Chapter Select

 

        General References

        Tectonics

NGDC Natural Hazards Slide Sets
Developing the theory [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]
Geodynamics and Solid Earth Geophysics: Structure 2
Earth's Gross Structure
Home Page
About Tasa Graphics, Inc.

        NOAA

NOAA Home Page
NOAA Central Library
ERL Home Page
National Geophysical Data Center
National Ocean Service Homepage
Ocean Resources, Conservation & Assessment
NOAA Ship DISCOVERER

        Magazines

National Geographic Magazine @ nationalgeographic.com
Discover Magazine
Scientific American

        Seafloor Topography

Scientific American: Article: Panoramas of the Seafloor: June 1997
volcano.und.n...marine/intro/
NGDC/WDC MGG, Boulder-Multibeam Bathymetric Data
Viewing the Morphology of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge From a New Perspective
Seafloor Topography
          The Oceanographer of the Navy (CNO N096) Home Page
           The Global Positioning System
           ICES Oceanography Fisheries Stock Assessment Pollution 
           NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Homepage
          Oceanography & Meteorology Servers
          The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Oceanography
          U.S. Geological Survey Home Page
          Sextant Music Sea Shanties
          E&O: Educational Sites
           OCNG 251-503, Fall 2000: Chapter 5
          United States
           NASA Observatorium Education-Reference Module
          Major Constituents of the Continental Crust
          

         Chapter 1

        Time Line of Ocean Exploration

The Mariners' Museum - Newport News, Virginia

        Polynesian Voyages, Navigation, and Wayfinding

Wayfinders
Polynesian Voyaging Society
Wayfinders : Wayfinding
Micronesian Navigation: Contents

        The Middle Ages

The Vikings

        Voyages of Discovery

Prince Henry the Navigator
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Vasco da Gama
Ferdinand Magellan
Sir Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake
James Cook
James Cook
James Cook

        Charts and Navigational Information

Ben Franklin and the Gulf Stream
Matthew Fontaine Maury Biography
VMI-Matthew Fontaine Maury Papers
Matthew Fontaine Maury

       The Challenger expedition

Challenger home page
H.M.S. Challenger
CHALLENGER EXPEDITION. The Columbia Encyclopedia: Sixth Edition. 2000

        Exploratory Science

Fritjof Nansen
Fram Museum
Antarctic Explorers: Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen

        Twentieth Century

Ocean Drilling Program: Science Operator
Joint Oceanographic Institutions

        Recent Past, Present, and Future

SeaWiFS Project - Homepage
TOPEX/Poseidon Main Screen
Classic CZCS Scenes
Argo Home Page

        Oceanographic Institutions, Museums, and Aquaria

Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute
Monterey Bay Aquarium
Welcome to The National Aquarium in Baltimore
Mystic Aquarium / Institute for Exploration
The National Maritime Museum - Greenwich, London

        Marine Archaeology

National Park Service

The NPS-SCRU Home Page - Twenty years of underwater archeology in the National Park Service. Shipwrecks, submerged sites, dive training and more!
National Maritime Initiative Homepage
Southeast Archaeological Center, National Park Service, Public archaeology, archeology, research, education
List of Maritime Research Links
The Mary Rose
The Vasa Museum
Ocean Planet:How Deep Can they Go? - The RMS Titanic
Discovery Channel Online -- Titanic: - Highlights From Titanic Live
CNN - Team uses sub, robot to recover ancient shipwreck ruins - JULY 30, 1997
Press Events @ nationalgeographic.com
Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA)
U.S. Navy History: Naval Historical Center

        Chapter 2

        General Astronomy

AstroWeb: Astronomy/Astrophysics on the Internet
Cambridge Astronomy
HEASARC
NASA's Origins Program
NSSDC Photo Gallery
The Web Nebulae

        Solar System

Introduction to The Nine Planets
DSN Solar System Menu

        Planet Earth

Earth
Earth and Moon Viewer
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
NIMA: Shape of the Earth

        Geologic Time

CVO Menu - The Geologic Time Scale
Time Lines

        Latitude and Longitude

The Royal Observatory Greenwich
Latitude and Longitude
Latitude & Longitude - Look Up
Latitude/Longitude Distance Calculation
HAMMOND WAC- Latitude and Longitude
NOVA Online | Find Your Longitude

        Time Zones

World Time Zones
World timezones map with current time
Swissinfo: Worldtime
CGI/1.0 URL Timezone Converter

        Map Projections

Online Map Creation
Projection Animations

        Nautical Charts

National Ocean Service Homepage
NOAA Home Page - Charting and Navigation
Nautical Charts

        Navigation

The Global Positioning System
Trimble - All About GPS
NOVA Online | GPS: The New Navigation
Sam Wormley's GPS Errors & Estimating Your Receiver's Accuracy
Navigation Home Page
NOAA Home Page - Charting and Navigation

        Natural Cycles

The Seasons

        The Hydrologic Cycle

GROUND WATER-Primer-Hydrologic Cycle
Water Science for Schools: USGS water information

        The Oceans

Ocean Planet: Fact Sheets
Pacific Ocean Facts
Atlantic Ocean Facts
Indian Ocean Facts
Arctic Ocean Facts

        Chapter 3

        Earth's Interior

What Is Seismology and What Are Seismic Waves?

