Satellite Applications for Geoscience Application
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Geology  » Unit Resources

Fundamental Geologic Concepts (Lesson 1)

  • Windows to the Universe
  • This Dynamic Planet
  • This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
  • United States Geologic Survey Earthquakes Hazards

Plate Tectonics (Lesson 2)

  • The PLATES Project
  • NOAA Science on a Sphere
  • Tectonic Plate Motion
  • Measuring Plate motion
  • Geology: Plate Tectonics
  • This Dynamic Earth: The Story of Plate Tectonics
  • All About Plate Tectonics: Earth’s Plates and Continental Drift
  • The A, B, C’s of Plate Tectonics
  • All about GPS

Volcanoes and Satellite Monitoring (Lesson 3)

  • Volcanoes.com
  • Global Volcanism Program
  • U.S. Geological Survey Volcano Hazards Program
  • USGS Monitoring Volcanoes
  • Volcanoes Online
  • Volcanoes: Can we predict volcanic eruptions?
  • Michigan Technological University Volcanoes Page
  • The Volcano Information Center
  • Volcano Watch from UW-Madison
  • Darwin volcanic ash advisory system

Examples of Eruptions Observed using AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

  • El Chichon, Mexico: 1982
  • Augustine, Alaska: 1986
  • Redoubt, Alaska: 1989-90
  • Crater Peak/Spurr, Alaska: 1992
  • Rabaul, Papua New Guinea: 1994
  • Klyuchevskoi, Russia: 1994