Internet Resources
NASA's Earth Observatory - Earth's Gravity Field
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Planetary Geodynamics
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center - Scientific Visualization Studio
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE)
European Space Agency (ESA)
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
USGS's Earthquake Hazards Program
USGS - Largest Earthquakes in the World Since 1900
IRIS (Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology)
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
NOAA's National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC) - Marine Geology and Geophysics
U.S. Department of Energy
Met Office - U.K.'s National Weather Service
Introduction to Chaos and Nonlinear Dynamics
Suggested Readings
Dimri (2005). Fractal behaviour of the Earth system.
(also available online)
Jacoby (2009). Gravity interpretation : fundamentals and application of gravity inversion and geological interpretation.
(online resource)
Lowrie (2007). Fundamentals of geophysics.
Marshall & Plumb (2008). Atmosphere, ocean, and climate dynamics : an introductory text.
Poirier (2000). Introduction to the physics of the Earth's interior.
(also available online)
Roy (2008). Potential theory in applied geophysics.
(also available online)
Wahr (1996). Geodesy and gravity : class notes.
(pdf)
Academic Journal Articles
Example of an academic journal article (click on the pdf to view)
GeoRef
Provides access to worldwide geological literature. Articles from more than 3,000 journals are indexed, as
well as books, maps, conference papers, reports, dissertations, and theses.
ISI Web of Science
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Journals
Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (also available online)
Climatic Change (also available online)
Geophysical Journal International (also available online)
Geophysical Research Letters (also available online)
Geophysics (also available online)
Global and Planetary Change (also available online)
Journal of Geodynamics (also available online)
Journal of Geophysical Research (online resource)
The Leading Edge (also available online)
Nature (also available online)
Science (also available online)
Reference Sources
AccessScience
An online science encyclopedia plus news, images, and study guides.
Today's Science
Science in the headlines, suggestions of research topics, and more.
Tools
Live Physics - Tools for learning and teaching science
WolframAlpha - A computational knowledge engine
Google Scholar
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