        Earthquakes and Volcanoes

USGS National Earthquake Information Center: Earthquake Information for the World
NEIC: World Seismicity
NEIC: Near Real Time Earthquake List
CVO Website - Submarine Volcanoes

        Plate Tectonics

Plate reconstructions
CVO Website - Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Plate Tectonics - World Map
Major Tectonic Plates of the World
Spreading Rate Calculator
Hotspots [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]
Breakup of Pangaea
Vents Program Home Page
RIDGE Homepage
Exploraquarium Vent Intro
Seafloor Topography from Satellite Altimetry

Plate Boundaries

Plate boundaries
Understanding plate motions [This Dynamic Earth, USGS]

               Divergent boundaries

               East African Rift

          GEO_PLATE_T-35.HTML
                    Ocean Ridge Structure

               Convergent boundaries

                   CVO Menu - Mount St. Helens, Washington

        Ocean drilling

Ocean Drilling Program: Science Operator
Ocean Drilling Program
Ocean Drilling Links and Data

        Paleomagnetism

APOD: October 19, 1999 - Earth's North Magnetic Pole
FAQ Geomagnetic Field, AGSO
Problem with the "MAGNETIC" Pole Locations on Global Charts

        Recovery of Black Smokers Box

NOVA Online | Into the Abyss
Revel Project - 2000

        Listening to Seafloor Spreading Box

Acoustic detection of a seafloor spreading episode

        Chapter 4

        Sea Floor and Sediments

NGDC/WDC MGG, Boulder-Marine Geology & Geophysics Program
Sea floor bathymetry
Predicted and Measured Seafloor Topography
Particle Settling Calculation
Coastal Ocean Sediment transport
HUGO--The Hawai'i Undersea Geo-Observatory

        Gas Hydrates

Seismic Studies on the Blake Ridge Gas Hydrates
USGS Fact sheet: Gas (Methane) Hydrates -- A New Frontier
Gas Hydrates
Gas Hydrate at the USGS

        Law of the Sea

OCEANS AND LAW OF THE SEA HOME PAGE
UN Law of the Sea Convention Table of Contents
The Law of the Sea Convention and U.S. Policy

        Undersea Robots

Deep Sea Robots
Ships & Vehicles
Autonmous Underwater Vehicles Lab at MIT Sea Grant
WHOI Deep Submergence Lab
Exploration Systems

        Chapter 5

       Water Density

Utilities: seawater density

        Light

Electromagnetic Spectrum - Introductory
Light in the Sea
Refraction of Light Demonstration Applet
What is the SECCHI disk?

        Sound

sound speed and density
WHOI Ocean Acoustics Lab Home Page
A Sound Pipeline - Sounding Out the Oceans Secrets
The World Wide Web Virtual Library:SONAR:Gallery of SONAR

       Water Chemistry

seawater
CHEMTUTOR ACIDS AND BASES

        Carbon Cycle

PMEL/GCC Home Page

        Desalination

HOW REVERSE OSMOSIS WORKS AND DESALINATION WORKS©
LATEST NEWS ON DESALINATION
Water Desalination Act
World Wide Water

        ATOC box

ATOC Home Page

         Chapter 6

        Sea Surface Temperature

Sea Surface Temperature Satellite Images
NOAA Websites - Sciences - Ocean - Sea Surface Temperature
Product Systems Branch SST Information

        Sea Ice

OMB Sea Ice Analysis Page
Monthly average polar sea-ice concentration
International Ice Patrol

        Carbon Dioxide

PMEL/GCC Home Page
Climate Change - Monthly atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, Mauna Loa, Hawaii
Nat'l Academy Press, (NAS Colloquium) Carbon Dioxide and Climate Change (1997), Climate change and carbon dioxide: An introduction
TRENDS: ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
AGO - The Kyoto Protocol and Greenhouse Gas Sinks
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Ozone Depletion Home Page
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)

