Field Geology Club of SA

~ Cyberspace Library ~

The following websites provide a wide range of useful information for Field Geology Club members who may be studying some aspect of geology, researching some topic or planning on travelling in Australia or overseas. New websites are added periodically. Regard this page as your Cyberspace Library which automatically up-dates itself and provides access to umpteen million words of information. The more useful links for you can be added to your "Favourites".

How to use this page and the Internet in general is described in the article "Our Cyberspace Library" q.v.~~ Fotos: point cursor on thumbnail fotos of club activities for title and click once for enlargement.

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Fleurieu Peninsula Excursion: Prof Bob Bourman explains the local rock formations

Books, Magazines and Newspapers

www.aldaily.com Arts & Letters Daily, reviews and critiques of contemporary articles and books.

www.scitechdaily.com Science & Technology Daily, reviews and critiques of new developments.

www.sciencedaily.com Science broadly, includes "Earth & Climate" and "Fossils & Ruins".

www.abebooks.com Booksellers' database for rare and out-of-print books. How much is this book worth?

www.lib.utsa.edu/Research/Subject/latinamericapubs.html Lists all Latin American Online Publications.

www.nla.gov.au/npapers/ Australian Newspapers Online, with link to World Newspapers Online

Club members are impressed to see a fossil regolith of Permian Age

Travel & Australiana

http://weather.yahoo.com Weather reports for any place in the world.

www.oanda.com/convert/classic Oanda Currency Converter for 164 currencies.

www.infoplease.com Gives basic information on any country.

www.dfat.gov.au Australian Dept of Foreign Affairs & Trade; lists travel warnings.

http://walkabout.com.au Guide to 1500 Australian cities and towns.

www.lonelyplanet.com LP Guide Books. Useful travellers' feedback on Thorn Tree section

www.bootsnall.com Vast global travel site with over 3000 travel articles

www.sahotels.com.au A comprehensive guide to SA hotels (AHA members only)

www.about-australia.com Facts about Australia listed by State for overseas visitors

Grampians National Park: Crossbedding observed in the Wartook Sandstone

Geology and Geochemistry

Geology Resources Check out the huge geology database maintained by the University of Adelaide, including books, articles and websites. The library holds all the Club's Bulletins which are shelved at BSL Main Collection 559.4206 F4536. Click on Annual Index to see titles of excursion reports and articles dating from 1972 to the present.

Atlas of Igneous and Metamorphic Rocks, minerals and textures.

http://geology.about.com Links to many Geology Topics, e.g., plate tectonics, volcanoes, gemstones

http://geology.com Has links to all aspects of Geology and Earth Sciences

http://www.ga.gov.au/ausgeonews/ausgeonews200503 Reports on Geoscience Activity in Australia

http://volcano.und.edu Worldwide database on volcanoes, inc Australia & New Zealand

www.geology.sdsu.edu/how_volcanoes_work/ All about volcanoes on Earth, Moon, Venus, Mars & Io.

http://geology.about.com/cs/geomaps_misc/ Geological & tectonic maps of countries & the world

www.lostkingdoms.com links to database on Australian fossil sites, inc. Sth Australia

www.paleoportal.org/ Introduction to paleontology, with fossil gallery & famous fossil sites

www.crystal-world.com/html/fossils/fossils.htm Fossils for sale, useful for ID purposes and prices

www.collectorscorner.com.au/Fossmain.htm Fossil collectors site, useful to check valuations

www.scienceandpublicpolicy.org SPPI (Science and Public Policy Institute) - science based policy for a better world

http://www.lavoisier.com.au/ An Australian scientific group lists the latest views on climate change

http://climatedebatedaily.com/ Links to new articles for and against AGW. A daily account of the controversy.

http://www.climatescience.org.nz Common sense about climate change from a New Zealand perspective

http://www.greenhouse.gov.au Australian Greenhouse Office; Commonwealth agency for greenhouse matters and domestic climate change policy

Grampians National Park trip: We inspected this lump of gold-bearing quartz on display at the Stawell Gold Mine

Minerals and Gemstones

www.gem.org.au/opal.htm Opal is Australia's National Gemstone: this website gives all the details on opal.

www.mindat.org Large mineral database and mineralogical reference website.

http://webmineral.com A mineralogy database for collectors.

http://mineral.galleries.com/minerals Site for mineral collectors; mineral species data and type localities

www.rockhounds.com/rockshop/xtal/ :Introduction to crystallography and mineral crystal systems.

www.shell-lap.com.au : Adelaide lapidary and gemmological supplies; binocular microscopes, lenses & accessories etc

Some FGC Bulletin articles get published on the Net (and vice versa); the latest is Gem Materials of Mexico and Guatemala,
about opals, jade and amber.

Gemstones and their Industrial Uses (Reproduced from the FGCSA Bulletin, August 2005)

Grampians National Park trip: We view the McKenzie Falls through the trees.. some energetic club members actually hiked down to the base

Cosmology

http://sci.esa.int/marsexpress ESA's Mars Express home page with latest fotos and data

www.jpl.nasa.gov/snc/ Data base for Meteorites from Mars found on Earth.

http://origin.mars5.jpl.nasa.gov/home/ Latest news and photos from Spirit and Opportunity rovers on Mars.

www.space.com Update on all space exploration, including Mars

www.spacedaily.com Another source for updates on space exploration.

www.marsdaily.com Update on all Mars exploration

http://meteorites.lpl.arizona.edu All you need to know about meteorites.

www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/craters/ Terrestial Impact Craters; 40 fotos including 6 Australian craters.

www.discovertheplanets.com The latest data on all the planets & moons of our Solar System

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/ NASA's Mars Exploration Program home page giving latest fotos and data

www.heavens-above.com For star charts real time. Where/what is that planet or satellite?

http://earth.google.com/ Google provides satellite imagery maps of the earth, anywhere

http://www.google.com/mars/ Google provides detailed maps of Mars .. plan your next field trip!

Miscellaneous

www.mininginfopage.com.au Database of all Australian mining and petroleum companies/share prices etc

www.mininglife.com/metalprices.htm Mining activities and metal prices

www.ebay.com.au : Site for buying and selling books, minerals and fossils (or anything)

www.helium.com Helium is the writers' website for publishing on the Internet

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