earthquakes (from Carleton University)
• Global map of recent earthquakes
• Map of recent earthquakes in the United States
• Search of Earthquake Hypocentral Catalogs (from Princeton University)

• List of current Earthquakes
• Seismo-surfing on the Internet (University of Washington)
• The USGS Earthquake Information Page
• The National Earthquake Information Center
• "Perilous Times" home page
• New Madrid earthquakes (St. Louis University)
• Caltech seismology laboratory
• Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
• Worldwide Earthquake Locator (University of Edinburgh, Scotland)
• USGS Plate Tectonics Web site

Some links to volcano-related pages

• Volcano-surfing on the Internet (Univ. of Strasbourg, France)
• MTU Volcano Page
• VolcanoWorld
• Smithsonian Global Volcanism Network
• Volcanic Hazards at the USGS
• Alaska Volcano Observatory
• USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory
• Volcano Mercenaries of America
• Volcanoes and Associated Eruptions Pictures
• USGS Volcano Tutorial
• Wisconsin's Volcano Lovers web site

General geology and seismology links

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