        Atmospheric Circulation

www.usatoday..../wjstream.htm
1996 DAAC Yearbook: Reckoning with Winds
The Indian Monsoon ...
The Rain Shadow Effect
Radiative Fog
Understanding fog
Satellite-Images & Weather
The Coriolis Force

        ENSO

NOAA/OGP El Niño-Southern Oscillation Page
El Niño: Research, Forecasts and Observations
El Niño Theme Page: distributed information on El Niño
Premier El Niño Web Sites
More El Niño sites and information
Tropical Atmosphere Ocean (TAO) Project Home Page
Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere (TOGA)

        Hurricanes

TROPICAL PREDICTION CENTER/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER
Hurricanes 2000 dot Com. Complete Hurricane Tracking Site In Partnership With FEMA
EarthWatch Hurricane & Tropical Storm Image Archive
Hurricane Storm Surge Risk Analysis
www.usatoday....ane/whur0.htm
Hazards Title
Storm Surge Information

Chapter 7

Ocean Conditions

Sea Surface Temperature Maps
U.S. JGOFS - Home Page
Argo Home Page - part of the integrated global observation strategy
World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) - US Home Page
Parallel Ocean Program (POP) Simulation

Various simulations of Worlds Oceans including the Arctic Ocean

Tiempo - North Atlantic Oscillation
Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO)
Pacific Decadal Oscillation, Index

Equipment and Technical Information

Sea-Bird Electronics, Inc.
Ocean Sensors - Intelligent Instrumentation
Seasoar Labs - Home Page
       Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
SeaSoar Development 
        Scripps Institution of Oceanography
WRC: Gliders & Slocum
Aanderaa Instruments A/S

Ocean Currents

A Primer on Ocean Currents
Ocean Currents
Ocean Planet:Ocean Currents
Currents and Eddies
TOPEX/Poseidon Science Images

Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC)

What is Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion
History of OTEC

Item of Interest - Shoe and Toy Spill

Pacific Toy Spill Fuels Ocean Current Pathways Research
      AGU Web Site

Chapter 8

Waves

NEPTUNE'S WEB - AN OCEANOGRAPHIC VOYAGE IN LEARNING
Global Analysis Wave Map
WELCOME TO THE WWA WEB SITE
Marine Prediction Center - Home Page
       High Seas and Offshore Forecasts
H.M.R.C. European Wave Energy Research Network

Tsunami

Tsunami Research Program
Tsunami!: The WWW Tsunami Information Resource
Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Tsunami Program
NOAA Websites - Sciences - Ocean - Tsunamis

Tides from Space

Global Ocean Tides from TOPEX/Poseidon Altimetry
TOPEX/Poseidon Main Screen

Tide Prediction

Scripps Tide Predictor Services
          Scripps Institution of Oceanography
WWW Tide/Current Predictor Site
Tide Tables
NOAA, Our Restless Tides
Information and prediction of tides and tidal currents

Energy

WAVE ENERGY ACTIVITIES AT OCEANOR
(Tidal Power) Info on Hydroelectricity, Water Power, Dams, Waterwheels, OTEC, Wave and Ocean Power, and other Hydro related. knowledge

Item of Interest - Tsunami Warning System

Tsunami Program
The Tsunami Warning System
Real Time Buoy Deployment Slide Show 2
Buoy Photos from 9-16-97

Chapter 9

Coasts

Coasts in Crisis, Table of Contents
Home Page - USGS Western Region Coastal and Marine Geology
US Geological Survey Coastal and Marine Geology Program - National Plan, 1997
SandyDuck
SANDYDUCK 97
USGS Fact Sheet: Louisiana Barrier Islands
Ocean and Coastal Resources Management Plan - NOAA
Office of Ocean Resource and Assessment - ORCA
Programs and Links.
Coastal Services Center - NOAA WWW Home Book
Links to programs.
National Geographic Data Center Support to Coastal Programs
Program information

Rising Sea Level

Sea Level Rise Links
CTB: Rising Seas
Global Sea Level Rise
From Topex/Poseidon data
Sea Level Data
University of Hawaii Sea Level Center
Sea Level, Pacific Ocean
Sea Level Factors and the Estuary

Estuaries

San Francisco Bay and Delta, Water Quality
The Chesapeake Bay, Maryland Sea Grant

Coastal Pollution

Environment Quality and Preservation - USGS WRCMG
NOAA NOS Fact Sheets: Index
Coastal monitoring/damage assessment
Natural Hazards and Public Safety
Erosion
Navigation and Navigable Waters U.S. Codes
laws re: ocean dumping and pollution
National Status and Trends Home Page
Massachusetts Water Resources Authority | MWRA Online
Boston Globe Online / Reprint
Modernizing the Sewer System

