The following are internet links for locating sedimentary geology resources and for learning how sedimentary rocks, structures, and fossils are used to interpret the history of the Earth.

http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~dogsci/dorsey/SedResources.html
The Web Resources for Sedimentary Geology site is a comprehensive listing of resources on the world-wide web maintained by Becky Dorsey at the University of Oregon.

http://duke.usask.ca/~reeves/prog/geoe118/geoe118.015.html
The Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan provides several web pages explaining the origin and classification of sedimentary rocks.

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/
The Museum of Paleontology at the University of California, Berkeley offers an online museum featuring exhibits about fossils, evolution, and geologic time.

http://www.wf.carleton.ca/Museum/lobby.html
The Hooper Virtual Natural History Museum of The Department of Earth Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Exhibits include "Fantastic Fossil Finds", "Evolution and Extinction", and "Field Trips".

http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/dinos/dinos_home.html
Visit Dino Russ' Lair as a jumping off point for all of your dinosaur interests.

http://www-odp.tamu.edu/
The web site of the Ocean Drilling Project explains the science being accomplished by this ongoing mission to collect core samples of the sediments from the world's ocean basins.

http://www.lib.utexas.edu/Libs/GEO/FolkReady/TitlePage.html
Petrology of Sedimentary Rocks is an online textbook by sedimentologist Robert Folk at the University of Texas at Austin. Petrology is the study of the mineral composition and formation of rocks.

http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/seds/
The Bedform Sedimentology site of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) offers images and movies of cross-bedding and bedform features in sedimentary rocks.

http://www.kaibab.org/home.htm
Visit the Grand Canyon through the Grand Canyon Explorer Web Site, maintained by Bob Ribokas. This site includes abundant information on the sedimentary geology of the canyon.

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