Oil Spills

Links2Go: Oil Spill Public Information Center
NOAA Office of Response and Restoration - Home Page
Oil Spill Intelligence Report
Oil Spill Basics: A Primer for Students

Item of Interest - Marine Sanctuaries

NOAA - National Marine Sanctuaries
National Marine Sanctuaries: Category: National Marine Sanctuaries Headquarters: ROOT
Monterey Bay Aquarium

Chapter 10

Ocean Productivity

SeaWiFS - Home Page
SeaWiFS Project
Satellite Ocean Color
Ocean Color From Space - Primary Productivity
Ocean Primary Production Science Computing Facility - Home Page
Comparing Rates of Primary Production

Antarctic Food Web

Antarctic phytoplankton food of antarctic krill (Euphausia superba)
Antarctic Marine Treaties
Antarctic Penguins Disrupted By Shrinking Sea Ice

Extremeophiles

Biology of Extremophiles
The Extremeophiles

Item of Interest - Biological Invaders

Spartina Lab at Bodega Marine Laboratory
Nonindigenous Aquatic Species
National Biological Information Infrastructure
San Francisco Bay Program - USGS
Biocontamination, Toxins.
The Introduction of Nonindigenous Species to the Chesapeake Bay Via Ballast Water

Chapter 11

The Plankton

Web Lift to Information onTaxa
Go to the Protists (Marine Plankton).
Agal Microscopy and Image Digitization, Diatoms
Go to images, and Scanning Electron Micrographs.
Dinoflagellates
Links to Red Tides, dinoflagellate toxins, images.
The Plankton Net

Red Tides and Toxic Blooms

Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Agal Blooms - ECOHAB
FDA's Bad Bug Book: Introduction to Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins
Go to the hot links under Natural Toxins. Inspect Ciguatera poisioning and Shellfish toxins
Algae Blooms - Red Tides
Red Tides in Western Gulf of Maine
Facts about Pfiesteria
Harmful Algal Blooms - Homepage

The Nekton

Web Lift to Information on Taxa
Go to Metazoa for Basal Vertebrates, Fish and Mammals
The Cephalopod Page; Octopuses, Squid, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus
Shark Research Program at the University of Florida Museum of Natural History
Sea Turtle Survival League/Caribbean Conservation - Dedicated to the preservation of sea turtles and other wildlife
Sea Turtles, Seaworld
Protected Marine Specie
Office of Protected Resources, NOAA

Marine Mammals

International Whaling Commission
SeaWorld/Busch Gardens Animal Information Database

Go to Animal Resources
Whale Information Network
Cetacean Society International - Home Page
Marine Mammals Management, U S Fish and Wildlife Service
Understanding the Seal Fishery
Manatees

Fish and Fisheries

Our Living Oceans - 1995
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Go to Fisheries.
FAOSTAT Database Gateway
FAO Fishery Department State of
Marine Conservation, National Coalition for Marine Conservation
Seafood Watch, Monterey Bay Aquarium
FishBase : A Global Information System on Fishes
NOAA Fisheries
Welcome to FIS - Fish Info Serv
Ocean Planet Overfishing
Go to information on Atlantic Cod, Salmon, Bluefin Tuna, bycatch, etc.
The Fishing Industry
The Office of Protected Resources List of Sites
Oceanlink, Go to Aquafacts for information
Aquaculture Trends - FAO
Aquaculture Links

Item of Interest - Whale Falls

No Internet Addresses
 

Chapter 12

The Benthos

Web Lift to Information onTaxa, Go to Metazoa and Plantae
Go to animals; Includes seaweeds, corals, starfish, sea cucumbers, sponges
The Cephalopod Page; Octopuses, Squid, Cuttlefish, and Nautilus
Life in a Massachusetts Tide Pool
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Kelp Forest - Tide Pool Cam
Low Tide Zone
Seaweed Information Server
Go to links, go to the Forgotten Treasure of the Tide Pools - seaweed images.
Marine Algae
Uses of Seaweeds

Corals and Coral Reefs

Reef Check 2000 - Home Page
Coral Health and Monitoring Program
Global Relief Effort for Coral Reefs
Links to other coral sites.
NOAA's Coral Reef
Coral Reef and Marine Conservation - Reefnet.org
Coral Reef Photo Gallery

Fisheries and Aquaculture

Ocean Planet Over Fishing - Go to Crab and Shrimp
The Fishing Industry - See Shellfish and Crabs
Aquaculture Trends - FAO
Go to Shellfish

Item of Interest - Biodiversity

What is Biological Diversity and Why is it Critical to Human Well-Being?
Centre for Biodiversity Research
Convention on Biological Diversity

        Appendices

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